Deja Vu (2006)

Director:

Tony Scott

Writers (WGA):

Bill Marsilii (written by) &
Terry Rossio (written by)

Release Date:

22 November 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Romance | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

If you thought it was just a trick of the mind, prepare yourself for the truth.

Plot:

An ATF agent travels back in time to save a woman from being murdered, falling in love with her during the process.

Plot Keywords:

Explosion | ATF | ATF Agent | Murder | Sailor

Awards:

1 win & 5 nominations

Cast

Denzel Washington	...	Agent Doug Carlin - ATF
Paula Patton	...	Claire Kuchever
Val Kilmer	...	Agent Paul Pryzwarra - FBI
James Caviezel	...	Carroll Oerstadt (as Jim Caviezel)
Adam Goldberg	...	Dr. Alexander Denny
Elden Henson	...	Gunnars
Erika Alexander	...	Shanti
Bruce Greenwood	...	Agent Jack McCready - FBI
Rich Hutchman	...	Agent Stalhuth
Matt Craven	...	Agent Larry Minuti - ATF
Donna W. Scott	...	Beth (as Donna Scott)
Elle Fanning	...	Abbey
Brian Howe	...	Medical Examiner
Enrique Castillo	...	Claire's Father
Mark Phinney	...	Agent Kevin Donnelly - ATF

Also Known As:

Déjà Vu (USA) (alternative spelling)
Deja Vu (Philippines: English title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and terror, disturbing images and some sensuality.

Runtime:

126 min

Country:

USA | UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Australia:M | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba) | UK:12A | Netherlands:12 | Ireland:12A | USA:PG-13 (certificate #43112) | Finland:K-15 | Sweden:15 | Singapore:NC-16 | Singapore:PG (edited version) | Germany:12 | South Korea:12 | Hong Kong:IIB | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | South Africa:13V | Denmark:15 | Norway:15 | Malaysia:U | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Portugal:M/12 | Canada:PG (Nova Scotia/Ontario) | France:U | New Zealand:M | Argentina:13 | India:UA | Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

Castle Green Apartments - 99 S. Raymond, Pasadena, California, USA

Company:

Touchstone Pictures

Trivia:

The cast and crew of the movie who did not live in the immediate area stayed at two of New Orleans' signature properties, the Renaissance Pere Marquette and the Renaissance Arts for the duration of the filming.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: During Claire Kuchever's autopsy, when her head is turned toward the camera, her eyes follow a distant fixed point, and not the rotation of her head. This causes her irises to become centered in her eyes by the end of the head turn. In other shots, her eyes are fixed looking slightly to her left.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Ferry Captain: Can't believe it. They're right on time. Let's get these boys to their party.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Friday Night with Jonathan Ross: (#11.13)" (2006)

Soundtrack:

Don't Worry Baby

A decent thriller with the right amount of twists in it, yet an amusingly corny packed ride

This movie was pretty much what I expected. Nothing too serious, just a fun ride from the beginning till the end. The plot has this good twist in it, which makes the movie interesting and there is overall pretty much the right amount of sci-fi and thriller blended together.

What to expect from a movie produced by Jerry Bruckheimer? Explosions, gun fights, car chases and over the top dramatized scenes. Well, that's pretty much what you get from Déjà Vu. The movie's enjoyable, but like said before, it's nothing too serious. Denzel Washington is entertaining as usual, a right man for the role indeed. Don't expect this movie to contain any phenomenal role performances, as that is really not the case when it comes to movies like this one. This is just another perfect example of a movie which is only made for entertaining purposes. If you want to see this and you see this, it's what you expect it to be, nothing more or nothing less, you finish the movie with that usual smile on your face. Your entertain level is satisfied.

The movie's a big cliché overall, quoting myself on what said before; Over the top dramatized scenes. I mean, it's so predictable. The cinematography almost does that all for you; Fast forwarding, slow motions, shaking the camera, the screen flashing white every now and then.. I could go on and on, but oh well, you get the point. That is sadly pretty much what the cinematography always does in these kind of movie nowadays. It's like every possible way of cinematography is already used before and no-one tries to make anything unique anymore. You could always just cut down the cliché(ish) ways and keep it simple and normal. Well, then the movies like these wouldn't actually be movies like these, so the cinematography does what it's supposed to do after all. You can't complain about that, now can you? The music is also used to make it more over the top and it's just a bunch of corny compositions put together to make the movie more emotional, but for me it's more like a bad joke. Overall the music is also so predictable, giving a random example of that; "Now he sees a dead man, now his eyes freeze, now he walks next to the body, close-up shot of the body, corny piano music starts playing, close-up to the main character's eyes, now a tear drop, oh how sad" Yup, got it right again. So predictable. Well, you can't complain as then again, you get what you order.

Like I mentioned before, the plot has this good twist in it and it does make the movie interesting. It's also a bit unique in its own way. Though it is surprising at first, it's all downhill after that, as then it catches that famous predictability. Well it's not as bad as you may think from that last sentence, it's just is what it is. Despite from all of this negative feedback I'd still recommend the movie if you're looking for an action packed ride with a bad ass lead actor in it.