{"id":356176,"date":"2011-04-01T07:24:29","date_gmt":"2011-04-01T07:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/01\/source-code-jake-gyllenhaal-film-review\/"},"modified":"2011-04-01T07:24:29","modified_gmt":"2011-04-01T07:24:29","slug":"source-code-jake-gyllenhaal-film-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/01\/source-code-jake-gyllenhaal-film-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Source Code, Jake Gyllenhaal: Film review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"69.547134935305\">\n<!-- google_ad_section_start(name=s2) --><\/p>\n<p>\nBy<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/home\/search.html?s=y&#038;authornamef=Chris+Tookey\" rel=\"nofollow\">Chris Tookey<\/a><br \/>Last updated at 8:24 AM on 1st April 2011<\/p>\n<p><span>Verdict:<\/span> Dim-witted thriller<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<span><span><span title=\"No Zowie in Bowie's sci-fi time twister Source Code\n\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span><span title=\"Chris Tookey\"><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span><span title=\"2011-04-01T08:24+0100\"><\/span><\/span><br \/>\nRating: <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"rating\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/articles\/ratingStars\/rating_showbiz_.gif\" width=\"55\" height=\"9\" alt=\" Star Rating\" title=\" out of 5\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>David Bowie\u2019s son, formerly Zowie Bowie but now rejoicing in the more sedate name of Duncan Jones, impressed with his indie sci-fi debut Moon.<\/p>\n<p>So I had great hopes of his second, Source Code, a bigger-budget sci-fi that sends a soldier (Jake Gyllenhaal) to foil a terrorist who will blow up a train and then downtown Chicago.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"9\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/65cf5ff9451_468x391.jpg.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"391\" alt=\"Action man: Jake Gyllenhall stars in Source Code, but his latest film choice wasn't his best decision\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Action man: Jake Gyllenhall stars in Source Code, but his latest film choice wasn&#8217;t his best decision<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Jake has only eight minutes to spot the bomber. <\/p>\n<p>The good news is he can relive those eight minutes over and over again until he finds the solution.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The bad news is the science behind why he can do this is so poorly explained, and the happy ending so obviously contrived that the best way to enjoy Ben Ripley\u2019s nonsensical script is to suspend one\u2019s critical faculties altogether.<\/p>\n<p>Source Code isn\u2019t without entertaining moments, but it\u2019s\u00a0 a waste of its intriguing set-up,\u00a0 a bright director and a\u00a0 superior cast.<\/p>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end(name=s2) --><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/65cf5ff9451_468x391.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>See the original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/reviews\/article-1372115\/Source-Code-Jake-Gyllenhaal-Film-review.html?ITO=1490\" title=\"Source Code, Jake Gyllenhaal: Film review\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source Code, Jake Gyllenhaal: Film review<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Chris Tookey Last updated at 8:24 AM on 1st April 2011 Verdict: Dim-witted thriller Rating: David Bowie\u2019s son, formerly Zowie Bowie but now rejoicing in the more sedate name of Duncan Jones, impressed with his indie sci-fi debut Moon. So I had great hopes of his second, Source Code, a bigger-budget sci-fi that sends a soldier (Jake Gyllenhaal) to foil a terrorist who will blow up a train and then downtown Chicago. Action man: Jake Gyllenhall stars in Source Code, but his latest film choice wasn&#8217;t his best decision Jake has only eight minutes to spot the bomber<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-356176","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Source Code, Jake Gyllenhaal: Film review - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/01\/source-code-jake-gyllenhaal-film-review\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Source Code, Jake Gyllenhaal: Film review - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Chris Tookey Last updated at 8:24 AM on 1st April 2011 Verdict: Dim-witted thriller Rating: David Bowie\u2019s son, formerly Zowie Bowie but now rejoicing in the more sedate name of Duncan Jones, impressed with his indie sci-fi debut Moon. 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