Friday, April 23, 2010

Caleb Henderson "The Jacket"

This film was a one of my more favorite films we watched all year. Jack is already dead but is somehow hitchhiking along a road a year later and witnesses a cop being murdered himself. He did not commit the crime but the judges say he did commit it, even though he can't remember which the doctors say is due to the amnesia. Jack begins to undergo therapy sessions where he is locked in a jacket and put in a locker. When in there he flashes forward, and at first Jack hates these treatments and tries to resist them, but eventually he is able to realize he may be able change the future, and even prevent his own death. Eventually Jack realizes his death will happen regardless, but he uses these radical treatment sessions to save a girl named Jackie's mom. Jackie and her mom once saw Jack when she was young, but now Jackie is old and falls in love with Jack. Jack saves her mom and then dies as he is returning from saving her in the present day. This is a great example of sacrifice!

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