Review - Source Code

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 04/01/2011 - 9:09pm

"Source Code" isn't even vaguely plausible. I try not to overthink sci-fi spitballing, but even the most preposterous premises should adhere to an implicit rule set. Based on a screenplay by Ben Ripley, who previously authored two direct-to-DVD "Species" flicks, this lazy follow-up to director Duncan Jones' understated 2009 character study "Moon" is a major disappointment.

Steeped in pseudo-science, "Source Code's" biggest fault is its failure to adequately explain the parameters of the titular alternate reality experiment. Through vague governmental computer wizardry, Army Capt. Colter Stevens (Jake Gyllenhaal) is uploaded into the body of a civilian aboard an ill-fated Chicago-bound commuter train and tasked with locating a rigged explosive and its owner. To complicate matters, he only has eight minutes until impact and it's back to start.

So begins a trial and error rescue mission—not to save the train itself, but to identify the culprit and avert a looming second attack. If you're already confused, don't sweat it—Stevens is too. After every botched attempt, he finds himself back in a dank isolation room harnessed into an enormous machine with a video link to his commanding officers. As he probes them for more information on his mission, he also pries out the requisite exposition about the tech.

Long story short, Source Code isn't time travel. It merely relocates Stevens' consciousness into the lingering memory trail of the recently deceased. Cool, right? The problem is that such a heady concept immediately opens itself to a thousand potential plot holes. For instance, if Stevens is reliving the terminal eight minutes of someone's life, why can he exit the train at random when the body and mind he's sharing has no frame of reference for it? How does he even know what the passengers two cars over look like?

Even if you buy into the flawed logic of "Source Code," the filmmaking just isn't up to snuff. Jones throws subtlety to the wind for this antithetical take on the genre he seemed so passionate for two years ago. He imbues the proceedings with a nondescript glossy veneer and achieves unanimously stilted performances from his cast. Character actor Jeffrey Wright comes away looking especially bad, but Gyllenhaal is also mismanaged in the lead.

It isn't their fault; Jones lacks vision and Ripley lacks talent. The latter in particular seems incapable of executing on even his better ideas interestingly. By his hand, Stevens' lame bomb-sniffing stratagem boils down to blindly badgering suspicious-looking commuters and eventually lucky guesswork. Maybe some will respond to his common sense approach, but I much prefer watching characters more clever than myself weasel their way out of trouble. For all his military training, Captain Stevens might as well have been Joe Average Passenger.

A far cry from the careful construction of Duncan Jones' offbeat debut, "Source Code" is a discouragingly impersonal film shellacked with Hollywood disinfectant. Worse, it's plain bad science fiction. It's a halfhearted amalgam of films like "The Matrix" and "Inception," hold the fresh perspective. Still, I'm not ready to count Jones out. The young director had a hand in fleshing out "Moon," and will hopefully creatively contribute more to future projects. However, as it stands, his first two features couldn't be more at odds. Taken alone, "Source Code" is a misfire; given that it's the sophomore effort of so promising a talent, it's a major missed opportunity.

Hi. Cool write-up. There’s an

Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 10/16/2011 - 12:32pm.

Hi. Cool write-up. There’s an concern along with your website in firefox, and you may want to check this… The browser may be the market chief and a very good section of people will pass over your wonderful writing because of this dilemma. เกมส์สร้างเกาะ เกมสร้างเกาะ เกมส์สร้างโลก เกมส์ทําอาหาร เกม เกมทําอาหาร เกมส์ game

The palace place, encumbered

Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 12/24/2011 - 1:35am.

The palace place, encumbered with people, offered to the curious gazers at the windows the aspect of a sea; into which five or six streets, like so many mouths of rivers, discharged every moment fresh floods of heads.
http://www.uk-bbc.com
http://www.iugov.com
http://www.fckmusa.com

I want to thank you for this

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 01/03/2012 - 9:25pm.

I want to thank you for this informative read, I really appreciate sharing this great post. Keep up your work.
Carbon Steels

Thanks for very interesting

Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 03/24/2012 - 3:20pm.

Thanks for very interesting article.I really enjoyed reading all of your posts. It’s interesting to read ideas, makes you think more.
fragman izle

Thanks for posting this

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 03/28/2012 - 11:59pm.

Thanks for posting this article. agrandissement de pénis I am definitely tired generic Sildenafi of struggling to find relevant and intelligent generic tadalafi commentary on this subject. Everyone nowadays seem to go to extremes generic levitr to either drive home their viewpoint. Thanks for your concise and relevant insight.

Chanel Bags Wristlet Bags

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 06/05/2012 - 10:45pm.

Chanel Bags Wristlet Bags White
eatures - All TerrainThe Bugaboo Cameleon is light, weighing only 20 pounds, and very well built. You can also distribute them at various corporate events such as trade shows, seminars, conferences, business meetings or exhibitions. Chanel Bags Wristlet Bags White. With so many choices, you'll never be tied to several machines to make a copy again. Chanel Wallet. Aquos stand for aqua and quality and is integrated in the LCD televisions. he last and final thing to help you achieve cost-efficient eye frames is to use coupons. Chanel 2.55 Bags.

Article Source: http://www.walletsale.org/

Nice post, good to know that

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 07/17/2012 - 6:48pm.

Nice post, good to know that this Source Code topic is being covered also in this web site.
Thanks for taking time to discuss this, keep up with this interesting work.
Good job !
gastrite

The problem is that such a

Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 07/29/2012 - 2:34am.

The problem is that such a heady concept immediately opens itself to a thousand potential plot holes. For instance, if Stevens is reliving the terminal eight minutes of someone's life, why can he exit the train at random when the body and mind he's sharing. Memory Foam Mattress

Code topic is being covered

Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 08/04/2012 - 4:19pm.

Code topic is being covered also in this web site.
Thanks for taking time to discuss this, keep up with this interesting work.Wisdom Directory

Review - Source

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 11/21/2012 - 10:58am.

Review - Source Code

برودكاست جديد برودكاست جديد 2013 برودكاست حب برودكاست حب 2012 برودكاست صباح الخير 2013 برودكاست صباح الخير برودكاست عتاب برودكاست للعتاب تردد قناة الفراعين ترددات النايل سات رسائل الشوق رسائل حب صور فراق طريقة زيادة دنانير المزرعة السعيدة فساتين سهرة فساتين سهرة للمراهقات قنادر الدار صور عيون بنات صور بوس صور بنات 2013 صور اجمل بنات رمزيات بلاك بيرى صور بنات خلفيات ايفون اسلامية سيارات 2012 صور بنات 2012 صور بنات حلوة 2013 صور حب صور سيارات 2013 صور فراق عالم الصور 2013 حظك اليوم صور خلفيات 2013 صور فنانين 2013

This is a good article, the

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 03/04/2013 - 10:19pm.

This is a good article, the content is very rich, and I really like, I will continue to support you! JIAYU G3

Congratulations! Very Good!

Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 03/17/2013 - 4:14pm.

القران الكريم منتديات منتدي

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 04/18/2013 - 6:58am.

القران الكريم
منتديات
منتدي نسائى
الاحاديث الشريفة
السنة النبوية
الفقة الاسلامي
الصوتيات والمرئيات الاسلامية
شSDHN MADNASHDHN DS,A قصص الانبياء
ازياء
موضة
ازياء محجبات
فساتين
الاكسسوارات
شنط
احذية
نتى ة KJM NHN S ملابس بيت
ميك اب
تسريحات
العناية بالبشرة
مستلزمات العروس
طبخ
وصفات الطبخ
احدث الاكلات
الحلويات
الحلويات الشرقية
الحلويات الغربية
عصائر
مشروبات
ازياء الحوامل
ازياء الاطفال
العناية بالطفل
الاثاث
الديكورات
غرف نوم
الاتيكيت
انتريهات
غرف سفرة
حمامات
مطابخ
ستائر
اكسسوارات منزلية
ازياء رجالي
موضة رجالي
ساعات
برفانات
ملابس رجالي
لغات
ترجمة
التعليم
رياض الاطفال
المرحلة الابتدائية
المرحلة الاعدادية
المرحلة الثانوية

ميك اب سوارية2013
ميك اب سوارية2014
ميك اب عرايس 2013
مكياج للعيون
فساتين زفاف 2013
فساتين دانتيل
للعروسة2013
للعروسة2013
فساتين زفاف 2014
مسكات للعرايس 2013
مسكات للعرايس 2014
فساتين فرح اوف وايت
فساتين زفاف تركيه 2013
فساتين زفاف تركيه 2014
تصاميم فساتين زفاف
فساتين خطوبه 2013
فساتين خطوبه 2014
فساتين خطوبه
فساتين زفاف قصيره
طرح عرائس
طرح عرائس فرنسية
طرق العناية بالشعر الطويل
كيفية الاهتمام بالشعر الطويل
نصائح خاصة للشعر الطويل

فساتين زفاف للمحجابات
فساتين سهرة طويل
فساتين سهرة طويل2013
فساتين سهرة
نظارات صيف2013
اكسسوارات بناتى 2014
اكسسوارات بناتى 2013
ساعات اكسسوارات بناتى
خواتم اكسسوارات بناتى
اكسسوارات بناتى باسعارهم
اانسيالات اكسسوارات بناتى
اكسسوارات شغل يدوى
شنط بناتى 2014
شنط ماركه باردا
صنادل لصيف 2013
صنادل لصيف 2014
بيجامات صيف 2013
ازياء بيت للبنات 2013
مكياج سهرة مميزة 2014

لفات طرح للمحجابات
لفات طرح للمحجابات2014
ملابس للمحجابات
ملابس للمحجابات2013
ملابس للمحجابات2014
فساتين زفاف للمحجابات2013

تنمية بشرية
صور
صور مشاهير
صور رومانسية
تصميم
دورات تصميم
الدش
الستالايت
هواتف
جوالات
السياحة
السفر
الصحة
الطب البديل
الرشاقة
يوتيوب
youtube
ازياء رجالي 2013
ملابس كول للشباب
بيجامات شبابي صيف 2013
ازياء شبابية
احذية شبابية
حمامات باللون الاسود
حمامات باللون الوردي
حمامات باللون الموف
حمامات باللون الرصاصي
حمامات باللون الاخضر
فن الضيافة
فن الاتيكيت
غرف نوم بناتي 2013
غرف نوم بناتي
غرف نوم فخمة
غرف نوم اطفال
غرف نوم اطفال 2013
غرف نوم بنات
غرف نوم ايطالي
دهانات حوائط
اخبار المنصورة
اخبار الدقهلية
مظاهرات المنصورة
جامعة المنصورة
دليل المنصورة
وظائف المنصورة
منتدي المنصورة
استضافة
سيرفرات
فى بي اس
vps
ادارة السيرفرات
تصميم مواقع
تصميم منتديات
تصميم ورد بريس
قوالب ورد بريس
دعم فني منتديات
شركة استضافة رسمية
حماية سيرفرات
انشاء موقع
موبايل
رسائل موبايل

ششسية AHMED ,S DJAN ADSJ

I think most of us who

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 05/07/2013 - 5:29am.

I think most of us who watched The Jetsons as a kid, figured by the year 2012 we'd all have a Rosie the Robot to help us with chores and child rearing.addicting games

Good man And Ty شات مصرى

Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 05/18/2013 - 2:56pm.

Good man And Ty

شات مصرى دردشة مصرية دليل مواقع مركز تحميل الصور منتدى منتديات موقع شبكه شبكة منتدى بحبو منتديات بحبو شات دردشة شات مصر نكت 2013

صور حزينة 2013 صور حزينة صور حزن صور رومانسية 2013 صور بنات 2013 خلفيات واتس اب توبيكات واتس اب توبيكات برود كسات صور سيارات 2013 صور سيارات صور حب صور حب 2013 صور حب 2013 صور حب صور حب وغرام صور حب رسائل 2013 رسائل رسائل حب 2013 رسائل حب خلفيات جالكسى صور بنات 2013 صور بنات خلفيات ايفون 2013 خلفيات ايفون خلفيات ايباد 2014 خلفيات ايباد 2013 خلفيات ايباد 2013 خلفيات ايباد بنات خلفيات ايباد بنات صور بنات ايمو صور ايمو 2013 صور ايمو ازياء ازياء 2013 ازياء 2014

Primary links

Review - Source Code

Hi. Cool write-up. There’s an

The palace place, encumbered

I want to thank you for this

Thanks for very interesting

Thanks for posting this

Chanel Bags Wristlet Bags

Nice post, good to know that

The problem is that such a

Code topic is being covered

Review - Source

This is a good article, the

Congratulations! Very Good!

القران الكريم منتديات منتدي

I think most of us who

Good man And Ty شات مصرى

Post new comment