Source Code

Make every second count

Hollywood takes a step back to serious sci-fi. Based on time travel, our hero is a soldier who is sent back time and again onto a train which explodes. His task is to find the terrorist responsible, but he only has eight minutes on each mission to find the culprit. Each trip brings him closer to the truth, but what happens if he manages to prevent the explosion altogether?

93 minutes.
No persons under 13 (Violence).
Detective/Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller.

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

Now what?

Credits

Cast	Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga, Jeffrey Wright, Michael Arden, Cas Anvar, Russell Peters
Director	Duncan Jones
Screenplay	Ben Ripley
Music	Chris Bacon
Cinematography	Don Burgess
Editing	Paul HIrsch
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, DTS
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2011
Produced by	Vendôme Pictures. The Mark Gordon Company

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Science fiction, thriller
Language	Infrequent, mild
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	Infrequent, moderate
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments	None
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ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross
Guns / Weapons	Profanity	Alcohol / Drugs
Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour
Frightening / Tense Scenes	Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes
Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus / The Star Latoya Newman Time travel for the thinking man	10
Die Burger Jeanne Calitz Vergeet van verstaan, geniet liefs die aksie	10
Cape Times Christy Lemire Train of thought jumps track	10
Box Office Pete Hammond A Hitchcockian thriller with a bit of Unstoppable and a little Unknown, Source Code is a pulse-pounding flick.	13
Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert Here's a movie where you forgive the preposterous because it takes you to the perplexing.	18
eye Weekly Jason Anderson Source Code is too messy and convoluted to satisfy as a synapse-scrambler on the order of its own unofficial source material.	5
ReelViews James Berardinelli Source Code is what might happen if one cross-bred Groundhog Day with 24 and The Matrix.	15
ScreenIt C. Fuchs	15
Metacritic.com 41 critics	15
Rottentomatoes critics 215 critics	15
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Finding the human story amidst the action, director Duncan Jones and charming Jake Gyllenhaal craft a smart, satisfying sci-fi thriller.	18
What the People say
Internet 22103 Netizens	14
Average .. 66%	13