In Manhattan I watched Source Code, a science fiction thriller which

Rating: Null/10 (21 September 2011)

In Manhattan I watched Source Code, a science fiction thriller which stars Jake Gyllehall who is in a race against time to prevent terrorism and to alter his own fate.
Picture Groundhog Day meets Inception, Source code is a pulse pounding thriller involving a commuter train headed to Chicago with a bomb on board. Captain Colter Stevens played by Jake Gyllenhall is a soldier but wakes up in the body of a school teacher on that train. The science explained in the movie may not be true but it does not matter as the story of a man who tries to change the past succeeds.
Under the direction of Duncan Jones, Source Code which is a government experiment enables Stevens to cross over into another man's identity in the last 8 minutes of his life. The source code program allows Stevens to go back to the last 8 minutes time and time again with his mission to find the bomb and bomber. Each time Stevens relives the incident he gathers more clues and begins to fall for Christina played by Michelle Monaghan.
I watched the movie in Times Square with two friends in a large theater but with a small audience. There was little wait time to purchase my tickets and to walk to my theater seat. Arriving ten minutes early allowed me to view commercials and advertising up until the start time of the movie. Then at the start time there were at least six trailer previews followed by more advertising before the movie started. As an avid movie goer I do not mind the extensive movie trailers and they actually make me more excited for the movie. The audience was generally quiet throughout as the movie required you to concentrate on the clues that Stevens was finding on the train each time he went back in the train for eight minutes.
Source Code is based on the idea that Sean Fentress, a school teacher on the train who dies when a bomb explodes is compatible with Stevens who can cross into Sean Fentress's identity in the last 8 minutes of his life. The government program source code is used because the bomb on this train is only a warning act of terrorism and that a more powerful bomb is planned for the city of Chicago. The second attack is imminent so Stevens is sent back again and again despite not knowing what he is doing and if his father has been notified. Source Code still keeps the human story whilst providing entertaining action. The acting and casting is excellent and it leaves the viewer with satisfaction and intrigue after a running time of 93 minutes. I strongly recommend this film as it works as an emotional, and intelligent gripping story.