Director: Duncan Jones
Clunky exposition has done in many a sci-fi film. Source Code drops us right into the middle of the action and uses moments of diminished tension to explain what the hell is going on. It trusts itself, which is really the hallmark of a good film - it doesn't necessarily have to be 100% believable (and Source Code most certainly is not), but it has to trust that the world it has created exists. Show, don't tell, etc.
Duncan Jones also directed Moon, and many of the same themes are at play here - the dehumanization that comes with technological advancement, servitude to distant masters, and an exploration of the forces that sustain us through difficult times. Jones needs commending for being able to jam these themes into a Hollywood-friendly film - I hope the movie does good business. There's room in Hollywood for science-fiction films that aren't enormous blockbusters.
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