"Deja Vu"

I walked into the theatre to see “Deja Vu” not knowing what to expect. When the screen flashed A Jerry Bruckheimer Production, I knew exactly what to expect. I asked myself how long it would be until something blows up. It was only five minutes.

Denzel Washington stars as ATF Agent Doug Carlin, a lone wolf type in New Orleans. He’s called into action when a terrorist blows up a ferry full of Navy servicemen under the Crescent City Connection. He believes that solving a woman’s murder committed shortly before, which appears to be linked, can solve the crime.

Without giving too much away, he goes back in time to stop the mad bomber from blowing up the ferry and killing the woman. There are a number of serious problems with the time travel aspects, and with the time-line of events, that keep me from forgiving this movie.

Jerry Bruckheimer has produced 39 major American movies including "The Rock", “Bad Boys”, “Con Air”, “Gone in 60 Seconds (2000)”, and “Kangaroo Jack.” Like “Deja Vu”, these are all good action movies. And I suppose that if we all start questioning what we see in action movies, well, Vin Diesel might just be out of a job.

2.5 stars