it could've been...

Rating: 5/10 (27 April 2007)

Deja vu starts littler dull ; with nothing different than what we see on shows like CSI every week. Of course the scale of the start disaster is much bigger;but no thanks to the weak directing;the 9/11ish event and all those lovely dead people doesn't really get to us.
when you go through the first 25 minutes;which is really ordinary; you see what the movie is all about.(spoilers from here)the government has a device that lets them see past;see exactly 4 days somewhat hours ago and they use this new technology to see anything in the past,of course with limitations.
from this point;one of the greatest chases of the movie history begins and lasts for the first half of the movie.it's really brilliant,and it remains that way.when they learn that they can interact with the past; the movie takes you to the edge of the scene;and you feel like you are about to see a conclusion that you've never seen before.but instead,it takes a grim twist and for the last quarter of the movie;it becomes a mindless "cop who went back in time to save the girl" thing.
i am really really curious how someone could have come up with such an unique idea like the "snow white" but be stupid enough to turn it into a stupid time machine- hey look the pieces are coming together-kind of action.
i'm so sorry for this movie.the second half should be rewritten to take it into classics.but this way;it's just a "worth watching but nothing special" movie.