The Butterfly Effect:
Evan, a young college student, is constantly haunted by his horrible past, mainly due to blackouts. He learns from reading his childhood journals, that this is a family curse, where he can focus in on a moment in time, and travel back to fix the past. But due to the "butterfly effect", a hypothesis in chaos theory, the more he changes, the worse his present state becomes. he also discovers those childhood blackouts were in fact caused by his time travel. He begins to try to fix the past to prevent tragedies in his girlfriend Kayleigh's past, causing the destruction of his own... I'm not Ashton Kutcher's biggest fan, but he did a really good job in this film. His character has realistic reactions to what's happening, even though sometimes I felt he was a bit selfish, messing up everyone else's lives because one fucking person had a tragic life. Amy Smart plays Kayleigh, who most play several different characters: a scarred young woman, a sweet prep, a sympathetic best friend, a drug-addled hooker, and a broken woman. Elden Henson plays Lenny, the troubled young man who was scarred by the same events that haunt Evan's past. William Lee Scott plays Tommy, Kayleigh's disturbed, sadistic brother, who was fucked up as a kid, and it carries to his adulthood, he must also play several characters: the criminal, the sadist, and the reformed Christian in one of the alternate realities. Eric Stoltz makes a cameo as Kayleigh's fucked-up, pedo-father. Kevin Durand plays Carlos, Evan's Latino cell-mate in one of the realities, who helps Evan use his journals to travel back. The music is made up of rock music and alternative, which i like. There are few special effects, but after finally seeing this film, I see where the inspiration for the 2011 Mortal Kombat game. The direction and writing is clever, and the editing pretty slick and cool. This is a cool, smart, and slick sci-fi thriller that with entertain. 3/5 stars.
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