Doug Carlin

Doug Carlin is a fictional character appearing in the 2006 film Déjà Vu, from which he serves as the protagonist. He is portrayed by Denzel Washington.
Agent of the ATF, he has to show courage to save hundreds of innocent lives, through a temporal experiment. 
==Biography==
Sent to the docks of Algiers to investigate the explosion of a ferry carrying hundreds of US Navy sailors, Doug suspects the terrorist track. Still on the investigation, he is challenged by the discovery of the charred body of a woman, Claire Kuchever. However, his body was found minutes before the explosion. The hypothesis according to which the killer took advantage of the explosion to camouflage the murder remains very probable. Also, Doug learns that his teammate, Larry Minuti, was also on the ferry, he didn't survive.
Paul Pryzwarra, one of the FBI agents present at the crime scene, asks Doug if he would like to join the new government unit, whose first mission is to find the terrorist. Helped by Jack McCready and Doctor Alexander Denny, they study the events leading up to the explosion using new software called Snow White ("Snow White") which allows to see in detail the past with 4 days, 6 hours, 3 minutes and 45 seconds off.
However, this software does not allow you to go back, to view a poorly seen element. Convinced that Claire is an essential part of the investigation, he manages to make sure to follow her thanks to the software. Thus, they discover that the killer wanted to buy his car, although he withdrew because the model does not correspond with the wreckage found in the river.
After a while, Doug understands that Snow White allows you to interact with the past. Despite the warnings of his teammates, Doug sends a message on his desk to alert him to the imminent danger. However, Doug from the past does not see the message and it is Larry who finds it. He goes to the coordinates indicated, without reinforcements, and is killed by a bullet. The terrorist, having damaged his car, is forced to bargain with Claire.
To pursue the killer, despite his arrest in the present, Doug uses a helmet connected to Snow White to follow the killer in a car. He arrives at a ruined building, burnt down with an ambulance embedded inside. The killer apprehended, the government decides to suspend Snow White.
Doug goes one last time to Claire's apartment where he reads on the fridge "You can save her". Thanks to Alexander, Doug sends himself to the past where he is revived by doctors, sending a human being to the past causes a heart attack. Thus, Doug is the morning of the attack: the ferry has not yet exploded and Claire is still alive; but Larry is deceased. Recovered from his heart attack, Doug steals some clothes and an ambulance and heads to the abandoned building, which is still in pristine condition. He rushes into the wall, saving Claire who had been kidnapped, but takes a bullet in the shoulder.
To treat him, Claire takes him to her apartment where he leaves a message on the fridge. Thanks to Claire, Doug boards the ferry before the explosion, kills the terrorist but fails to defuse the bomb. To save all the innocents, he is forced to throw himself into the water with the vehicle, but he can't get out. The bomb explodes, causing only one victim: Doug. Claire is rescued and cared for by an ATF agent, Doug Carlin, who has never had a temporal experience. 
==Appearances==
*Déjà Vu (2006)
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