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Synopsis: Army Captain Colter Stevens finds himself working on a special program where his consciousness can be inserted into another human being. The only catch is can only be there for 8 minutes at any given time. That morning, a bomb exploded on a commuter train just outside Chicago. He occupies the body of teacher going to work on that train and is confused as to what he is doing or why he is there as his last memory is of flying his helicopter on a combat mission in Afghanistan. Those in charge of the program explain to him that there is a bomb on the train, and that he must locate it. More importantly, he must identify the bomber as another bombing is expected later that day. He is also told however that he cannot change the past and can only gather information. As he develops a liking for his traveling companion Christina, he sets out to test that theory.
Director(s): Duncan Jones
Production: Summit Entertainment
  1 win & 8 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.5
Metacritic:
74
Rotten Tomatoes:
92%
PG-13
Year:
2011
93 min
$54,696,902
Website
2,532 Views


I flew two god damn missions yesterday.

You've been with us for 2 months.

Did you id the bomber?

-No, where is my unit?-

And under who's leadership is this simulation?

Captain, this is not a simulation. Lifes are depending on you.

What lifes?

What do you remember about the bomb?

Tell me about the detotantor.

No, what lifes, what you are talking about?

I need to be briefed!

Sir, I need to give him something.

-That's fine, go ahead-

Prepare his contract.

At 7:
48 his morning, a bomb exploded in a commuter train outside of chicago, killing

everyone on board.

and thats the train, you been on.

No I am right here,

you are talking to me right now!

A man named Shawn Fentress was on that train.

In a sense....he is now you.

Every second spend, explaining things puts more innocents civiliansat risk.

This makes no sense.

The train explosion was the first attack of a series.

There are going to be more.

Now, did you find the bomb?

In the restroom, ventilation-panel above the sink.

cellphone-detonator.

Are we done?

Eh, no no. But thats good, thats very very good, captain.

good.

Our records show, that 1812 calls ended at the moment of the explosion.

Do you remember a freight train passing by?

just before the explosion.

Ja.

The explosion was timed to engulf the passing freight train

which means, the bomber had be watching both trains

when the call was made.

I want you to concentrate on the passengers in your car.

Get to know them, narrow suspectpool.

Look for ones, who seem quite or withdrawn, who seem nervous.

As always, you have 8 minutes.

Yes

I need you to discipline yourself on this next path.

Perform only the task, that we assign you.

Everything else is irrelevant.

Start the sequence.

...is my father even...

I took your advice...

it was very good advice

So quite today?

-I got a lot on my mind.-

Ups

Oh, I am so sorry

-No problem-

That's very kind of you.

You're very decent.

Thank you.

And real.

-Ticket!-

How you doing today?

-good-

Anything unusual?

-Ehmm no-

I mean behavior on the train.

Is anything or anybody seems strange to you?

You look strange.

How about you,

does anybody looks suspicious?

Are you drunk or something?

-Come here-

Come for a moment.

come on.

Just think of it as a game.

-A game?-

They are all so utterly normal, Shawn.

That's what so terrifying about them.

Maybe they are a team network.

The sleeping giant coached with the ministry and the comedian.

Don't forget the student, he is expendable.

But they are all controlled by the conductor.

Standing there like a king and demanding tickets.

You are funny.

-Damn it-

What about that guy?

-Deposition-

And the woman who is sitting cross him?

Hair appointment, every monday, you know this.

You know this people better than me.

And the guy behind her?

He's late for an audition, right?

Or audition to the court

he got caught driving drunk twice.

-Hey, hows the signal in here?-

Good

Is teaching not stimulating for you anymore, Sherlock?

Oh oh, the toilet ist sure jammed now.

-Did anyone else come out of the bathroom?-

Well, I saw you coming out of there.

-Me?

Yes.

-No-

Me?

-Hey Mr.-

Hold on a second.

What's in here.

A broken phone.

What is this.

Coffee with Christina.

Christina?

-Yea-

Excuse me.

Hey, hey come with me.

-This isn't our stop!-

come on, let's take a walk.

-We don't get off here.-

I don't know, just be spontaneaous.

-You start freaking me up-

I know this sounds a bit weird

but I have a really bad feeling about this train

and that we should get off, ok?

Just get your stuff.

Doors are closing.

Come on, come with me.

So what now?

-Wait here, I will be right back!-

Ready for coffee now?

Oh sorry, ah yea yea,

just one more second, ok?

Oh for god's sake.

Feelin' think?

Motion sickness, I get it all the time.

Excuse...

Are you following me?

-Can I borrow your phone?-

No, I don't have one.

Sure?

-Yea, I am sure-

Why you dont leave me alone please?

Or I call the police.

With what?

I thought, you didn't have a phone.

You know, you have no right....

Gimme my bag back.

Are you crazy

Shawn!

-Get back!-

Shawn, what's going on?

Shawn

Shawn

It wasn't you.

-What the hell is wrong with you?

Are you insane?

-No-

Where is it???

-Get away from me please!-

Shawn, Shawn

get off!

Listen to me, get up!

Shawn

-Gimme your hand, get off the track-

Goodwin

Come on, do you here me?

Captain Stevens, this is beleaguared castle

do you copy? please respond

It's freezying here, whats going on.

What's that

He is in trouble.

I think the oxygen just went out.

Goodwin

Goodwin!

Find a way to get through to him.

What is it?

What's going on?

It's not the tertiary cooling ether.

Just keep sending strings up,

maybe he hooks on to something.

It's hard to tell what exactly he is going through.

Sir...

-Lord, please-

It's not a lot we can do from here.

If nothing changes, who much time do we have?

-Some-

and not long

Lilly awoke in an evening dress and an opera cloak,

she had 5 card in her hand...

Goodwin, you out there?

Goodwin, who is Goodwin.

-This is Captain Stevens, do you copy-

Captain Stevens?

The capsule lost power

The capsule?

Is that where you are now, in a capsule?

You should know, who are you?

-Let me get captain Goodwin for you-

You invented this thing, right?

I did.

-Are you in command-

Were you able to locate information we need,

captain?

Negative Sir, I was unable to find the bomber, but I did safe her.

A passenger on the train.

I got her off safely, a woman

Captain, it's gonna be contra-prodactive for you to safe anyone on the train. They're outside of the mission.

Well, she survived.

And maybe this will work with the rest too.

She survived, but only inside of the source code.

None of them will be safe.

What is this source code?

Its quantum mechanics parabolic calculations.

It's very complicated.

Try me!

Fine.

When a light blub turned off, there is an afterglow, halo-effect.

You seen it?

Yes

-Of course-

The brain is like that, its electromegnatic field remains charged,

just briefly even after death.

Cicruits remain open.

Now there is another curiosity about the brain.

It contains a short-term memory track that's about 8 mins long.

like a convenient store's security camera

that only records the last part of the activities of the day on his harddrive.

Now combining this two phenomena,

hardware that remains viable after death

and a memory bank that goes back 8 Minutes

source code enables to exploit the overlap

Shawn Fentress died on this train, of all the passengers

aboard he was your best link.

you two share the compatibility in terms of gender,

body-size and your synaptic maps.

What happens after the 8 minutes?

-After, nothing-

you cease to exist on the train.

You can't exist inside the source code, beyond Fentresse's 8 minutes

Source Code is not time travel

Source Code ist time-reassignment.

It gives us access to a parallel reality.

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Ben Ripley

Ben Ripley is an American screenwriter best known for writing the science-fiction thriller Source Code directed by Duncan Jones. Ripley is a graduate of Stanford University and the University of Southern California's USC School of Cinema-Television. more…

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