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Title: Deja Vu (2006)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Denzel Washington | ... | Doug Carlin | |
| Paula Patton | ... | Claire Kuchever | |
| Val Kilmer | ... | Agent Pryzwarra | |
| Jim Caviezel | ... | Carroll Oerstadt | |
| Adam Goldberg | ... | Denny | |
| Elden Henson | ... | Gunnars | |
| Erika Alexander | ... | Shanti | |
| Bruce Greenwood | ... | Jack McCready | |
| Rich Hutchman | ... | Agent Stalhuth | |
| Matt Craven | ... | Minuti | |
| Donna W. Scott | ... | Beth (as Donna Scott) | |
| Elle Fanning | ... | Abbey | |
| Brian Howe | ... | Medical Examiner | |
| Enrique Castillo | ... | Claire's Father | |
| Mark Phinney | ... | Agent Donnelly | |
In the wake of a devastating terrorist attack on a slow New Orleans ferry, the A.T.F. special agent, Doug Carlin, joins an experimental top-secret government program to find the bomber. Designed to bend the very fabric of time, this state-of-the-art technology enables the user to observe a detailed representation of what happened four days and six hours in the past, tracking the target's every move prior to the attack. However, the man responsible for the deadly explosion is bound to strike again. Can Carlin figure out who he is, when he is always precisely four days behind? Written by Nick Riganas
I usually like sci-fi when it's pure sci-fi. I usually like present day drama when it's believably real. Disaster, at least for me, looms large when sci-fi meets real life drama. So here we have a present day crime thriller crossed with sci-fi time travel...And, this movie kicks butt, works so well, in fact, it's nuances should be studied in film school. It's original enough to be compelling-where we are not in some distant future, but the here and now.
The story, the characters, and the effects mesh well to suspend belief to the point that you "get on-board" and enjoy the ride. This is the way to do sci-fi with believable real life situations. The cinematography, the implementation of technology, and even a beautiful (but presently dead) damsel in distress, combine to give the actors, who are uniformly good to excellent, the boost to put this in rarefied good sci-fi territory. Genre fans are shoo-ins and those who think they don't like sci-fi should enjoy this one too. 7.5 to 8 out of 10.