Source Code
Directed by Duncan Jones
Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga, Jeffrey Wright
Release date: April 1, 2011

Graceful and complex cinema has been a stranger to the bulk of Hollywood productions recently. Long being that elusive beast that promises to resolve all triviality and heighten mediocrity to something astounding when it is adequately attained by a mind that is a true visionary. Inception, the most recent studio picture to attempt such originality, confounded us until our brain cells finally evaporated. We are still trying to gather our wits. But enter director Duncan Jones. He seems to have an artistic ability to present outlandish material in a straightforward manner while keeping our brain cells intact throughout the process. Refinement is what he is after, displaying, through his work, a contemptuous indifference to traditional and conventional norms. We saw hints of such audacity in Jones’ debut film Moon, which isn’t nearly as sophisticated and entertaining as his second feature film Source Code, a film that is proof that Jones’ mind barely senses the lifeless characteristics of conventional cinema. Characteristics, to him, that are ever diminishing.

If you’ve yet to see director Duncan Jones‘ Moon, you should immediately remedy that…trust us.

After you’re all caught up, you can join us all in being excited for Jones’ sophomore effort, Source Code. The movie stars Jake Gyllenhaal as a man who discovers that he’s being programmed into the final minutes of another man’s life just before a bomb on a train goes off, killing many people. It turns out that it’s part of a secret government experiment to try and identify and stop those responsible for the bomb before another much larger attack is executed. He’ll have to re-live this man’s final moments over and over again on his mission, and also finds himself trying to save the life one of the passengers on the train.

Be sure to head on down below, where you can read the full synopsis for the movie and check out the first trailer for Duncan Jones’ Source Code now!