The Jacket Review |
by Robin Clifford (Rating: B-) |
Jack Starks (Adrien Brody) is a member of an army unit
fighting in Iraq during the Gulf War. At the end of a
tense raid, he tries to befriend a young boy, who
pulls a gun and shoots the soldier in the head.
Thought to be dead, Jack miraculously comes...more |
The Jacket Review |
by Laura Clifford (Rating: B-) |
Jack Starks (Adrien Brody, "The Village") returns from the Gulf War in 1991
after having been shot by a small Iraqi boy he was trying to comfort.
Twelve months later in his home state of Vermont two more life altering
events happen. First he meets a...more |
The Jacket Review |
by Bill Clark |
The Jacket is a terrific exercise in energy, storytelling, and
exploring the supernatural. For those viewers who are patient, there is
nary a dull moment in this puzzler that successfully meshes elements
from all different genres. The outcome is a...more |
The Jacket Review |
by Susan Granger (Rating: 8/10) |
Susan Granger's review of "The Jacket" (Warner Independent/Mandalay Pictures)
From the theatrical Coming Attractions, I assumed this was a gothic horror
picture. It is. But it has a time-traveling metaphysical twist that's both
exciting and...more |
The Jacket Review |
by Jon Popick (Rating: 7/10) |
When I hear a film will, in any way, shape or form, deal with time
traveling, there's usually a severe rolling of the eyes, followed by an
audible grunt or two. There have been brilliant films in the genre, like
Primer, but some of the worst films in...more |
The Jacket Review |
by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 2/4) |
"I was twenty-seven years old the first time I died," Jack Starks (Adrien
Brody) explains to us in voice-over. Although it begins briefly with the Gulf
War in 1991, most of THE JACKET is set in 2007 and in flashback in 1992 when
Jack dies a second time....more |