Horror and Halloween Movies

Title: The Jacket

Plot: A Gulf War vet who returns to his native Vermont suffering from bouts of amnesia. When he is accused of murder and lands in an asylum, a well-meaning doctor puts him on a heavy course of experimental drugs, restrains him in a jacket-like device, and locks him away in a body drawer of the basement morgue. The process sends him on a journey into the future, where he can foresee his death.

Directed By: John Maybury

Starring: Adrien Brody, Keira Knightley, Kris Kristofferson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Kelly Lynch, Daniel Craig and Brad Renfro

Theatrical Release Date: March 4, 2005

DVD: March 4, 2005 Own it on DVD (Now Available)

COB Review:
Jack Starks (played by Adrien Brody) is a veteran who returns to his native Vermont suffering from bouts of amnesia after being shot in the head during the Gulf War.
He ends up in the care Dr. Becker (played by Kris Kristofferson), whose radical treatment includes his patients wearing “The Jacket”.

“The Jacket” treatment causes Jack Starks to jump in time to 2007 to find that he had been murdered (among other things).

This thriller has many layers and requires the viewer to pay close attention to detail. This may be tedious for some viewers. I personally found “The Jacket” to be an excellent movie that had my full attention throughout. This is a movie to be watched multiple times to find interesting details that you may have missed the first time.
We give “The Jacket” 4 out of 5 BLOODY DAGGERS.

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