Groundhog Code

Thank God, somebody made Source Code and Summit decides to distribute it. If it's not, then Indonesians wouldn have the chance to see it in cinemas. It's already renowned before it's released here that this is one of the best-reviewed film of the year so far. It'd be stupid to skip this. Duncan Jones of Moon directing with Jake Gyllenhaal starring and it's said to be a sci-fi Groundhog Day.

The story is about Captain Colter Stevens (Jake Gyllenhaal) who wakes up in a train as someone else just to find himself blown up by a bomb eight minutes later. And then he finds himself in a place with a monitor to communicate with some uniformed agent. He learns that his task is to find the bomber of the train to stop other terrorist actions. He's able to do Groundhog Day in other person's body using the program Source Code which enables him to do so but only for 8 minutes.

The premise is engaging and it doesnt bore you a bit. It was very thrilling as we dive into the source code and clueless just like Captain Stevens. Jake Gyllenhaal proved to be a good actor in his solo show. Jeffrey Wright is also game in this movie as the creator of the source code program. As everything unfolds slowly, we learn that it's not what it seems. It's truly Groundhog Day without its jokes and groundhog of course, but still maintain some humanity. Many criticized the ending, but personally liked it because it's kinda cool. If the ending stopped at that freeze frame shot, it'd be just mainstream, but to have something else, that's creative. But then now what? Captain Stevens is trapped in someone else's body and so forever Christina would love the wrong-looking guy with the right soul inside? And the source code is able to duplicate souls? would there be hundreds of Captain Stevens's souls? Anyways, Source Code: rated B+