Ouch

Rating: 5/10 (24 February 2008)

I reviewed this once before, but that review seems to have vanished. In DEJA VU, Denzel W. plays a federal agent studying a ferry explosion that has killed hundreds of people, including many military personnel. He is allowed to view a government machine that lets the viewer look back several days, and he hopes to find clues this way. The real mystery is why a woman's body washed up down river with similar burns an hour before the ferry explosion. Then the worst possible plot turn arrives: Denzel figures he can literally go back in time using the machine and figure everything out. And maybe save the gal, among other things. From this point, the movie collapses like the proverbial house of cards. It is very enjoyable and suspenseful right up until good old Denzel climbs into the time machine, I will admit. Watch the first half, skip the second. This is no MAN ON FIRE II.