Déjà Vu (2006)

Denzel Washington is an ATF agent sent to investigate an explosion that sunk a New Orleans ferry. Because of his skills at astute observation, he’s recruited to join a top secret unit that is able to see into the past in order to solve crimes. Added to the puzzle is a woman (played by Paula Patton) whose body was discovered in the river moments before the explosion. It’s a time-twisting action-thriller, solidly acted by Denzel, where he is trying to stop a criminal by observing the past. There are plot holes to be sure and the science is often hand-waved aside when it becomes too problematic. Tony Scott directs it similarly to The Taking of Pelham 123 with lots of super fast action and shiny, pretty lights, though to its benefit, it’s less frenetic than that later film.