The Jacket (2005)

Directed by

John Maybury

Genre

drama film, science fiction film, thriller film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 43m

Rated

R

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 1,718 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Gulf War veteran with memory loss is confined to a mental institution where he endures a harsh experimental treatment. He discovers that the procedure sends him into the future, forcing him to piece together his fragmented past.

tensebleakdisorientingmelancholicclaustrophobiccoldcerebralgritty

What happens

The Jacket is a 2005 American science-fiction psychological thriller film directed by John Maybury and starring Adrien Brody, Keira Knightley, Kris Kristofferson, and Jennifer Jason Leigh. It is partly based on the 1915 Jack London novel The Star Rover, published in the United Kingdom as The Jacket. Massy Tadjedin wrote the screenplay based on a story by Tom Bleecker and Marc Rocco. The original music score is composed by Brian Eno and the cinematography is by Peter Deming. The Jacket premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, and was released in theaters in the United States by Warner Independent Pictures on March 4, 2005. It grossed $21.1 million on a budget of $28.5 million and received mixed reviews from critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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