Deja Vu

Rating: 5/10 (7 January 2007)

I went to see this movie being pretty aware of the fact that the movie would be a typical Hollywood action movie and was not expecting much more from it. I had seen the trailers and it looked very much of what I had intended the movie to be.
The story is about a cop trying to stop a (patriotic) terrorist who wants to blow a US navy ferry with a stolen vehicle full of bombs. The movie starts with the ferry being blown off by the terrorist  so where is the story line gone? But wait  the frames unfold to a new dimension where our hero can travel back by 4 days into time and stop the terrorist to blow up the ferry, and in turn save our heroine and lots of dead people. Is this all possible in real life? NO would be the answer  but scientific movies like ET, Star Wars etc. are big hits on the fantasy of 'What if'? The movie is sleek. Denzel Washington is stylish sometimes overly with his facial expressions; and Val Kilmer  has evidently put on lots of weight from his usual self, but is good in his small role.
The movie is able to maintain your interest till the last frame. There are good action scenes  especially the car chase of terrorist through time difference  where with one eye Denzel is able to see the present day and the other eye he is able to see the same road 4 days back  this chase is thrilling.
Especially at the end of the movie, the way Denzel is shown traveling from one place to another within the city  seems that the city is very small  which is not the case of New Orleans as a city. It is big!! Director should have taken more care of this fact.