Review of The Jacket (2005) by Jose L — 11 Jun 2008
The film centers on a wounded Gulf war veteran who returns to his native Vermont suffering from bouts of amnesia. He is hitching and gets picked up by a stranger, things go pear shaped when a cop pulls them over and is murdered by the stranger.
The vet. is wrongly accused of killing the cop and lands up in an asylum. A quack doctor prescribes a course of experimental therapy, restraining him in a heavy duty straight jacket-like device, and locks him away in a body drawer of the basement morgue.
During course of his treatment he gets flashbacks and visions of his future , where he can foresee he is to die in four days time. The catch is he doesn't know how. Thus commences the classic race against time.
What can he do?? Starring Adrien Brody, Keira Knightley and Kris Kristofferson, one of my fave films. Gets you thinking.
This review of The Jacket (2005) was written by Jose L on 11 Jun 2008.
The Jacket has generally received positive reviews.
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