This movie at first seems to be in the vain of The Butterfly Effect with reality switching from the past to the future. The Jacket is a better movie than The Butterfly Effect because The Butterfly Effect contained unpleasant characters and events. This movie stars Adiran Brody as a Gulf War veteran framed for a murder he didn't commit. He is sent to an insane asylum where he is experimented on by an unscrupulous doctor played by Kris Kristofferson. During one of the experiments where he is a morgue slab, he is transported forward in time where he finds out he has been dead for almost 15 years. How did this happen and can he change it? Unfortunately, the answers to these questions are a little too easy for this complex type of movie. Still the performances by Brody, Kristofferson, Keira Knightly, and Jennifer Jason Leigh make this film watchable. The film make not make much sense in the end but it is better than most repetitive remakes and sequels that have been out lately. 7/10
Review of The Jacket
