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List Price: $14.99 | | Label: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Touchstone
Salesrank: 3264
Released: April 24, 2007 |
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Academy Award(R) winner Denzel Washington (Best Actor, TRAINING DAY, 2001) joins forces with blockbuster producer Jerry Bruckheimer and mega-hit director Tony Scott for DÉJÀ VU — the powerful, fast-paced action-thriller with a spectacular mind-bending twist. Called in to recover evidence in the aftermath of a horrific explosion on a New Orleans ferry, Federal agent Doug Carlin (Washington) gets pulled away from the scene and taken to a top-secret government lab that uses a time-shifting surveillance device to help prevent crime. But can it help Carlin change the past? Hold on to your seat for an explosive and intriguing thrill ride you'll want to experience again and again.'
Description of Deja Vu:
In his most effective thriller since Enemy of the State, Tony Scott makes time travel seem plausible. It helps that his New Orleans hero, ATF agent Doug Carlin (Denzel Washington in his third go-round with the director), spends more time in the present than the past. In order to catch a terrorist, FBI Agent Pryzwarra (Val Kilmer) invites Carlin to join forces. They have the technology to see the past. He has the expertise to interpret the data. Unfortunately, the bomb has already gone off and hundreds of ferry passengers have died. Then there's the body of a beautiful woman, Claire Kuchever (Paula Patton, Idlewild), that turns up in the vicinity of the blast. Evidence indicates she was killed beforehand. Since the FBI enables him to observe Claire prior to her murder, Carlin gets to know what she was like and finds himself falling in love. He becomes convinced that the only way to solve the case--and prove her innocence--is to travel to the past. But as Pryzwarra's colleague, Denny (Adam Goldberg), argues, "You cannot go back in time. It's physically impossible." Or so he says. Déjà Vu is constructed around a clever script and executed by a top-notch cast, notably Washington, Patton, and an eerie Jim Caviezel (miles away from Passion of the Christ). In shedding the excesses of recent years--the sadism of Man on Fire and weirdness of Tarantino favorite Domino--Scott re-affirms his rep as one of the action movie's finest practitioners. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
Deja Vu Reviews:
Deja Vu 
2009-12-29 - Deja Vu is a very, well put together thriller and mind-boggler movie. It is the kind of movie that makes you think. The direction was amazing, along with the story, which was very well written. I recommend this movie to anyone that likes thrillers.
where's the coffee pot? . . . 'cause something really twisted is brewing here 
2009-12-27 - Tony Scott's Déjà Vu (2006) is a film based on a totally unrealistic premise, but is fascinating none the less. Intricate, very well-written and acted, this film, which is totally wrapped up with the subject of travelling through time, has to be seen more than once to be fully appreciated.
Denzel Washington (Training Day) is ATF agent Doug Carlin, called to investigate an explosion aboard a ferry in New Orleans, that has killed over five hundred. A dead woman, Claire Kuchever (Paula Patton) washes up on shore, and becomes the focus of his investigation, when it appears that her SUV, loaded with explosives, was the source of the explosion. Working with an FBI investigative team that includes, Agents Paul Pryzwarra (Val Kilmer), Jack McCready (Bruce Greenwood), and Dr. Alexander Denny (Adam Goldberg), Carlin discovers that a technology exists that enables the past to be viewed on a computer screen. Known as Snow White, the team has the ability to look back in time exactly four days and six hours. Not only can they see the past, but they can see through walls, and at any angle. The technology is complete and utter fiction, explained with a multitude of scientific babble. Accept it or not, the presentation is straightforward, drawing you deep into a world of all seeing voyeurism.
The tone is unwaveringly serious, and the atmosphere tinged with darkness. Things become only more absurd, as the laws of physics are bent further, when a message from the present is sent back to the past, resulting in the death of Carlin's partner. The team is able to identify and apprehend Carroll Oerstadt (Jim Caviezel), the terrorist responsible for the bomb blast. The Government is satisfied, but Carlin wants more, he wants to change the past. With Denny's help, Carlin returns to the past to try and save Claire. In a quite remarkable way, Carlin, Claire, and Oerstadt relive the past. It is decidedly different, and almost all the loose ends are tied up. Reality is given a radical twist, in this most provocative thriller.
Although the story is completely out there, as you might expect in a Tony Scott film, and a Jerry Bruckheimer production, the action sequences are slickly executed and well done. Denzel Washington is very convincing as a man interested in solving a crime, and obsessed with saving a woman he thinks he knows. Paula Patton performance is also very good, although her character's transition from victim to action hero is a bit much. Déjà Vu thoroughly plays with your mind from start to finish, and yet at the end, you probably won't mind at all, although it is almost impossible to get the full impact of the film in a single viewing. The wacky idea of being able to view the past is one matter, but what is perhaps the hardest thing to believe, is that the technology would be used for law enforcement, rather than to kill, or destroy, or for profit, or to gain power, or further some other dark evil purpose. The nature of man being what it is, the possibilities are limitless.
dejavu 
2009-11-17 - Love Denzel, he's always good. Precept of film border's on science fiction. If viewer doesn't analyze whole concept, then the film was fine. Serious gaps, assumptions..weak plot. Directing is lacking - but Denzel is Denzel.
This is a VERY GOOD movie!
2009-11-06 - The story:
The story is interesting and compelling. It is hard when it needs to be and soft and touching when it should be. It touches many emotions. The plot grabs your imagination and keeps you interested. You do need to give in to the plot concepts to enjoy it the most.
The direction:
What I like most is the way your viewing time and attention is never wasted. The director skips over unnecessary stuff and keeps the story and action moving along. There is not a lot of filler conversation unlike many other movies.
The acting:
The acting is excellent. Denzel is Denzel yet, somehow different. He has a more 'humane' nature in this movie. He is more humble and polite in ways that don't diminish his strength and inner character. I found him to be very believable.
Summary: I liked this movie immensely. Its now part of my collection and I'll watch it again in the future...or is it the past?
awesome
2009-11-05 - this is an awesome movie denzel' performance was awesome. i recomend this movie for everyone
