Hammerman Ikon

Hammerman Ikon Film Guide

Source Code
2011
****½
Director: Duncan Jones
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga, Jeffrey Wright, Russell Peters, Michael Arden

An army helicopter pilot wakes up on a Chicago commuter train which is shortly after blown up by a terrorist. He soon learns that he plays a key role in a military experiment which enables him to go back on the train for eight minutes at a time in order to locate the bomb and identify the bomber. Ben Ripley’s script combines The Matrix, Inception and Groundhog Day into one tight science fiction story. Duncan Jones’ second film is extremely entertaining, although it doesn’t quite have the courage to go through to its inevitably grim conclusion.