Editorial Reviews:
Synopsis
Denzel Washington, Val Kilmer. After a ferry is blown up by a terrorist, a government agent uses new technology to look back in time and solve the crime. But he soon resolves not only to help catch the criminal, but to save the lives of the victims. Tony Scott directed this edge-of-your-seat sci-fi thriller. 2006/color/126 min/PG-13/widescreen.
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In his most effective thriller since iEnemy of the State/i, Tony Scott makes time travel seem plausible. It helps that his New Orleans hero, ATF agent Doug Carlin (Denzel Washington in his third go-round with the director), spends more time in the present than the past. In order to catch a terrorist, FBI Agent Pryzwarra (Val Kilmer) invites Carlin to join forces. They have the technology to see the past. He has the expertise to interpret the data. Unfortunately, the bomb has already gone off and hundreds of ferry passengers have died. Then there's the body of a beautiful woman, Claire Kuchever (Paula Patton, iIdlewild/i), that turns up in the vicinity of the blast. Evidence indicates she was killed beforehand. Since the FBI enables him to observe Claire prior to her murder, Carlin gets to know what she was like and finds himself falling in love. He becomes convinced that the only way to solve the case--and prove her innocence--is to travel to the past. But as Pryzwarra's colleague, Denny (Adam Goldberg), argues, "You cannot go back in time. It's physically impossible." Or so he says. iDéjà Vu/i is constructed around a clever script and executed by a top-notch cast, notably Washington, Patton, and an eerie Jim Caviezel (miles away from iPassion of the Christ/i). In shedding the excesses of recent years--the sadism of iMan on Fire/i and weirdness of Tarantino favorite iDomino/i--Scott re-affirms his rep as one of the action movie's finest practitioners. i--Kathleen C. Fennessy/i
