Manages to Entertain All the Way Through

Rating: 7/10 (3 March 2013)

"Captain Colter Stevens" (Jake Gyllenhaal) is a helicopter pilot who finds himself on a train under another person's identity by the name of "Sean Fentress" and he is looking for a person who has already blown it up. If that isn't strange enough, he also has only 8 minutes to find the man responsible, otherwise he has to go back and search again in order to stop a "dirty bomb" from exploding in downtown Chicago. Now, while all of this might sound confusing, the different scenarios actually dovetail into a very imaginative film. Jake Gyllenhaal turns in a fine performance as does Michelle Monaghan as his female friend "Christina Warren". And while there isn't much action and the suspense is low-key for the most part, this movie still manages to entertain all the way through. All things considered then, I thought this was a very enjoyable film and I have rated it accordingly. Above average.