Adrien Brody (The Pianist,
the 2005 King Kong) is a likeable Gulf War I
veteran who is wrongfully consigned to a mental asylum for the killing of a
police deputy.
There he is subjected to a
nasty experimental procedure by one of the resident shrinks which involves him
being injected with a drug and being locked up in a body drawer in the morgue
below. While confined in the drawer he somehow manages to time travel a decade
or so into the future where he finds out that in the past he only has a few days
left to live. Will Brody's character somehow manage to change the outcome of
these future (or is that past?) events?
An intriguing albeit flawed
film (some of the rougher plot ideas haven’t been thought out properly and one
plot point is almost icky in its almost Oedipal implications when you think
about it) The Jacket
boasts a literate screenplay, some effective scenery and an all-round good cast.
Ultimately The Jacket is
a neat little time travel thriller that ought to appeal to fans of the sort of
paradoxes usually thrown up by this particular sci-fi subgenre and is
recommended.
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