Wanna know more about Duncan Jones’ upcoming sci-fi film “Source Code”, starring Jake Gyllenhaal? You’ve come to the right place, and you should keep reading. Does the movie sound interesting to you, but you’d rather avoid POSSIBLE SPOILERS? Then stay clear of this page. You’ve been warned.
So, you’re still here? Here’s the deal: The Playlist has read the script for Ben Ripley’s “Source Code”, and they explain how the movie begins, and the film’s plot. It’s basically a combination of the Denzel Washington movie “Deja Vu” combined with “The Matrix” and the Bill Murray comedy “Groundhog Day”. And oh yeah, some form of time travel is involved, too.
It kicks off with COLTER (to be played by Jake Gyllenhaal), a thirty year old man with a military buzz cut, waking up on a commuter train heading into Penn Station from New Jersey. The trouble is, he doesn’t know where, or indeed who, he is. His wallet tells him his name is Sean Fentress, but when he looks in the bathroom mirror, another face looks back. In a brief seventeen minute journey, he manages to freak out CHRISTINA, a fellow passenger, and then, shortly before the train arrives at its final destination, the train explodes, killing Colter and every other passenger we’ve met.
From there, we learn that Colter is actually some kind of agent, who is being sent back in time to try to solve the terrorism bombing of the train, and he always has 17 minutes to do it. On his mission, Colter is overseen by a military bureaucrat name Goodwin, along with Rutledge, the much nicer of the two men, and also the designer of the Source Code program that is sending Colter back. The film’s other major character is Christina, the woman who Colter meets on the train, and develops feelings for.
The premise definitely sounds like the Washington movie “Deja Vu”. “Source Code” also figures to be much more character-driven, which is never a bad thing. I can totally dig character-driven plots with a good old fashion time travel storyline.
Waaaaaaaaaaaitaminute, this movie sounds familiar...
