I don't have all that much to say. Source Code is a unique feeling concept with a strong cast, pretty good special effects and that's about it.

I have to say, this movie did grab me straight away. It's non linear way of feeding us information about Colter Steven's life and what happened to him is really effective at keeping the audience invested and Gyllenhaal, as he always does, gives a really solid performance. I wouldn't say it's his best as the role doesn't call for anything too outstanding, but he is definitely good in the role and I don't have any issues with his performance, it's solid, it's just not Lou Bloom or Detective Loki.

I don't recall the camerawork or cinematography being anything incredible. I did like that closing take of the whole train frozen in time, I thought that was clever and well executed while also capturing the themes of the movie. But I don't think the rest of the film really loved up to its potential for great camerawork and shots. It's all fairly static and bland and I thought it was a big letdown in that department.

As I said, the special effects are solid, there's a couple of scenes where I thought it was a little janky but for the most part, it worked. As for the story, I actually quite liked it. The concept was unique and I thought while the whole idea around the source code has some flawed logic, it definitely manages to explain the science behind it and seem believable enough. And the ending twist, while not exactly being what I initially wanted out of it, or what I expected, I thought it suited the movie and I liked that Colter got his happy ending, even if he is inhabiting someone else's body in an alternate reality, technically. There's a lot to think about with the whole fact that they created like 10 alternate realities in the process of the source code and I thought that was rather interesting and I was kind of disappointed they didn't expand into that plot point a little more. I was also a little disappointed with who the bomber actually was. I was hoping for a big twist or reveal that would've made it more interesting but it ended up being the most obvious person and me and my dad said it was probably him when we saw him on screen. Some of the outcomes of the plot were a little disappointing but I think the overall concept of the source code and the executive was brilliant as well as the ending of the movie being relatively satisfying. Overall I think plotwise, Source Code is like an 8.5/10. Some of its elements do drag it down a tad, namely the failure to really expand on any of its ideas or plot threads and the fact that most of its characters are fairly bland aside from Colter. Plus the romance is a little half baked, I don't know there's a few elements to this movie that I just think keep it from being truly phenomenal. Because the concept for it is just that, and while it's mostly executed well, I don't think it lives up to its full potential. Personally, I think an extended runtime, perhaps another half hour or so, could've really given this film time to breathe to craft and smarter, more surprising narrative with expanded characters and plot threads to keep the audience invested in more than just the concept of the movie as well as being a little less cheesy with some of its lines. I liked Source Code overall, but I think it could've been so much more if it had been given the runtime to do so. Anyway it's like a solid 7-7.5/10. Also I can't stop thinking that the real Sean Fentress would wake up in all the alternate realities where he survived and he would have no fucking clue what the hell happened and why he's just attacked multiple people. Colter probably really fucked up Sean's life in a bunch of the alternate realities and I think that's kinda fucked up but also hilarious. Also he just stole Sean's body in the last reality he created. And god knows what other shit they're gonna do with the source code given the fact they have a reality where Colter's body still lives and breathes. Fuck me this film had more potential that it ended up fulfilling.

Positives:
• Solid performance from Jake Gyllenhaal and his character is probably the most likeable in the whole movie
• A great concept that manages to stay believable and is explained to the audience well
• Decent special effects that, for the most part, hold up fairly well
• The plot knew what it wanted to do and managed to stay fairly engaging throughout its runtime
• The ending raises some interesting questions on the alternate realities created by the source code

Negatives:
• Most of the characters were meh at best and I didn't really care for many of them
• The romance was half baked and didn't really work all that much, could've been expanded upon more to feel more natural and not shoehorned in
• I was a little disappointed with some outcomes of the story. The bomber was the most obvious guy in the train to me and it sadly didn't suprise me as much as I'd hoped it would. And I wish it would've expanded more on the consequences of the source code and all the parallel universes it creates in its wake