Review: Source Code

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Source Code is the second movie from director Duncan Jones, he of the awesome Moon. As a followup, I found Source Code neither as potent or as weird as his debut, but you know what? It was pretty close to great. I would watch it again right now. It’s a well-crafted, well-paced thriller. Jones has a natural instinct for quietly revealing something horribly disturbing without pushing things too far into manipulative or ridiculous territory. He seems to be a natural storyteller, too: he knows right when it’s time to reveal a new plot detail, and never indulges in “I know something you don’t!”-type shenanigans.

I’m really excited to see where his career goes from here. He’s off to a hell of a start.