The Jacket

[Brian in Mesa]

The Jacket

Release Date: March 4, 2005
Studio: Warner Independent Pictures
Director: John Maybury
Screenwriter: Marc Rocco, Massy Tadjedin
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: R (for violence, language and brief sexuality/nudity)
Website: The Jacket

Starring: Adrien Brody, Keira Knightley, Daniel Craig, Kris Kristofferson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Kelly Lynch, Brad Renfro, Mackenzie Phillips

Plot Summary: After recuperating from a gunshot wound to the head, Gulf War veteran Jack Starks (Adrien Brody) returns to his native Vermont suffering from amnesia. When he is accused of murdering a police officer and committed to a mental institution, a physician, Dr. Becker (Kris Kristofferson), puts him on a controversial treatment regimen in which Starks is injected with experimental drugs, confined in a straight-jacket, and locked for extended periods in the body drawer of the basement morgue. In his drugged and disoriented state, Starks’ mind propels him into the future, where he meets Jackie (Keira Knightley), and discovers that he is destined to die soon. Together, they search for a way to save him from his fate.

 

[Stout]

Looks intriguing, and one of my favorite (and most sexy) young actesses stars in it. I might check it out tonight as a study break (I'm 25 pages into a rough draft of my first Master's thesis paper!).

 

[Chaplin]

Word of warning (I've seen some of this movie), it's being advertised as a horror flick, but it's not. Just FYI.

 

[Bada0Bing]

I just watched it. I love movies like this. Nonlinear, deeply flawed characters, and a plot that is left up to multiple interpretations. It reminded me a bit of Jacob’s Ladder. It was odd to hear Keira Knightley talk without her British accent, she really did a great job. Daniel Craig had a small role as a patient in the mental hospital. It took a few seconds to recognize him.