A man goes on a journey into the future where he can foresee his death in this thriller.
Overlooked psychological thriller in which traumatised Gulf war veteran Adrein Brody, either has the power to the alter time, or is going completely mad with bizarre accented "southerner" Kirea Knightly in tow. A film that drew unfavourable comparisons to inferior Ashton Kutcher vehicle 'The Butterfly Effect' (which was basically a poor-man"s 'Donnie Darko'), if anything, this film owes more to Denis Leary"s little seen digital masterpiece 'Final'.
'The Jacket' is a dark beast unto itself, an excellent film that demands your full attention and successfully avoids the clichés associated with the genre, in short: this jackets worth getting into.
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Thriller centering on a military veteran (Adrien Brody) who returns to his native Vermont suffering from bouts of amnesia. When he is accused of murder and lands in an asylum, a well-meaning doctor puts him on a heavy course of experimental drugs, restrains him in a jacket-like device, and locks him away in a body drawer of the basement morgue. The process sends him on a journey into the future, where he can foresee his death in four day's time. Now the only question that matters is: can the woman he meets in the future save him?
Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play. 1991: Jack Starks, a U.S. Marine Sergeant serving in the Persian Gulf War, receives a near-fatal gunshot wound to the head. Although he recovers, the incident leaves him with shock-related amnesia. After his release, with nowhere to go, Starks, who has no relatives, returns to his native Vermont. Nine months later, hitchhiking along a snowbound Vermont highway, Starks encounters a broken down pick-up truck. The driver, a drunken, disoriented mother named Jean, and her eight-year-old daughter, Jackie, are stranded at the roadside. With Jean too drunk to speak with him, Starks approaches Jackie and offers his help and gets the truck started. Starks continues hitchhiking, and is picked up by a station wagon driven by a young man headed for the Canadian border. Shortly afterward, the car is pulled over by the police and Starks blacks out. When he awakens, he finds himself on trial for murder in a small town court. Found not guilty by reason of insanity, Starks is committed to Alpine Grove, a state institution for the criminally insane. There a staff physician, Dr. Becker subjects Starks to a jarring experimental treatment involving mind-altering drugs and claustrophobic physical restraint. Once medicated, Starks is wrapped in jacket-like restraints and left alone for hours at a time in a corpse drawer located in the hospital's basement morgue. And in the drawer, in the dark and under the influence, Starks initially experiences flickers of memory from the war and the shooting of the police officer. Under this regimen, he begins putting together bits of his past and tries to make sense of his circumstances. The past gives way to the future when he is suddenly transported to a diner in Vermont where he meets Jackie, a waitress who takes pity on him and tries to help him find a place to sleep for the night. It is Christmas Eve, and all of the local homeless shelters are full, so Jackie allows Starks to sleep on her couch. In these hours, Starks begins to realize that the drawer he's been confined to is the secret to his recovery and that his future and well-being lie in the hands of the girl he's just met. Actors Adrien Brody, Keira Knightley, Daniel Craig, Kris Kristofferson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Kelly Lynch, Mackenzie Phillips, Brad Renfro, Steven Mackintosh & Brendan Coyle Director John Maybury Certificate 15 years and over Year 2005 Screen Widescreen 2.35:1 Anamorphic Languages English - Dolby Digital (5.1) Duration 1 hour and 39 minutes (approx)
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