This movie starts off in a promising way, and then it just gets silly. The five-day camera thing is a little hard to take as it is. Then it turns into an excuse to ogle a woman in her house for ten minutes. We don't need for this movie to be so...
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This movie starts off in a promising way, and then it just gets silly. The five-day camera thing is a little hard to take as it is. Then it turns into an excuse to ogle a woman in her house for ten minutes. We don't need for this movie to be so long. More than a half hour could have been cut by removing the close-ups of people crying, and allowing Washington and Kilmer's characters to actually develop instead of looking like cut-out t.v. movie posters. They try to mix too many elements, a detective story and a futuristic spy theme, sort of "Minority Report" with some syrupy love story elements, and it would have been much better had they just stuck with the police case. Like a Pullman car that's gone off track, there's only so far this film can try to push.

Yet again Jerry Bruckheimer has done it again, with Tony Scott. This film is a great action thriller. The twist of time travel brings it alive. Denzel is on form again playing a great part. It is a film that makes you think, kept me interested...
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Yet again Jerry Bruckheimer has done it again, with Tony Scott. This film is a great action thriller. The twist of time travel brings it alive. Denzel is on form again playing a great part. It is a film that makes you think, kept me interested through out.

Though entertaining in parts, the story and the sci-fi elements are too clunky to make for a completely satisfying movie. The apparatus used to peer 4 days and 6 hours into the past was explained very briefly and not satisfactorily. It seemed to...
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Though entertaining in parts, the story and the sci-fi elements are too clunky to make for a completely satisfying movie. The apparatus used to peer 4 days and 6 hours into the past was explained very briefly and not satisfactorily. It seemed to be an excuse to showcase some cool video and graphics effects instead of a believable futuristic technology.

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The ending also left me flat. The time-traveling ATF agent Doug Carlin was killed while saving the passengers on the ferry but the "other" Carlin showed up at the end. We were supposed to feel some sort of relief that he survived, sort of, but there is no real emotional connection between Carlin and Claire Kuchever. This Carlin has never met Claire and he didn't go through all the suspense and danger that the other Carlin did. Why would he believe Claire's story once she tells it?

I'm not so sure Denzel Washington was the right actor for this movie. His charismatic, improvisatory delivery didn't fit the sci-fi story. On the other hand, relative newcomer Paula Patton did a fine job in a limited role. She is also a strikingly beautiful woman, which certainly doesn't hurt.

The movie can't overcome the absurdity of the time-traveling surveillance device. There's enough action and suspense to provide some visceral entertainment but the awkward use of the time-travel plot device ultimately makes this movie disappointing. Sorry Denzel fans but I've seen him do better.

One of my favorite movie,about the theory of time and space I go crazy and this film got me amazed,really it is cool the story is good,the actors are good,every thing about it is great.