Source Code

Source Code is a well-executed sci-fi thriller that has a somewhat more intelligence than the average offering. It doesn't reach the level of something like Inception, and isn't as subtle as director Duncan Jones' previous effort Moon, but overall its solid and worth checking out. Other than that I only have a few comments:

-The actual ending is a but of a cop out, and almost seems like they're setting up for a sequel which makes no sense given the logic of the film. The natural ending point would have been about five minutes earlier when they essentially stop time.

-So Jake Gyllenhal's character falls in love with Michelle Monaghan over the course of the same 8 minutes (basically the hook of the film is that he continually goes back and relives the last 8 minutes of a a guy who died in a terrorists attack life to try and find the bomber). Granted he probably goes back, lets say, 20 times, but I'm unconvinced that he could become so enraptured in approximately 3 hours that he's be willing to do what he does in the film. Lets just say after he has to spend some time with her outside of that 8 minute window and it turns out she's someone horrible, like a Thomas Kinkade fan, and now he's stuck. Maybe not the best planning there. Of course Michelle Monaghan's character looks like Michelle Monoaghan so maybe I'm just completely off base.