complicated setup that pays off

Rating: Null/10 (6 December 2006)

The producer-director team of Jerry Bruckheimer and Tony Scott re-collaborate to bring you this sophisticated thriller that explores the delicate link between the past and future. Denzel Washington stars as a headstrong ATF agent called in to investigate an attack on a Naval cruise liner and its ambiguous connection to the death of a young woman. With the help of a covert government team and one of a kind technology, he discovers a method to travel back in time to try and save her. Swift, intricate thrill ride is exciting, suspenseful, and well-performed, with a unique—if convoluted—story that grabs and holds you from the word go. The script may not be airtight and tends to ramble in its own logic, but it does entertain and adds yet another level of depth and intrigue to the 'mind teaser' genre. ***