Director: John Maybury
Actors: Adrien Brody, Keira Knightley, Daniel Craig
PlotAfter sustaining a head injury during the Gulf War, a young American soldier finds himself inexplicably accused of a crime he has no memory of. Diagnosed with amnesia, he is inexplicably committed to a psychiatric institution for the criminally insane. There, he becomes the subject of an unconventional treatment that involves being injected with experimental drugs and confined in a straightjacket, locked away in the dark recesses of a morgue drawer. This harrowing procedure leads him to experience unsettling visions, blurring the lines between reality and hallucination, pushing him to the edge of his sanity.
During these intense sessions, he discovers he possesses a bizarre ability to traverse time between the present and the future. In these glimpses forward, he encounters a woman whose life is intricately linked to his own, although they have never met in his current timeline. This connection offers a glimmer of hope and a puzzle to solve; as he pieces together the details of their shared destiny, he becomes determined to change the future to save himself and the woman he inexplicably knows yet has never met before. The path to altering his destiny, however, is fraught with challenges and revelations that test the limits of his mind and spirit.
MoreWriters: Tom Bleecker, Marc Rocco, Massy Tadjedin
Release Date: 04 Mar 2005
Runtime: 103 min
Rating: R
Country: Germany, United States
Language: English
Blu-ray
The Jacket, inspired by von Stroheim & Brakhage, is a must-see modern thriller on Blu-ray by ARP Selection.
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