While tracking down the bomber, Carlin gets an idea in his head; could they use the device to actually travel back in time and not only prevent the bombing but also the murder of a local woman whose truck was used in the terrorist attack.

I’ve never been into sci-fi movies unless they had the words ‘star’ and ‘wars’ in the title, but this is the second sci-fi film release to cinemas that I did enjoy. “The Prestige” was the first one (as of Dec. 13, 2006).

I really enjoyed the mystery of the story and the detective work Carlin and the special unit was performing. I also liked how the technology became a part of the story over the second act.

Washington was very good at playing Denzel Washington. Although, he in no way hurt the movie with his usual performance, I’m interested in seeing him do something challenging again, like in “The Hurricane” or even “Training Day.”

The only drawback to this movie is the issue of time travel. Time travel plot points always leave questions and confusion, and this picture does that as well. For instance, if Carlin goes back and prevents everything from happening, he would never learn about the spacefolding jump, and he never would have gone back to stop everything, thus ruining the space-time continuum we so learned about in detail in the “Back to the Future” movies. I’ve already got a headache trying to explain it; however, the movie’s excitement level goes a long way.

Overall, I thought this was a nice follow up for director Tony Scott after the incredibly horrible “Domino.” I have a lot of fun seeing this movie, even though its concept is far more than lofty.