This is still not what Doug wants to know. Denny ( Adam Goldberg) tries to make it simpler, showing a piece of paper and then folding it to bring two points together. The scientists try to tell him about an Einstein-Rosen bridge, or spacefolding technology, but the advanced physics jargon just infuriates Doug. He knows that the images are not from the dead past because Claire reacted to the laser light. Meanwhile, the viewing room system goes down completely, with several people shouting, "who breached the field?!" Doug angrily confronts them for lying about the system. It shows on the wall behind her, and she sees it and reacts to it. As the surveillance continues, Doug watches her getting dressed, and later reading to her niece, he suddenly raises a laser pointer and directs it at the viewing screen. However, she will be busy when he wants to meet, so they do not make a deal. She receives a call from the terrorist, asking about purchasing her car. She even writes about it in her diary, which Doug holds and reads four days later, after it was collected as evidence from her apartment. As they observe her, she obviously has the sensation that she is being watched, calling out, "who's there?" and looking around. Doug directs them to focus on the mysterious dead woman, Claire Kuchever, and follow her last days since it is likely she was murdered by the bomber. He asks pointedly how satellites are providing audio, and the team looks startled but provides an explanation. They explain that it is via a system of satellites, and that it takes four days to assemble the information so that it can be viewed just one time. He watches the hundreds of people moving around, and after a few minutes starts firing questions at the team about a technology that can provide this type of live surveillance from four days ago (4 days, 6 hours, 3 minutes, 45 seconds). The team shows him moving images of the ferry boarding, from any and every angle. Doug is invited by FBI Agent Pryzwarra ( Val Kilmer) to join an experimental surveillance team led by Jack McCready ( Bruce Greenwood). Doug also learns that his partner, Agent Larry Minuti ( Matt Craven), was evidently killed in the bombing. The agents believe that her death was meant to look like part of the explosion, but the body arrived too soon. Her body was found one hour before the explosion, but burnt with the same explosive. He is informed by Sheriff Reed ( John McConnell) about the corpse of a woman, Claire Kuchever ( Paula Patton), that washed up on shore. Lonely ATF agent Doug Carlin ( Denzel Washington) is assigned to investigate the terrorist attack. It also suffers from a bit too much avoidance of common sense.In Algiers, New Orleans, an explosion of a ferry transporting sailors from the USS Nimitz and their families on a Mardi Gras excursion causes 543 casualties. I would have given it 9 but there are some plodding parts in the middle. I decided to ignore the science and just enjoy it. The government, of course, does what it can to screw up, but the rebel always get his way, doesn't he? This is a film one thinks about long after seeing it. I remember some of this from "Remember the Titans." The passing in and out of realities begs the question of what will happen to the characters when they make it back? Especially if we like them. He knows he's the man and he leaves the person being spoken to looking to see if his wallet has been stolen. First of all, it's that cool Denzel thing he does. Still, once we embrace the technology and go with the plot, it's hard to stop watching. I've seen and read so many time travel things over the years that I know one could pick at this forever.
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