2005 - Rated R - 1 hr 43 min
Director: John Maybury
Starring: Adrien Brody, Keira Knightley, Kris Kristofferson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Brad Renfro, Daniel Craig
Weird movie... but kinda cool too.
Brody is a Gulf War vet accused of killing a cop. He gets a not guilty ruling and is judged insane, then begins treatments under Kristofferson, who's possibly nuts himself. His risky new therapy involves drugging patients and locking them in a morgue drawer. Yup.
While he's in the drawer, Brody travels 15 years into the future and reconnects with an old acquaintance who tries to help him figure out what's going on. But don't worry, they never quite figure it out exactly. While the time travel could all be in his head, there are clues that it may not be. What happens here is left open to interpretation, so let the debate begin.
It's a strange movie with a unique framework and a concept that's never quite explained. As I've mentioned on previous posts, when it's done well, I like that. In The Jacket, I think it's done pretty well indeed.
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