It should have been called TWO Fat Agents or TWO fat Cops, I dunno but something FAT!

Rating: 7/10 (28 January 2007)

Okay let's face it, I don't know if either Denzel Washington or Val Kilmer were told to gain weight for their roles either ways, they were FAT! I'm sorry to sound vain but if they had been Hollywood Actresses, more people would have pointed out this fact. I just couldn't get over how fat they had gotten and so I had to get that off of my chest. Phew! Okay, I'm good. Now on to the movie, which I didn't really like either-ways.
The film centers around an ATF agent Doug Carlin (played by a FAT Denzel Washington) who one morning responds to a ferry bombing attack in downtown New Orleans and during the course of the investigation comes to realise that a young woman Claire Kuchever (played by Paula Patton) whose body washed up on the banks of the New Orleans river hours before the explosion seems to be tied to the terrorist attack. Agent Carlin, who falls in love with Kuchever's corpse then embarks on the seemingly impossible task of connecting the two crimes, in the hopes of bringing her killer to justice. Carlin is assisted by Agent Andrew Pryzwarra (played by a FAT Val Kilmer, who by the way has very little to do in this film) who introduces him to a team of surveillance investigators headed by Denny (played by a very geeky looking Adam Goldberg). This surveillance team happens to be in possession of a (okay let me put this simply) time machine that allows one to travel 4 days back in real time, hence the title: Deja Vu. If you don't get that, then I'm sorry you'll just have to go watch the movie because trust me, it took both me and Denzel's character 10 headaches and 2 tantrums to get it too. LOL!
All in all, it was good entertainment but not without its faults. How Jim Caviezel thought it was okay to play such a role as he did in this film, after portraying Jesus Christ, it light years beyond me. There are some things you just don't do in life. You don't dress Hrithik Roshan up as a Priest (they did in Dhoom 2), you don't cast Brad Pitt as Jesus Christ (thank God nobody has made that Faux Pas yet, and here's hoping they never do) and you certainly DO NOT cast Jesus Christ (nor the man who played him) as a TERRORIST! I dunno who to blame, casting or Jim himself. I was too unnerved to even judge whether for versatility sake he was good or bad -- acting wise. He reminded me of Keanu Reeves in THE WATCHER -- another poor casting decision. Another thing that irked me about this film was the character Shanti (played by Erika Alexander), she was so annoying to begin with then she just had to add two Faux/forced crying scenes? Her acting in this was painful at best.