Source Code

Director: Duncan Jones Duncan Jones

Overview

Jake Gyllenhaal headlines this sci-fi time-travel thriller directed by Moon's Duncan Jones from a script by Ben Ripley and Billy Ray. A bomb explodes on a Chicago train, derailing the locomotive and killing hundreds. In an attempt to identify the bomber and prevent another, larger attack on downtown Chicago, Captain Colter Stevens (Gyllenhaal) agrees to take part in a clandestine government experiment dubbed "Source Code," which allows him to enter the body of a male passenger during the eight minutes before the man is killed. But during his first trip back, Capt. Stevens fails to gather enough clues to prevent the second attack. With time quickly running out, he repeats the mission ad nauseam in a desperate race to head off one of the most deadly terrorist attacks ever to take place on American soil.

Product Details

Release Date:	07/26/2011
UPC:	0025192104886
Original Release:	2011
Rating:	PG-13
Source:	LIONSGATE - 600000-AEC LGE
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:34:00
Sales rank:	6,475

Special Features

Audio Commentary with Director Duncan Jones, Writer Ben Ripley and Actor Jake Gyllenhaal; ; Cast Insights - Explore the Story and Filming of Source Code through the eyes of the Cast and Crew; ; Focal Points - Watch animated shorts on time travel and other scientific phenomena addressed in the film; ; "Did You Know" Trivia Track

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Jake Gyllenhaal	Colter Stevens
Michelle Monaghan	Christina
Vera Farmiga	Goodwin
Jeffrey Wright	Dr. Rutledge
Michael Arden	Derek Frost
Cas Anvar	Hazmi
Russell Peters	Max Denoff
Brent Skagford	George Troxel
Craig Thomas	Gold Watch Executive
Gordon Masten	Conductor
Susan Bain	Nurse
Paula Jean Hixson	Coffee Mug Lady
Lincoln Ward	Minister Sudoku
Kyle Gatehouse	College Student
Albert Kwan	Soda Can Guy
Anne Day-Jones	Office Manager
Clarice Byrne	Secretary
James A. Woods	Aviator Glasses Guy
Joe Cobden	Lab Technician
Tom Tammi	CNN Anchor
Matt Holland	Lock Tech
Jasson Finney	M.P.
Kyle Allatt	Aide
Frédérick De Grandpré	Sean Fentress Reflection
Pierre LeBlanc	Actor
Raynald Lapierre	UPG Medic
Scott Bakula	Voices
Chris Bacon	Composer

Technical Credits

Ben Ripley

Billy Ray

Duncan Jones	Director
Ben Ripley	Screenwriter
Philippe Rousselet	Producer
Jordan Wynn	Producer
Hawk Koch	Executive Producer
Jeb Brody	Executive Producer,Producer
Fabrice Gianfermi	Executive Producer,Producer
John Papsidera	Casting
Tom Bellfort	Sound/Sound Designer,Sound Effects
Louis Marion	Sound Mixer
Stéphane Lefebvre	Stunts
Patrick Kerton	Stunts
Michael Scherer	Stunts
Stuart Fenegan	Producer
Tracy Underwood	Producer
Kimi Webber	Script Supervisor
Lee Alexander	Special Effects
Wade Barnett	Sound Effects
Ron Bedrosian	Sound Effects
Bruno Gatien	Makeup Special Effects
Julio Carmona	Sound Effects
Mark Unterberger	Makeup Special Effects
Cedric Charron	Sound Effects
Kathy Tse	Makeup Special Effects
Ryal Cosgrove	Special Effects Supervisor
Mark Gordon	Producer
Kenneth MacKenzie	Key Grip
Gordon Kaywin	Executive Producer
Billy Ray	Screenwriter

Editorial Reviews

If Rod Serling, Christopher Nolan, and Stephen Hawking had collaborated on a sci-fi remake of Groundhog Day, it might have come out a whole lot like Duncan Jones' Source Code. The film is so full of obvious subtext that it feels like an elongated Twilight Zone episode, but because it jumbles up time structures with such willing abandon, and ends with a nod toward the possibilities of the infinite, Jones' sci-fi thriller has an undeniably contemporary vibe. Jake Gyllenhaal plays Captain Colter Stevens, a brave military man seemingly trapped inside a dank cockpit-like container from which he has video and audio contact with Colleen Goodwin (Vera Farmiga), who, under orders from the stern Dr. Rutledge (Jeffrey Wright), forces Colter to relive the same few minutes of someone else's life over and over in order to find out who bombed a commuter train in Chicago that morning. Colter quickly memorizes the order of the events he sees repeated again and again, and through trial and error figures out how to manipulate his surroundings in order to get the information the mission requires. As he starts asking questions about the true nature of his mission, however, Colter uncovers the truth about himself, as well as the universe. Source Code is the kind of movie that draws in viewers by keeping them in the dark narratively. Tiny dollops of plot revelations are doled out intermittently until the whole picture is revealed in the film's closing minutes. For that to work, you need actors who are instantly sympathetic and can keep an audience hooked even if they're not sure why. Gyllenhaal does have that kind of charisma, although not necessarily in abundance, and the film is at its best when it's in whodunit mode, with our smart and charming hero slowly putting together the clues. However, this aspect of the movie takes a backseat to the sci-fi storyline going on at the command center, and those lengthy, dialogue-heavy sequences lack the immediacy and tension of the scenes on the train. During these scenes, Colter has nothing to do other than think and try to cajole explanations out of Colleen, who responds with portentous non-answers. This would work if there were a huge dramatic payoff at the end of the movie, but Jones' conception of how the universe works pretty much eliminates the possibility of drama. The ideas he has are fun to talk about -- it's not hard to imagine Jones hatching the whole project during lengthy late-night drug-and-alcohol-fueled conversations with friends -- but the movie itself seems entirely superfluous once he's laid out his grand design.