Source Code (2011) (2011) poster
2011 · sci-fi · thriller · mystery

Source Code (2011)

Directed by Duncan Jones1h 33m2011
ElsewhereIMDb7.5577kRT92%Metacritic74TMDB7.39k
  • kinetic
  • intense
  • inventive
  • twisty
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Neutral, breathless, measured sci-fi / thriller, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.

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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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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
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upgraphic violencejump scares

Skip it tonightYou dislike repeating scenes or want simple action without puzzles.

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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