The plot, idea and actors of the film "Source Code"

The film "Source Code" (2011) is an intriguing sci-fi thriller with a dose of stimulating mental activity from director Duncan Jones, who presented the world with the controversial philosophical parable "Moon 2112". Beginning as a typical Hollywood product, an action-thriller, the picture with the course of timekeeping turns into a serious drama about the recurring day of the protagonist, who, having ceased to exist in reality, stuck in the virtual world.

The idea is not new

The actors of the film "Source Code", having familiarized themselves with the scenario of the tape from Ben Ripley, made parallels with a number of film projects from "Groundhog Day" to "Deja Vu". Indeed, the story of the movements in time, the return to the past is old, as our world. But no matter how many times writers and cinematographers exaggerate it, he continues to excite readers and viewers.

Most often, the characters return to the past to make adjustments to the future. This is also the case with the tape Jones. But the novelty of the project is given by the fact that the central character is not returning to its own past, but to a recent specially selected object. This is necessary for a successful investigation.

This puzzle

The film "Source Code", the actors and roles of which are matched to each other perfectly, according to film critics, is an ideal cinematographic product capable of captivating a diverse and age-old audience. Rapid development of the plot is similar to the speed of the Chicago team - it's impossible even to be abstracted for a minute. The structure of the narrative is very well constructed: the viewer, together with the protagonist, trying to unravel the rebus of the source code, realizes how fragile life is in the face of deadly danger.

Creators' opinion

Actors of the film "Source Code" noted in an interview with the media that they were first shot in a project that combined drama, science fiction thriller and detective. And the producer of the tape, Mark Gordon, who worked on the creation of such blockbusters as "The Day After Tomorrow", "2012", "Speed" and "Saving Private Ryan", confidently stated that in terms of entertainment the picture will give the looker all that is needed.

Directed by Jones, he was sure that the viewership after the viewing will not only enjoy, but also think about the price of life. The rating of the project according to IMDb version is 7.50, which suggests that the creators coped with the task positively.

Plot

The "source code" is a film whose actors, embodying the idea of the creators, told a wide audience a very entertaining story.

The protagonist, US military captain Colter Stevens (irreproachable Jake Gyllenhaal) takes part in a secret scientific experiment, the essence of which is a transformation into the recent past (conditional) that precedes the terrorist act on the railway. He must calculate the terrorist from the passengers present. Thanks to the unique computer development of the "Source Code", the hero lives each time the last 8 minutes of life of the deceased passenger - an object with suitable physical parameters. On the train he meets the girl Christina Warren (Michelle Monaghan), in which she falls in love. Now it is vitally important for Colter to recognize the villain in order to prevent the attack and save his beloved.

Actors of the film "Source Code" noted that this brilliant director's move with the repetition of the same eight-minute story unobtrusively gives the viewers to understand that fate is inevitable, no matter how many times one tries to change circumstances.

Executive role

Jake Gyllenhall, an actor who starred in the film "Source Code," earned a lot of positive feedback from filmmakers and peer reviewers. His filmography before participating in the project, Johnson already had several impressive paintings. If the demonstrated acting skills in the blockbuster "The Day After Tomorrow" did not cause much enthusiasm, then the ability to play on halftones without hysterical cries and feigned hypertrophied emotions in "Donnie Darko" and "Zodiac" received a well-deserved positive evaluation. After the release of the rugged "Prince of Persia" actor rightfully received the status of a star of the first magnitude.

Initially, as the performer of the role of Colter Stevens, the creators were positioned Tofer Grace. However, after the vicissitudes of the casting role was given to Gyllenhaöll and did not lose. The actor brilliantly combines the eccentric confusion of "Donnie Darko" with the intractability of the "Marines", giving out a range from caricature of the curse to animal horror.

An interesting fact is that Stephens' father was voiced by Scott Bakula, who played the leading role in the television movie Quantum Leap, shot on the same burning themes and had similar stylistic elements with the picture Source Code.

Jake's partner

Partners of Gyllenhall became Vera Farmiga and Michelle Monahan.

Vera Farmiga is an actress of Ukrainian descent who has a successful career in Hollywood. She never ceases to impress film critics and delight fans. After the triumph in the film "I would go to heaven" she was rightly nominated for an Oscar, and after participating in the film "Child of Darkness" she received rave reviews. Her debut as a director is the picture "This Dark World", which also arouses interest.

In the "Source Code" tape, Vera played a rather complex role in the measure of fair and brutal Colin Goodwin. The actress agreed to participate in the production of the picture, staying in the first months of pregnancy, so all the scenes with her participation were shot in extremely short time - literally in ten days. Character Farmiga during the entire timekeeping watched the main character, giving orders through the monitor, but it does not seem soulless soldafonom. Goodwin understood what was happening to Jake's character, and sympathized with him.

Actress Michelle Monahan, who played the role of Christina Warren, also showed herself in all its glory. It is known to a wide audience on the tapes "On the hook" and "Kiss on the fly", but has not yet managed to achieve a well-deserved position - the stellar status of the first magnitude. The actress is gorgeous, but according to the bizarre law of the science fiction genre all the laurels got to the performer of the role of the protagonist.

In general, the actors of the movie "Source Code" coped with the task, but the tape, in fact, is a purely directorial film. All the characters were only cogs of the mechanism, and all attention is focused on history and its implacable development.