Deja Vu [blu-Ray]

Science Fiction, Thriller, Action

Denzel Washington	Doug Carlin
Bruce Greenwood	Jack McCready
Paula Patton	Claire Kuchever
Val Kilmer	Agent Pryzwarra
Erika Alexander	Shanti
Jim Caviezel
Adam Goldberg	Denny
Matt Craven	Larry Minuti
James Caviezel	Carroll Oerstadt
Elden Henson	Gunnars
Rich Hutchman	Agent Stalhuth
Elle Fanning

Director	Tony Scott
Producer	Jerry Bruckheimer; Ted Elliott; Terry Rossio
Writer	Terry Rossio; Bill Marsilii
Cinematography	Paul Cameron
Musician	Harry Gregson-Williams

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