Originally Posted by jackhammer

The Jacket

An art film with a mainstream budget. This film is both and languid and lucid in it's premise. Some will love the arresting visuals and hypnotic tone, others will just be bmused. Adrien brody is a returning Gulf War vet, who after surving a near fatal head wound;winds up in a mental institution after he is implicated in the killing of a policeman. While inside he is subjected to new drugs, placed into a straitjacket and forced to lay in a mortuary drawer for hours on end. His dreams and nightmares collide, and he discovers he can time travel. While all of this sounds confusing, it is a deceptively simple story about mans instinct for survival. A brilliant cast and a superlative Brian Eno score put the icing on the cake.