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13th May 2005
15
Psychological Thriller
John Maybury
Tom Bleecker & Marc Rocco
102 minutes
Adrien Brody -  Jack Starks
Keira Knightley - Jackie Price
Kris Kristofferson -  Dr. Thomas Becker
Jennifer Jason Leigh -  Dr. Lorenson
Daniel Craig -  Rudy Mackenzie
Kelly Lynch -  Jean Price
Brad Renfro - The Stranger
Jason Lewis -  Cop
Jake Broder -  Dr. Morgan
Jonah Lotan - Doctor K
Steven Mackintosh - Dr. Hopkins
Laura Marano -  Little Jackie
Mackenzie Phillips -  Nurse Harding
Ian Porter -  Major
Tara Summers -  Nina
Things haven't been the same for Jack Sparks (Brody) after he recieved a gunshot wound to the head while serving in the Gulf War in 1991. Although recovered from his wound, he suffers amnesia. A loner with no family, he wonders around Vermont like a lost soul. One night, while hitchhiking, he helps a woman and child get back on the road after a breakdown. But after accepting a lift from a man, he finds he is a suspect for murder. By reason of insanity, he is institutionalised at Alpine Grove, where unconventional methods of treatment are endorsed. In starks case, he is strapped in a jacket and placed in a morgue 'drawer' for hours... Mysteriously, he experiences "flashbacks" which are actually episodes of the future, where he meets a caring woman, Jackie (Knightley) and through these experiences he soon realises the road to recovery lies in the future and the woman he loves...  An interesting psychological thriller...
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