Source code is all bout a soldier who wakes up in the body of an unknown man only to find out that he is part of a mission to track down the bomber of a Chicago commuter train.
It stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan and Vera Farmiga.
"Change the past. Save the future."One review of the film is:
"The story line keeps you on the edge of your seat and adds in enough humour to make it a thoroughly enjoyable experience.
There is amazing, subtle chemistry between Jake (Colter Stevens) and Michelle (Christina Warren) which really is the star of the film, performances by all the actors are excellent."
I totally agree with this review. I think Source Code is a great film and there was never a part of the film that was boring. It kept you on the edge of your seat wondering what was going to happen next.
Also, the movie contains some romance. It is not only an action film, but also it contains chemistry between the Colter and Christina. This encourages a female audience to watch the film as well as a male audience.
Another reviewer's opinion:
"Beautiful cinematography that will make Chicago proud.
An enigmatic ending that brings up more questions than answers but it feels right.
This film delivers on romance, suspense, mystery and thrills. Highly recommended."
In my opinion, the ending of the film was perfect. But yes, it did leave more questions than answers, such as whether the passengers on the train survived or not, whether Jake stayed in the body of the unknown man or if Colter and Christina were in an imaginary world after Colleen (Vera Farmiga) turns off his life support.
The trailer is very effective for it contains certain parts of the movie that would appeal to the audience and get their attention. It gets their attention by using fast pacing action and it gets straight to the point so that people will know what the movie is about and they will want to watch it. It has been edited to build tension and show how exciting the film is. The target audience is 16-late 20's and it is a unisex audience, for even though there is action and it is a thriller, it also contains romance which would relate to girls.
The first official 5 minutes of the film is very exciting and tension building without any action, for Colter, who Christina keeps calling Sean, doesn't understand why he is on a train with all of these people and he doesn't know what is happening, which makes it very exciting for the audience because the audience then want to know what will happen next. At the end of the 5 minutes, the train blows up, including Colter, and the audience are shocked, which is why the first opening 5 minutes are so effective.
The train scenes were based around "Strangers on a train," (1951) and they wanted to create a kind of classic story about a relationship between two strangers that met on the train. This was also brought into the wardrobe, for Colter's (Jake Gyllenhaal) wardrobe was very normal; it was a casual suit that a man would wear almost everyday. They wanted to create a feeling that this could happen to normal, innocent people. They didn't use an actual train, although they wondered if they should or not. Instead, they used a sound stage, which was important because they revisited that event multiple times in the filming, it was integral to make it work and they didn't want the audience to get bored and so they filmed through the interior of the train and created platforms outside of the train.
There was an emotional phone call near the end of the film to present Colton's life before the source code. Colton died and was in the source code for a few months before he found out, and so it was important for him to talk to his dad, for he was talking about his dad throughout the film, which was why it was very emotional for the audience. Colton asks Christina "What would you do if you had 1 minute to live" and he answers it himself by saying "I would speak to my father," and it creates an emotional feeling for the audience. When he gets to talk to his father in the end, it's very teary for the audience because they know how important it is to Colter. It helps this thriller because it shows how ordinary he is. It shows that he isn't only an action hero, he isn't only a fighter, he is a normal man and he has feelings.
The ending of the film was very effective because throughout the film, Colter is stating about how he does not want to be a part of source code. But he realized how important Source code was, and that it could create a whole new world and save people. In the end, he tells Colleen that "if I'm right, then you have a capt. Colter Stevens waiting to send on a mission. Promise me you'll help him. And when you do, do me a favor; tell him everything is going to be okay." I think that the ending of this film shows that Colter changed his mind about the source code, and that he will continue to help with their work.
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