**1/2 – Time travel, memory loss, murder, mystery, fighting, torture, revenge, blackmail, intrigue and massive conspiracies; this movie has it all. Unfortunately for this 2004 film – that I suppose is most accurately called a psychological thriller with light sci-fi elements – while it does indeed have all those things listed above, none of them are done particularly well. The time travel seems pretty mundane and even more so when it is revealed that it may not actually be time travel, but rather some sort of psychosis. The mystery – thanks at least partly to the time travel – is disjointed and kind of hard to follow. The murder and blackmail and intrigue are kind of interesting at first, but as the film moves along it seems to lose steam. Whether that is due to the writing, acting or a combination of the two is not entirely evident. Starring Ryan Philippe (who is not exactly in De Niro’s league even on his best days) and featuring such film luminaries as the guy who was Turkish’s sidekick in “Snatch” and Piper Perabo, most famous for her starring role in the obnoxious, highly offensive “Coyote Ugly”, the lackluster story is not exactly made up for with stellar casting. Be that as it may, it was fairly watchable, but I can’t see anyone ever seeing this and having better than a lukewarm reaction.
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