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El Capitano Gatisto
09-23-2005, 08:55 PM
I searched, of course, and didn't find another thread.
Just watch this tonight. It's the best film I have seen this year (by that I mean from 2005).

It's about a man who is shot in the head in Iraq and left with brain damage. When he comes home, he is framed for the murder of a police officer, found criminally insane and sentenced to detention in an asylum.

There, as part of his treatment, he is injected with psychotropic drugs, bound in the titular straitjacket and locked in a morgue cabinet. Seemingly, this terrifying ordeal gives him the ability to travel through time while he is locked in.

Not giving very much away there, of course. If you loved 12 Monkeys and Jacob's Ladder, like I did, then this film is for you.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind was my favourite film from 2004, and similarly this movie tells a story of the mind and of love, in a different way, but equally poignant in my opinion.

Great movie. I don't remember it getting great reviews, but I knew it would be my kind of film.
Dazz
09-23-2005, 09:05 PM
I haven't seen the film, I just wanted to point out that for the first time I have ever noticed (barring footballers names) that you made a spelling mistake.


shot in the dead in Iraq


Wooo, have it Gatesy, you are only human after all.
El Capitano Gatisto
09-23-2005, 09:56 PM
Typographical error. I made a few when I posted it, I just missed that one when I went back to edit.

Now fuck off.
YOUR Hero
09-23-2005, 10:05 PM
The name sounds familiar, but even with your description, I can't place it. Where was it filmed, who's in it, etc?
Jason Cage
09-24-2005, 12:06 AM
adrien brody, keira knightley and the old dude from the blade movies...forgetting his nameeee..eeeaaggh

but yeah it was a fucked up movie...plothole-ish but i still fuckin enjoyed it.
Downunder
09-24-2005, 05:37 AM
It's had some good reviews over here - I'll get it on DVD
Downunder
09-24-2005, 05:42 AM
adrien brody, keira knightley and the old dude from the blade movies...forgetting his nameeee..eeeaaggh

but yeah it was a fucked up movie...plothole-ish but i still fuckin enjoyed it.

Kris Kristofferson
Triple A
09-24-2005, 06:38 AM
Saw it in theaters and it was pretty good. I liked it and I recommend it to customers at work. Not "best film of the year" quality, IMO, though.

A movie like Eternal Sunshine is way better in so many ways. I didn't relate to The Jacket NEARLY as much as Eternal Sunshine.
El Capitano Gatisto
09-24-2005, 07:10 AM
It could have coped with being a bit longer alright, but I genuinely haven't seen a better film from this year. Yet.

Crash was the best previously.
The Mask
09-24-2005, 07:20 AM
you wanna see a history of violence, sunshine.
YOUR Hero
09-24-2005, 08:04 PM
I'll keep an eye out for it.
Downunder
09-24-2005, 11:20 PM
Downloaded and converting to DVD as we speak
AlphaBean
09-29-2005, 01:13 AM
I'll keep an eye out for it.

Don't keep it out too long, the empty socket might become infected.

Oh and I absolutely loathe adrian brodey. Gonna skip the hell out of king kong.
Jason Cage
09-29-2005, 01:05 PM
Downloaded and converting to DVD as we speak

are you talking about a History on Violence?

if so, what torrent site did you get it from.
Downunder
09-29-2005, 11:43 PM
are you talking about a History on Violence?

if so, what torrent site did you get it from.
No The Jacket - I can't find a history of violence anywhere :(
Amaroqwolf
09-30-2005, 01:30 AM
History of Violence isn't even in theaters yet,