Source Code - Yes, it is ‘Groundhog Day,’ but with explosions

There’s no other way to describe ‘Source Code,’ without comparing it to the classic comedy film, Groundhog Day.  However, whereas Bill Murray was stuck in a day and had to get out, Jake Gyllenhaal’s take is a little more specific: he’s a member of a top secret military project who has to find out who planted a bomb on a crowded commuter train by ‘living’ the last eight minutes of one of the – now deceased – passenger’s life.

So, ala Groundhog Day, we get basically the same scene endlessly repeated with Jake learning a little more about his surroundings and the various perils he’ll have to face as he goes along.  There’s not an awful lot more you can say about the film without giving important points away.  And, with Source Code, less is definitely more.  It’s certainly not a long film and it’s well shot and paced, largely to its director, Duncan (son of David Bowie) Jones.  It’s basically a simple, no-frills film and, if you’re in the mood for some – slightly more – intelligent science fiction, then you could do worse than this one.

8/10 The Force is definitely strong with this one