When we think of the best time travel in cinema history, films like 12 Monkeys, Terminator and Back to the Future probably come to mind first. One of the less obvious candidates would be Déjà Vu, Tony Scott’s breathless Sci-fi action thriller with Gladiator 2 star Denzel Washington in the main role.
The time travel here takes place on a rather small scale. Nevertheless, there is a lot at stake, as the opening sequence with a gigantic explosion proves. Déjà Vu – Race Against Time has recently been streaming in the Amazon Prime Video catalog. We want to recommend the underrated Scott/Washington collaboration to you.
Time travel, conspiracies and lots of action in Déjà Vu
The story of Déjà Vu takes you to New Orleans. At a Attack on a ferry 543 people are killed. The investigation is then taken over by FBI agents McCready (Bruce Greenwood) and Pryzwarra (Val Kilmer) in collaboration with local ATF agent Carlin (Denzel Washington).
You can watch the trailer for Déjà Vu here:
Déjà Vu – Race Against Time – Trailer (German) HD
A modern, secret technology is used that can create a wormhole in a limited field of observation. This allows the team look four days and six hours into the pastbut do not jump forward or back. But then Carlin finds out that he can manipulate the flow of time.
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An exciting sci-fi thriller between Vertigo and Tenet
As with many films of this type, Déjà Vu works best when you don’t question the logic behind the events shown too much, but simply let yourself be inspired by the exciting and emotional story gets carried away. On this point, Tony Scott delivers without compromise. Déjà Vu is one of his best films.
The deeper Carlin delves into the past, the more complex the situation becomes. More and more perspectives come to light that change his view of things, not to mention a love story that develops between him and the mysterious Claire (Paula Patton). The result is a nerve-wracking thriller between Vertigo – From the Realm of the Dead and Tenet.
This article was first published in a similar form on Moviepilot in July 2021.
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