So let me get this straight, you're trying to tell me that on the other side of this bridge, is the actual past?

Rating: 6/10 (4 June 2011)

Déjà Vu is directed by Tony Scott and written by Bill Marsilii and Terry Rossio. It stars Denzel Washington, Val Kilmer, Bruce Greenwood, Paula Patton, Matt Craven, Adam Goldberg and James Caviezel. Music is scored by Harry Gregson-Williams and cinematography by Paul Cameron. Plot finds Washington as ATF Special Agent Douglas Carlin, who takes up the investigation when a ferry is bombed leaving many dead. Struggling thru with conventional investigative methods, Carlin's job receives an unexpected, and bizarre, boost when Special Agent Paul Pryzwarra introduces him to a top secret time machine. The device can show the events leading up to the bombing, but can Carlin avert the tragedy?
With Jerry Bruckheimer involved in the production and Tony Scott directing, there's really no surprises as regards the texture of this film. Time travel is the given excuse this time, the premise smothered in bangs, crashes and adrenalin fuelled excess; with Washington adding considerable screen charisma as the focal point. The plot's a bit of a head scratcher if you try and delve deep into it, so best just to sit back and enjoy the ride. Take in the fun to be had with the notion that the cops have a time machine, therefore the baddies (a seriously creepy Caviezel) are at a disadvantage. Shift uncomfortably in your seat at a troubling love story etched into the narrative, and marvel at prime Scott chaos during a split-screen car chase. It's dumb popcorn fodder for sure, but at least it's fun dumb popcorn fodder. 6/10