A sleeper in '06

Rating: 8/10 (17 February 2007)

Deja Vu really flew under the radar. For it to not have gotten much attention and much publicity, it was very good. It was a good mix of sci-fi, mystery, and suspense. This movie took the age old and much revisited issue of time travel and put a different spin on it. Instead of a machine that gives one the ability to travel back and forth through time to any time or era, the government developed a highly experimental machine that can view exactly 4 days and some odd hours into the past. With Bruckenheimer being part of the production team, you had to expect something decent. Denzel plays his role well, as can be expected, but this movie was more about the story; the who-dun-it aspect of it, the is-he-going-to-be-able-to-do-that aspect of it, and the makes-you-think aspect of it as well. Overall, I really enjoyed this movie, plus it was good to see a movie being filmed in New Orleans to bring some much needed jobs and dollars to that area. "Deja Vu" held my attention from beginning to end, and the ending did not disappoint.