Boy does this try to be clever

Rating: 5/10 (14 May 2007)

Sometimes you watch a movie and couldn't give a monkey's what happens to the characters.That is how I felt about this movie.It started out pretty promisingly but lost itself up it's own rear end by trying to be way too clever,so much so that it ended up bugging me.
It isn't all bad.The acting is pretty solid with Denzel Washington,Val Kilmer and Jim Caviezel all giving good performances.The action scenes are decent and well staged.Then the film tries so hard to be smart,so much so in fact that it quickly becomes a pain as it shows us just how intelligent the film makers are.Hey look everybody!Denzel isn't really dead after all,he saved the passengers of the ship and also the girl that was found dead at the beginning.BIG DEAL!!!!!!!!
I will not watch this movie again for the sole reason that when a film tries so very hard to make you think,you just end up wishing you had done the washing up instead.'Donnie Darko' was a cracking film that really did make you think as it sucked you into Donnie's world.'Deja Vu' is about as subtle as a sledgehammer and I won't be suffering from Deja Vu with this movie as it is an experience that will definitely NOT happen again,at least as far as I'm concerned.