Source Code
Posted by kalberer chong on Sunday, February 5, 2012
Source Code is a science fiction thriller. The story is centered on a “Source Code”, an experimental device which can send a dead person, whose body is conserved, into the past by merging his identity to another person whose body is not alive but his brain is.
An army helicopter pilot named Coltor Stevens dies in a crash during a mission in Afghanistan. His body is conserved and his identity merged with a man Sean Fentress who had “died” in a train explosion. Coltor Stevens’ mind is sent into the past in the body of Sean Fentress in that exploded train before it explodes. He has a window of 8 minutes before the explosion during which he has to find the terrorist aboard the train. When the 8 minutes end, the train explodes sending Sean back to the cabin where he is being given information about the Source Code and his identity by Captain Goodwin. He is repeatedly sent back to the train with 8 minutes to find the bomber. Although he is told that the bomb explosion can not be stopped and the past cannot be altered.
After multiple ventures into the train, Sean finally locates the bomber and tells his identity to Captain Goodwin. However, he begs for another go into the train partly because he has developed feelings for Sean’s girlfriend Christina Warren and partly because he wants to apologist to his father for a fight he had before going to Afghanistan for the fatal mission.
He goes back to the train and subdues the terrorist. Then he diffuses the bomb. After finding his father’s phone number, he calls his father in guise of a fellow soldier and apologizes. Then taking Christina aside, he asks what she would do if she just had seconds to live. He kisses her as the 8 minutes run out and he lives on while his body dies in the world he had left behind. He lives on as Sean Fentress in a parallel world where the train does not explode and they arrive in Chicago where he and Christina ditch work and discuss their future.
The movie is quite enjoyable and the acting quite efficient. The story is a bit complicated and difficult to grasp at once, but once you understand it you must really admire it. The story is well told with details given at the right times. In other words, it is a very commendable piece of work.
An army helicopter pilot named Coltor Stevens dies in a crash during a mission in Afghanistan. His body is conserved and his identity merged with a man Sean Fentress who had “died” in a train explosion. Coltor Stevens’ mind is sent into the past in the body of Sean Fentress in that exploded train before it explodes. He has a window of 8 minutes before the explosion during which he has to find the terrorist aboard the train. When the 8 minutes end, the train explodes sending Sean back to the cabin where he is being given information about the Source Code and his identity by Captain Goodwin. He is repeatedly sent back to the train with 8 minutes to find the bomber. Although he is told that the bomb explosion can not be stopped and the past cannot be altered.
After multiple ventures into the train, Sean finally locates the bomber and tells his identity to Captain Goodwin. However, he begs for another go into the train partly because he has developed feelings for Sean’s girlfriend Christina Warren and partly because he wants to apologist to his father for a fight he had before going to Afghanistan for the fatal mission.
He goes back to the train and subdues the terrorist. Then he diffuses the bomb. After finding his father’s phone number, he calls his father in guise of a fellow soldier and apologizes. Then taking Christina aside, he asks what she would do if she just had seconds to live. He kisses her as the 8 minutes run out and he lives on while his body dies in the world he had left behind. He lives on as Sean Fentress in a parallel world where the train does not explode and they arrive in Chicago where he and Christina ditch work and discuss their future.
The movie is quite enjoyable and the acting quite efficient. The story is a bit complicated and difficult to grasp at once, but once you understand it you must really admire it. The story is well told with details given at the right times. In other words, it is a very commendable piece of work.