Chopper pilot capt colter Stevens wakes up in the body of an unknown man on a Chicago commuter train on a mission to find a bomber on the train ,the catch he only has 8 minutes then the bomb explodes and the time loop resets later he learns he is part of an advanced military mission to stop an much larger device killing millions in down town Chicago,the film opens giving you a good sense of space and geography with some good helicopter tracking shots showing you the path of the train going into Chicago, then were on the train for the time loop explosion sequences i think he travels through the same moment about 8 times roughly kind of reminiscent of ground hog day with each time he has a better knowledge of the events, iv said time loop but actually its more of a mind loop because its the last 8 minutes of this teachers consciousness who capt Stevens has jumped into, there's also times when he jumps back to a pod with a flight seat and monitor where he is in instructed by beautiful air-force officer and a scientist, i found this movie fantastic . OK maybe the science was a bit dodgy but it had it all tension, suspense, laughter and enlightenment a smart , exciting ,touching little and at the same time huge movie,great cast but its Jake gyllenhall who holds the movie together id say his best yet, ground-hog day for super geeks!
