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John MayburyScenario:
Massy TadjedinCamera:
Peter DemingMuziek:
Brian EnoActeurs:
Adrien Brody, Keira Knightley, Kris Kristofferson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Kelly Lynch, Brad Renfro, Daniel Craig, Steven Mackintosh, Brendan Coyle (meer)Samenvattingen(1)
1991. Jack Starks is een militair veteraan die in de Golfoorlog door een schot in zijn hoofd aan zwaar geheugenverlies lijdt. Na zijn herstel in een militair ziekenhuis keert hij terug naar zijn oude woonplaats in Vermont. Al liftend komt hij een dronken moeder met haar achtjarige dochter tegen, die met pech langs de kant van de weg staan. Jack helpt hen de auto te repareren. Als Jack later op de dag een lift krijgt van een man worden ze aangehouden door een politieagent. Jack raakt bij een daaropvolgende schietpartij bewusteloos en ziet zichzelf als hij bijkomt in staat van beschuldiging gesteld voor de moord op die politieman. Als hij ontoerekeningsvatbaar wordt verklaard, wordt Jack naar een psychiatrische inrichting gestuurd, waar een psychiater hem onderwerpt aan een extreem zwaar experiment door hem met hallucinerende drugs urenlang in een dwangbuis te stoppen. Gedrogeerd en gedesorienteerd krijgt Jack aanvankelijk herinneringen terug, maar al na een paar sessies ziet hij niet alleen beelden uit het heden en verleden maar zelfs uit de toekomst. In de toekomst ontmoet hij Jackie. Jack beseft al snel dat zijn kans om te overleven en daarmee zijn toekomst in de handen liggen van dit meisje. Samen met haar moet hij op zoek naar een manier om hem te redden van een bizar noodlot. (Independent Films)
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Interesting. This film had everything for me to like it more, but it didn’t happen. The premise is attractive, the performances are good and the atmosphere is decent, and yet, The Jacket only flowed around me as if by the way. The script is to blame, it fails to use the premise in an original way, like the script of other films about travelling to the future, and it left me with the impression that it didn’t know where it was going. The Jacket is still above average, but in such as sterile and unremarkable way that I find it less interesting that a lot of (below) average films.
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The director focused on individual details, but he couldn't perfectly piece together the whole. Technically, the film is brilliant. You can feel the rawness in the image (toning and filters) and there is not much sentimentality. However, several of the themes do not fit together completely in the end and you cannot help but feel that maybe you were expecting something more. The ethereal and very subdued music surprisingly has a strong effect and completes the already very oppressive atmosphere full of fear and loneliness.
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The Jacket certainly wanted to offer a lot: the cruelty of a mental institution, time travel, and a strange romance. All this promised an atmospherically unpleasant spectacle, which director John Maybury more or less succeeds in doing. Partially combining the content of Forman's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and the taut visual form of Darren Aronofsky's Requiem for a Dream, it presents a raw spectacle that surprisingly doesn't feel like it was stolen from somewhere. The division of two time periods is done forcefully but non-intrusively, only with the help of camera stabilization and especially Keira Knightley's presence, who finally showcases an acting performance that surpasses even her physical attractiveness, because on a lady who "cools off" every puff of a cigarette with a good sip of rich liquid, there's not a lot to look at. Adrien Brody's radical weight loss is a testament to his efforts to get into the role properly, which he does very well. However, out of the whole collection of (semi)lunatics, Daniel Craig stands out the most, as he managed to instantly captivate all the attention despite having a smaller role. It took me a long time to decide how to evaluate The Jacket. My final decision to give it three stars is not so much an expression of a "happy medium" as it is a reasonable assessment of a film that, while offering a lot, ultimately delivers nothing anyway.
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The Jacket is a film that should be appreciated for its interesting subject and cast, but the final execution disappointed me, especially in contrast to the very decent rating on FilmBooster. Unfortunately, my expectations were higher than what I watched. The plot seemed too chaotic to me, which was due to both the script and the direction, and there were logical inconsistencies in it. However, some moments certainly had a great atmosphere. In several cases, the crazy editing bothered me as well. Overall impression: 45%.
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A low-key picture with an intelligent screenplay, marvelous editing, good actors and an ending that does considerable damage to the structure so carefully built. Any other ending would have fitted better than the one that the makers used in the end. Even a fade-out would have made me happier than this. Of the considerably erratic acting performances by Adrien Brody, this role and his part in Summer of Sam are the very pinnacle of his promisingly advancing career. Too bad that he had to spoil these two outstanding performances with what he gets up to in The Village. A very pleasant movie surprise.
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