The Jacket

Review

John Maybury's masterful thriller stars Adrien Brody as Jack Starks, a Persian Gulf War veteran who has lost his memories to amnesia. When Jack is accused of a heinous killing, he realizes he must find a way to prove his innocence. Desperate to unearth clues about his past, he seeks a controversial treatment that allows him to go back in time -- which turns out to be a heart-wrenching decision when he realizes he's destined for tragedy.

The so called masterful thriller does not seem all that masterful to me, despite having heavy overtones of the "Butterfly effect", which for me was a better movie. This is a disturbing and moving film. It interlaces love and revenge in a not so original way, through the eyes of troubled man. The idea of changing the future is not a new one and others have done a much better job with it. I don;t know, maybe i might seem a little hard but except for the talents of Adrian Brody i did not enjoy it much. I guess it seemed a little too depressing. Having said all that, i think that there would be a lot of people who would like it. It is not one of the trashy movies, just depends on ur taste.

Rating : 3/5