| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Adrien Brody | ... | Jack Starks | |
| Keira Knightley | ... | Jackie Price | |
| Kris Kristofferson | ... | Dr. Thomas Becker | |
| Jennifer Jason Leigh | ... | Dr. Beth Lorenson | |
| Kelly Lynch | ... | Jean Price | |
| Brad Renfro | ... | The Stranger | |
| Daniel Craig | ... | Rudy Mackenzie | |
| Steven Mackintosh | ... | Dr. Hopkins | |
| Brendan Coyle | ... | Damon | |
| Mackenzie Phillips | ... | Nurse Harding | |
| Laura Marano | ... | Young Jackie | |
| Jason Lewis | ... | Officer Harrison | |
| Richard Dillane | ... | Captain Medley | |
| Jonah Lotan | ... | Intern #1 | |
| Angel Coulby | ... | Intern #2 | |
The film centers on a wounded Gulf war veteran who returns to his native Vermont suffering from bouts of amnesia. He is hitching and gets picked up by a stranger, things go wrong when a cop pulls them over and is murdered by a stranger. The vet is wrongly accused of the killing and lands in an asylum. A disreputable doctor prescribes a course of experimental therapy, restraining him in a modified strength straight jacket-like device, and locks him away in a cadaver drawer in the basement morgue. During the course of his treatment, he gets flashbacks and visions of his future where he can foresee that he is to die in four days time; He just doesn't know how. And thus commences the classic race against time for this tortured veteran with an expiration date. Written by Austin4577@aol.com
Just saw this at an advance screening. I liked it. Adrien Brody and Keira Knightley carry this film well. Although I have to admit that i was in the front row and watching a cinemascope film like that has one turning their head from left to right a lot. I recommend the star rover novel to read to anyone who likes this film. It was published in 1913, one of londons last books. it dealt with how the prison system at the time would strap people in straitjackets so tight that it would cause damage. The hero of the book comes to desire the tightening of the straps to the point where the guards have not seen, in order for him to more spiritually transcend his mind and soul into another life. He jaunts into other existences, all past, ie napoleon battle, viking conquest, to free his mind from the pain. The Jacket takes this idea in a way where the hero goes to a place that is involved in the plot running in the present.