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Actors: Denzel Washington, Val Kilmer, Jim Caviezel
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Deja Vu |
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It's a beautiful sunny day and the New Orleans ferry is full of Navy seamen and their families, en route to a party. Suddenly, a huge explosion rips the ferry apart, killing and injuring hundreds of ferry passengers. ATF
investigator Doug Carlin (Denzel Washington)is called in to inspect the scene and search for evidence. Upon finding remnants of an explosive device, Carlin informs the local police that the explosion was an act of terrorism and not just a tragic accident. Assisting in the police investigation, Carlin observes the autopsy of a young woman whose burned body washed up on the shore near the site of the ferry explosion. Carlin discovers that the woman was murdered before the explosion and her body was placed near the scene purposely to blend in with the other victims.
Another investigator (Val Kilmer) asks Carlin to join a top-secret special team charged with reviewing audio and video footage gathered from seven satellites orbiting space. While viewing the footage from four days earlier and learning the limits of this revolutionary technology (i.e., the footage may only be played once and not rewound), Carlin realizes that he's not really viewing archived video footage, but instead peering into the past, watching events from four days ago unfold. The researchers are forced to explain that they've accidentally stumbled across a way to fold time in on itself and "time travel" to view events from four days earlier.
Armed with this new technology, Carlin and the other researchers decide to do everything they can to stop the bomber from blowing up the ferry and murdering the young woman. Chasing the suspect (Jim Caviezel) simultaneously in real time and in the past is just one of the abilities
Carlin and his team now have at their disposal with the time-travel technology. They soon learn, however, that changing the past isn't easy and that every action, no matter how small, impacts the future in ways you'd never expect.
--Lisa Ciurro, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Deja Vu |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 40%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
**Fantasy or Science Fiction?**
- science fiction story
Time Travel:
- primarily to the past
Spying - Investigations
Yes
What is main char. doing?
- finding an assassin (political)
Time Travel Story?
Yes
To what time period?
- Present (early 21st century)
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- government investigator
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/medium curly
Body type
- muscular (man)
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- caring
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Black
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- Very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavy
Body type
- average (female)
How much in movie?
- 40%
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- criminal
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) very short/crewcut
Body type
- muscular (man)
Ethnicity
- White
Physical condition
- very athletic
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
Earth setting:
- 20th century (1970's to Present)
Takes place on Earth?
Yes
Big cities?
Yes
Kind of city
- Dirty, crime-ridden (like NY)
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
Kinds of F/X
- exploding vehicles
- exploding bombs
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