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I was touched when a dedication appeared on the screen at the end of the movie. It was dedicated to the people of New Orleans for their strength and enduring spirit.
The movie started with a huge explosion on a ferry boat right under the crescent city connection on fat tuesday post katrina. From there we were taken on a 2 hour and 10 minute roller coaster ride that couldn't disappoint if it tried. Simply put (or not so simply) this movie mixes sci-fi, crime, and action together with a dash of suspense. Denzel's character is a native New Orleanian who works for the ATF and is brought in to try to figure out who is behind the explosion. He soon meets a team of scientists headed by Val Kilmer who are using brand new technology that allows them to fold time back onto itself creating a wormhole through which they can see 4 days into the past. This helps the team to solve crimes and with Denzel they attempt to solve this one. Not wanting to give anything else away I will just say that the acting was great, but Denzel always is anyway. Paula Patton is a dead ringer for Alicia Keys but that's beside the point. She was excellent. I can't say enough good things about this movie. I will definitely see it again. I don't see many movies for full price but this one was worth twice that much. I loved the little touches in the movie that you would only notice and appreciate if you were from New Orleans. Things like bumper stickers for local radio stations on people's workstations. They showed the devastation in the 9th ward and referenced Katrina a few times. It was very interesting to see how they worked Katrina into the story to explain why parts of the city looked the way they did.
We give this movie a 10 out of 5 because it should be seen twice in the theater.
The movie started with a huge explosion on a ferry boat right under the crescent city connection on fat tuesday post katrina. From there we were taken on a 2 hour and 10 minute roller coaster ride that couldn't disappoint if it tried. Simply put (or not so simply) this movie mixes sci-fi, crime, and action together with a dash of suspense. Denzel's character is a native New Orleanian who works for the ATF and is brought in to try to figure out who is behind the explosion. He soon meets a team of scientists headed by Val Kilmer who are using brand new technology that allows them to fold time back onto itself creating a wormhole through which they can see 4 days into the past. This helps the team to solve crimes and with Denzel they attempt to solve this one. Not wanting to give anything else away I will just say that the acting was great, but Denzel always is anyway. Paula Patton is a dead ringer for Alicia Keys but that's beside the point. She was excellent. I can't say enough good things about this movie. I will definitely see it again. I don't see many movies for full price but this one was worth twice that much. I loved the little touches in the movie that you would only notice and appreciate if you were from New Orleans. Things like bumper stickers for local radio stations on people's workstations. They showed the devastation in the 9th ward and referenced Katrina a few times. It was very interesting to see how they worked Katrina into the story to explain why parts of the city looked the way they did.
We give this movie a 10 out of 5 because it should be seen twice in the theater.