Surprised to see a good movie!

Rating: 8/10 (17 April 2011)

A really good thriller, which I haven't seen for a while. The movies have been limited to such half-hearted scripts these days that it seems not much effort is being put into the writing of the film. However for once I am not disappointed for paying the money to watch this. It's such a gamble going to the movies today.
The film is about a soldier put into a machine that sends him back in time to relive a persons last 8 minutes on earth before their death. It's such an interesting concept and the way the movie was tackled was pretty damn satisfying, in terms of explosions and action and character depth.
Jake's character never had to act out great fighting stunts even as a soldier, he struggled with the entire mission in so many different ways and it puts a challenge and the thrill to the whole entire thing. I'm still 50-50 on how it ends, but still very intriguing, and if there's two things I would complain about in the movie it is how did this "machine/technology" come to be and what happens after the end??? such a tease really. Though I would want to know, I still would advise not to go for a sequel of some sort, it's open for a part two quite honestly, but I'm just afraid they'd ruin a good thriller after such a long time, and drag it along the dirt.
All in all, worth the watch.