Source Code

Source Code

 

 

Source code is a film that is supposed to confuse you by using a lot of different terminology. This is used as a light term here as this is because it is like the main character is a person within a person within a person. That is in a universe within a universe. As we know the main characters name is Shaun for most of the time. He is getting sent back a huge amount of times to try and figure out how to get rid of the bomb from the train. He does not want to but he carries on doing it as he really has no choice. He quickly starts to disagree with what is happening to him and why he is doing this. One of the biggest plot twist that is in the film is when he finds out that he is actually dead. He was in a helicopter crash. He discovers this and does not want to be part of this experiment anymore. This is when we get fully introduced to the leader of this operation. The boss would not let him go. This is because he is one of the only people in the world who's injuries and brain stimulation will allow him to do the task which is set. At this point, Shaun believes he can save everyone on the train. This is because he has noticed he is not going back in time but rather, going to an alternate universe where the events have not yet occurred. Due to this reason, he wants to save everyone on the train instead of failing and letting them die even thought his job was completed and the terrorist was caught. Now because the job was completed there is no need to send him back into the machine. So the women who talks to him throughout the whole film called Goodwin goes against the order to wipe his memory and prepare to prepare him for the next job and lets him live. She ends up sending back in to save everyone on the train. Shaun successfully does this and we still think the universe is going to end, but because he has saved it the universe carries on living with Shaun in the universe. So because he has managed to do this he is in that universe living on his life as a normal person. One technique that is used is a red herring. This is because we think once he saves the train that universe is over and will not continue. Also a plot twist is used in this film. This was when we think that Goodwin will not send him back to another universe however she does. Again another plot twist is used this was when we was told there is no possible way to send a text from another universe to someone in an alternate universe. Shaun proves this theory wrong by doing it and the text basically said. He has save all of the people on the train in every universe. So when Goodwin goes to the radio/TV it talks about a failed terrorist train bombing attack.