The Jacket
Adrien Brody, Keira Knightley, Daniel Craig
A military veteran goes on a journey into the future, where he can foresee his death and is left with questions that could save his life and those he loves.
DVD Released: June 21, 2005
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April 10, 2009
I like movies with convoluted plots - as long as I can figure them out. This one fits the bill. While being treated for mental illness in 1992, Jack (Adrein Brody) is transported into 2007. In his trips back and forth between the two eras, Jack has to resolve various issues.
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January 28, 2009
An Iraq war veteran sent home with serious head trauma is convicted of a murder he does not remember committing. While enduring an experimental "treatment" at the hands of a sadistic doctor, he suddenly finds himself somewhere and somewhen else. This off beat sci-fi fantasy has a... ...( read more )
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January 7, 2009
"Terror has a new name."
A troubled war veteran tries to unlock his memories of a terrible crime in this stylish thriller, the first American project for British filmmaker John Maybury. In 1991, Jack Starks (Adrien Brody) was an American soldier serving in the Persian Gul... ...( read more ) -
September 29, 2008
A really cool concept, nicely executed...but not as "tight" as it could have been.
An amazing cast (some in minor rules) and a mostly well written script.
I feel that it would have been even more powerful minus the final 3 minute "tie it all up in a bow" (felt like an after... ...( read more ) -
August 30, 2008
Brody's performance is simply amazing. The way he devours the role and carries the movie over his shoulders from start to finish is simply breath-taking. He gives some outstanding acting lessons as he usually does, from "Oxygen" to "The Village" and of course "The Pianist" he is ... ...( read more )
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July 1, 2009
Uhm a decir vdd no capto mi atencion del todo pero el hecho de ver a Brody con Keira es algo interesante, creo q sus personajes lograron una buena quimica, sin embargo esperaba mas de esta pelicula.
"La vida comienza cuando aceptamos nuestra mortalidad"
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