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.
The Jacket
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The Jacket
Adrien Brody, Keira Knightley, Daniel Craig, Brad Renfro
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.
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April 10, 2009
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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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October 26, 2009
unexpected pllot twist, but still weird in the end left with questions. Besides Daniel Craigs' bangin' American accent, the movie wAs just ok...
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October 17, 2009
Would be good just for Keira Knightley, but the story is very good, a movie I saw two or three times.
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October 2, 2009
Rather strange movie, but interesting in conception. Chemistry between characters is believably, and many elements of the story are interesting.
