Source Code (2011)

Most of us would give anything for a second chance to get something right. Duncan Jones' "Source Code," his follow-up to the acclaimed "Moon," written by Ben Ripley, stars Jake Gyllenhaal as Captain Colter Stevens, an Army helicopter pilot who wakes up on a Chicago commuter train in another man's body. Across from him sits Christina (Michelle Monaghan), a friendly stranger who seems to know him as a schoolteacher named Sean. Eight minutes later, the train explodes. Stevens awakens in a dark, cramped capsule, where Air Force officer Colleen Goodwin (Vera Farmiga) explains that he is part of a top-secret program called Source Code. It lets him relive the last eight minutes before the train is bombed, over and over, until he can identify the bomber and prevent an even deadlier attack planned for downtown Chicago. Each time he returns, Stevens learns more about the passengers and the bomber, and he grows determined to save Christina, even though the program's creator, Dr. Rutledge (Jeffrey Wright), insists the past can't be changed. Tense and emotional, the film became a critical and commercial success. With Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga and Jeffrey Wright, it's a smart, twisty thriller that plays with time and space.