Deja Vu: Reluctantly Been There, Dont Wanna Do That


Okay, first off, the trailer was mighty deceptive. You go in expecting an Action thriller. Its only halfway through that you realise, the Action tag can go right out of the window. And its not much of a thriller.

Now i hate time travelling stories, simply because i refuse to believe in the concept of time travel (dimension hopping and arriving to an alternate version of ourselves, 5 days or 5 yrs in the past is something i can maybe digest given enough time). So, our story starts off with this special Invention that allows one to view events of the past, from any angle using
Satellite imaging...a sort of time window. You get your usual mumbo jumbo about space fabrics and linears and bending over itself (how bout that, the space jerks off too!!!). Mr. Einstein figures somewhere into the equation (of course). Now call me a geek or maybe this reflects on the pace of the movie but i actually enjoyed those lectures and theories.

Let me also clarify that at no point till the very end does any character experience any sense of Deja Vu whatsoever. And in the second half it is revealed that the movie is just going to be one of those time travelling movies. So it is indeed we that get a sense of Deja Vu of having been there and wasted popcorn on. Maybe its my prejudice against time travelling but
the movie feels disjointed....they pull u in one direction and then the movie ambles of in another.
Also, satellite imagery is a dangerous thing. It certainly highlights the invasion of privacy that we are so sure exists, specially by American Defense Agencies..nething in the name of doing their duty. Maybe its intentional, and if its not, its downright insensitive, but the scene where they playfully discuss peeking ona woman in the shower is eerie....to think the extent to which our lives can be invaded is a sobering thought. The hero goes to no length to save a girl but things nothing of other collateral damage.

I was downright diappointed with the movie. I was expecting better stuff...i mean this is Tony Scott, the guy who made Top Gun and Black Hawk Down. The end is kinda abrupt and leaves u feeling incomplete, the villain acts like he knows much more bout the time travelling techniques and hints away in all his glory but none of it surfaces in the climax. And the concept of toying with the past simply didnt wash with me, its not like they change an alternate reality...or transport themselves to an alternate dimension...and unlike H.G. Wells i dont believe that time is the fourth dimension...so there.