A quick word about the acting, even though it should be obvious with Denzel Washington: fantastic. Even if you hadn't read the IMDb description (which I always advise people not to!) and even if I hadn't told you that there's a tragedy in the first 5 minutes, you can feel something is going to happen because that's what Tony Scott conveys to us from the 1st frame. That doesn't mean that there are continuous car chases and shootouts, but what I mean is that there's a thick air of tension that Tony Scott achieves even during quiet moments because there is always a sense of impending peril.
The action doesn't let up for a single moment. Nobody wants to spend 15 minutes talking about flux capacitors and stuff when people are about to get killed. That's about all we get as far as explanations which I think is good. Rather, we are presented the somewhat credible idea of being able to observe the past in real-time, similar to the way our telescopes allow us to observe the past of stars unfolding in real-time even though they have burned out billions of years ago. It's not just Marty McFly flooring a suped up Delorean and cruising into the past. Or in other words: "sh!t gets real." Here in Déjà Vu, we get the same sober treatment of "time travel" movies. It brought a degree of sobriety and realism to a genre dominated by fantasy and cheesy special effects. Although best known for the more mainstream "Top Gun", "Days of Thunder" and "Beverly Hills Cop II", he first turned heads with his phenomenal debut "The Hunger", which was to vampire flicks what Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey" was to scifi flicks. Tony Scott, younger brother of Ridley Scott ("Alien", "Blade Runner", "Prometheus"), was just as stylish and atmospheric with his films. First let's go back in time, as this movie does (speaking of which, here's all you need to know about Déjà Vu's plot in 1 sentence: the movie opens with a tragedy in the first 5 minutes, and the remaining 121 minutes take our hero on a wild ride to unravel the truth and possibly. Tony Scott committed suicide by jumping off a bridge in 2012. Then I noticed who directed this film: the late, great Tony Scott. Not that there's anything wrong with that, they can't all be "Agent PW" (Peewee Herman), but with the oversaturation of such action flicks it's easy to let one slip past you. It's become a favourite.įirst glance of Déjà Vu's DVD cover presents what appears to be another action flick with a bunch of good looking people looking too cool for school.
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DEJA VU is full of suspense and excitement, a real cinematic thrill-ride that I never get tired of re-watching.
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It's the detective elements that I really enjoyed here and it makes me wish Washington could have starred as a detective in his own TV show, a la COLUMBO. There are action elements including a car chase and shoot-out but they fit well with the flow of the story. The romantic elements of the story hang together well and aren't overdone. Washington is on top form here playing a quick, smart, imaginative, witty, and brave detective working for ATF and trying to catch a bomber who blew up a ferry with all on board. It's also a fine, well thought-out little time travel movie whose plot is up there with that of the excellent underrated Spanish flick TIMECRIMES. Some of their older outings have dated somewhat over the years (try watching the overt flashiness of MAN OF FIRE for example) but this one just feels stronger and stronger as the years go by. DEJA VU might just be my favourite pairing of Tony Scott and star Denzel Washington.
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