The Jacket (2005)

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6.7	Rating (719 ratings)
7.1	IMDB rating

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Directed by

John Maybury

Starring (View all)

Adrien Brody
Jack Starks

Keira Knightley
Jackie Price

Kris Kristofferson
Dr. Thomas Becker

Jennifer Jason Leigh
Dr. Beth Lorenson

Kelly Lynch
Jean Price

Brad Renfro
The Stranger

Daniel Craig
Rudy Mackenzie

Steven Mackintosh
Dr. Hopkins

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Tom Bleecker
(story) and

Marc Rocco
(story)

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13 years, 8 months ago at Aug 25 9:06

dappa1975

good little film- great mood setter - alittle bizarre and a few loose ends that never really get answered - but well worth sitting and watching.

A very good movie

12 years, 1 month ago at Mar 14 13:39

johanlefourbe

Adrien Brody is a fine actor but ever since he deservedly won the Academy Award for his performance in 'The pianist', he hasn't done anything really amazing to be honest. Eventually, this flick is probably the only one starring Adrien Brody which really impressed me lately. Still, I have to warn you beforehand, this movie is really an acquired taste. Indeed, it is one of those movies dealing with ... read more

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Description: The film centers on a wounded Gulf war veteran who returns to his native Vermont suffering from bouts of amnesia. He is hitching and gets picked up by a stranger, things go pear shaped when a cop pulls them over and is murdered by the stranger. The vet. is wrongly accused of killing the cop and lands up in an asylum. A quack doctor prescribes a course of experimental therapy, restraining him in a heavy duty straight jacket-like device, and locks him away in a body drawer of the basement morgue. During course of his treatment he gets flashbacks and visions of his future, where he can foresee he is to die in four days time. The ca ... (more)

Release date: 4 March 2005
UPC: 085393368524

Tags: Thriller (20), Mystery (16), Time Travel (16), Drama (15), Sci-fi (14), 2005 (13), 2000s (12), Gulf War (8), Supernatural (7), Mother Daughter Relationship (7), Soldier (7), Vermont (6), Shot In The Head (6), Title Spoken By Character (6), Love (6), Bruise (6), Military (6), Veteran (6), Cop (6), Hallucination (6)

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