Like everyone my age, I saw this movie in Denzel Washingtons GOD MODE run from 2002-2010 where he just put out so many hits we could not keep track. This movie was sandwiched into that run. I was maybe 10-12 when I saw it. Chopped it up to “another Denzel classic”. Well I am certainly glad that I went back to rewatch. We romanticize things A LOT.
I cannot remember watching a Denzel movie that STUNK. But this movie ABSOLUTELY STINKS. No way around it. But that is fine, everything else he touches is damn near gold. Let’s talk about it.
The premise starts off TYPICAL DENZEL Lures you in with Denzel is a homicide detective. AWE FUCK YEAH. A boat in New Orleans BLOWS up, passenger boat, killing 550 people. FUCK YEAH. well kinda. Here comes lead ATF agent Denzel on the scene to help solve the WHO DUNNIT. What could go wrong?
Oh boy. Maybe the most wild curveball ever. Ok exaggeration but its pretty up there. A team brought in, to solve this with him, has this INCREDIBLE technology, that allows them to GO BACK IN TIME VISUALLY, and see everything anywhere in the world 4.5 days previous. A LOOKING BACK IN TIME CONSTANT VIDEO LOOP THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THE RIGHT THINGS YOU CAN GET ANSWERS for what lead up to the attack. OK! I am still on board. It is a little crazy but kinda cool.
Well… THEN, Denzel, brings to the table, AS IF THESE GENIUSES never dared think about this, WHAT IF YOU TELEPORTED ME BACK INTO THAT TIME USING THIS TECHNOLOGY. THEN I COULD STOP IT. Yes. this is what they sold us. And of course these brilliant people, who developed this, and have zero regulatio at all, are DUMBFOUNDED. MY WORD DENZEL WASHINGTON, THAT CANNOT BE DONE. OF COURSE IT CAN I AM DENZEL WASHINGTON.
So, Denzel sneaks to the lab with one of the members, they SHOOT him 4.5 days into the past to physically stop this from happening. YES, it is honestly as dumb as it sounds. Truly ridiculous. It is like if Interstellar was written by a hammered homeless guy. It is truly stupid. So then the rest of the movie is just Denzel being Denzel and smugly walking around saving shit and being really cool. It honestly is even this high, because the ridiculousness of it is somewhat comical and Denzel does bring star power. Almost worth re watching to laugh at the stupidity. That is a review.