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2011 · sci-fi · thriller · mystery

Source Code (2011)

Directed by Duncan Jones1h 33m2011

When decorated soldier Captain Colter Stevens wakes up in the body of an unknown man, he discovers he's part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train.

Our read: Source Code (2011) (2011) reads as a neutral, breathless, inventive sci-fi · thriller · mystery entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.

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Neutral, breathless, measured sci-fi / thriller, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.

ElsewhereIMDb7.5577kRT92%Metacritic74TMDB7.39k
  • kinetic
  • intense
  • inventive
  • twisty
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How Source Code feels to watch.

Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.

MoodHeavy ↔ Cosy
PacingSlow-burn ↔ Kinetic
IntensityGentle ↔ Extreme
WeirdnessConventional ↔ Surreal
HopeNihilistic ↔ Redemptive
StakesIntimate ↔ Epic
HumourNone ↔ Broad
RealityGrounded ↔ Fantastical
DensitySparse ↔ Twisty
WarmthCold ↔ Tender
AuteurTransparent ↔ Signature
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“You want a clever time-loop thriller stopping a bomber before it is too late.”

ends bittersweetit stays with yougrabs you earlygrips from the openattention 4/5breezes by
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Skip it tonight — You dislike repeating scenes or want simple action without puzzles.

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