'Jacket': Mind-bending plot trips over frequent loose ends

When a movie takes a leap into sci-fi fantasy, it needs to establish some ground rules to help us make that leap along with it. In The Time Machine, Rod Taylor and Guy Pearce (in the terrible remake) invented the shiny gizmo that let them zip across the centuries. The Matrix spelled out the hows and whys as its heroes bopped between two versions of "reality." ... Read the full Review

TO SUM UP
A military veteran goes on a journey into the future, where he can foresee his death and is left with questions that could save his life and those he loves.

FILM FACTS ...
Warner Independent Pictures
'The Jacket'

Director: John Maybury
Starring: Adrien Brody, Keira Knightley
Run time: 102 minutes
Release date: March 4, 2005
Rating: R for violence, language and brief sexuality/nudity.
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: D
"The Jacket is too littered with loose ends and "huh?" moments"

Austin American-Statesman: 2 out of 5 stars
"... few will make it out of "The Jacket" feeling like it did enough to answer their questions about the plot."


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