Deja Vu
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Movie Reviews of Deja Vu
Movie Review: "Deja Vu" is excellent!
Summary: 5 Stars
"Deja Vu" is excellent! The third re-teaming of Denzel Washington-Tony Scott-Jerry Bruckheimer combo is excellent and smart and one of the original films of the year. The directing by Tony Scott (his third go-round with Denzel Washington since "Crimson Tide" (1995) & "Man On Fire" (2004) & his sixth go-round with Jerry Bruckheimer since "Top Gun" (1986) is excellent. The story and screenplay by Bill Marsilii & Terry Rossio (who is known for his work on the "Pirates Of The Caribbean" trilogy) is excellent. The music by Harry Gregson-Williams (the sixth go-round with Scott since "Enemy Of The State" (1998) is excellent. The cinematography by Paul Cameron (his third go-round with Scott since "Beat The Devil" (2002) is excellent. The film editing by Chris Lebenzon (his seventh go-round with Scott since "Top Gun") & Jason Hellmann (who also film edited Bruckheimer's "Glory Road" (2006) is excellent. The casting by Kerry Barden, Billy Hopkins (his second go-round with Scott since "True Romance" (1993), Suzanne Smith, & Denise Chamian (her second go-round after Scott's recent pic "Domino" (2005) is excellent. The production design by Chris Seagers (his third go-round with Scott since "Man On Fire") is excellent. The art direction by Drew Boughton (his second go-round after Scott's recent pic "Domino"), Gary Diamond, & Scott Plauche is excellent. The set decoration by Rosemary Brandenburg is excellent. The costume design by Ellen Mirojnick is excellent. This is one of the most original films of the year. This is smart, excellent, and well-paced. This is another one of Tony Scott's hits.Movie Review: Mind-bending fun farce
Summary: 5 Stars
On my way into the theatre, the guy in front of me hollared to his friend that he has seen it before and you have to wait until the end to have it make sense. He was right.
If you like movies whose ending pulls together all subplots and even minor details, you'll get the pay-off with this one. I prefer movies which offer varied subplots, if the director and script writer make it work. This one delivers, and will twist your mind on the journey.
Mid-movie, we find out that we're watching a time-travel movie. Yes, the thought came to mind that the story writer had recently watched Timecop (man goes back in time to try to ... well, I won't spoil it any more than that).
What I didn't like was that I also felt like the director had recently watched The Forgotten. Deja Vu has that same kind of out-of-the-blue mid-movie genre twist into scifi. I think that's cheap.
The other thing I did not like was the overuse of shaky-camera stuff. Thankfully, that annoyingly vogue style of filming is utilized less in the second half of the movie. I think it is a cheezy way of making the viewer think that frantic action is occuring. I'd rather see clever scene delivery and truly captivating action. It's better to create real tension rather than merely make the viewer feel that if you don't fixate on the screen, you'll miss something important.
Overall, a top-drawer film... one of Denzel's best!
Movie Review: Worth watching again and again and again and again and again
Summary: 5 Stars
Deja Vu is a movie that shouldn't have worked. This genre of movie was tried before in movies like TimeCop and 12 Monkeys and failed. It is a sci-fi time travel/crime drama, two types of movies that mix about as well as oil and water. It is possible that this movie would not have worked with a lesser actor in the lead role, that the silliness of the concept - that the U.S. government accidently develops a time machine that can see only only a few hours into the past and is fatal to anybody who tries to use it to travel and, by the way, only works within a radius of a few miles, and, by the way, also fits into the back of a semi-truck so it can be hauled around - would have killed the movie. However, Denzel Washington approaches the whole concept with, at first, the contempt and ridicule it deserves. Then he decides, if this junk is real, why should he accept the rules that he must only watch and do nothing to change the past - or future - and prevent another 911 style attack. The movie skillfully unfolds with tantelizing hints that Denzel has done just that - has been tampering with the time-stream all along, only he just hasn't done it yet. The director throws in an interesting and unnecessary cross-time car chase just to get the action rolling at one point. The movie has a satisfying ending. It's worth watching to see a sci-fi movie closer to home, with Chevys instead of space ships, and cell phones instead of phaser pistols.Movie Review: Different and intriguing
Summary: 5 Stars
This isn't an overly deep movie, but it deals with issues of time travel, causality, determinism, destiny, limits of science, and multiple universes in a manner which I found both new and intriguing. The science is surely flawed in ways that a cosmologist would be quick to point out, but any such flaws aren't glaring enough to ruin the movie. Related to this, the time travel aspect created the usual logical paradoxes (if not outright contradictions), but they weren't severe enough to render the plot incoherent, and I like the way the movie kept me trying to figure out what was going on and what might happen next, right up to the very end.
Regarding the acting, as always, the character portrayed by Denzel Washington comes across as smart and commanding. I can't recall Denzel ever having disappointed me. I suppose Val Kilmer was also OK, though his role was very minor and dispensable - probably just there to help bring in revenue. The other actors were also adequate, except that the character representing the co-star's father was implausibly unemotional, whereas the co-star herself was pretty good (and pretty too).
Overall, I recommend this movie to anyone interested in an action-packed detective movie which covers some rather intriguing themes. Though it won't become a classic, this movie was still entertaining enough to warrant 5 stars in my book.
Movie Review: A movie worth watching!
Summary: 5 Stars
Deja Vu brings to the screen the story of an ATF agent as he tries to find those responsible for detonating a bomb aboard a riverboat in New Orleans killing hundreds of people. The investigation will lead to some unexpected discoveries including one that would blow most peoples' minds in a heartbeat...
There are slight hints of the X-Files, and strong elements of Timecop (Jean Claude Van Damme), Frequency (Dennis Quaid, James Caviezel), and The Lake House (Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock).
Denzel Washington, Paula Patton, and the rest of the cast, have truly outdone themselves with their performances, which are outstanding to say the least! All the actors, without exceptions, give it their 100% and it really shows (the chemistry is AMAZING)! Very well written and very well presented, the movie is without a doubt guaranteed to provide more than just a few thrills, not to mention a few tears.
The setting, the plot, the dialogues, and the music are all wonderful!
In conclusion, Deja Vu is a movie definitely worth watching and one to seriously consider adding to your movie collection as it is one of those films that gets you and keeps you thinking long after it's over. 4.5 Stars