Netflix time travel thriller made by David Bowie's son dubbed 'greatest movie ever made'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThe sci-fi action film Source Code, which premiered 13 years ago, is captivating a new audience on Netflix. Directed by Duncan Jones, son of the legendary David Bowie, the movie shares a similar narrative with Groundhog Day and Edge of Tomorrow, where the main character repeatedly lives through the same scenario until he finds a solution.
Starring Jake Gyllenhaal as Captain Colter Stevens, the film follows him as he's sent into a virtual reality to uncover the perpetrator of a train bombing within eight minutes.
The cast also includes Jeffrey Wright from Westworld, Vera Farmiga of The Departed, and Michelle Monaghan from True Detective.
Source Code boasts an impressive 92% score on Rotten Tomatoes, with many fans calling it a 'masterpiece', 'mind blowing' story and even one of the greatest films ever made. "Simply the best," said one concise reviewer, while another weighed in and called it "the best movie I ever watched - ever." One viewer praised the film in the audience section of the review site, saying: "A great movie that explores the ethics and technological advancements of solving crimes and terror attacks within a sci-fi universe set not far from our own time," reports the Mirror.
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