Doesn't the title explain it all?? At least, this is how I interpreted it after watching Denzel's latest. You've seen a million movies just like this one.
Trust me. I don't have anything against time travel movies. If exploited well, the results can be anywhere between delightful (Back to the future) and adequate (Frequency, The Lake House etc.). deja vu makes a complete mess of it. The rules are not clear. You see, in any time travel setup, it is important to establish the rules. If you make them up as you go, it is so frustrating, like having to use cheats to get past a tough level in a video game.
Anyway, among the few things that save the movie from being a complete waste of your time are Denzel's class A performance (yet another one) and Adam Goldberd's small presence as the 'uber geek in-charge' of the time travel mechanism. The only thing that's new is that the terrorist is not an Islamic fundamentalist.
Watch it if you like Micheal Bay action movies. This one however is from Tony Scott (Enemy of the State & Man on Fire).
I hope someone from Gabtan's circle watches this and gets 'inspired' enough to remake it in Tamil. Me thinks that watching Gabtan traveling back in time to stop terrorists would be worth the effort.
