Waking up in another person’s body on a train about to explode obviously creates a perfect setting for a suspense/action thriller.

“Source Code’s” fluidity and “Inception”-like, mind-bending plot sends the 94 minute suspense thriller to the fore front of a new line of complex actions movies just ahead of “The Adjustment Bureau,” but a step behind “Limitless.”

“Source Code,” directed by Duncan Jones, begins with glossy, picturesque frames of Chicago offering the audience the perfect beginning for the movie’s abrupt start with Captain Colter Stevens (Jake Gyllenhaal) unknowingly waking up on a commuter train before a terrorist bomb explosion which elliptically continues until the final scenes.

While actors such as Matt Damon could have easily played Stevens, Gyllenhaal’s youthful edge made the character’s emotions shine through the movie’s multiple explosions. .

Stevens and Christina Warren’s (Monaghan) supposed love failed to shine through the movie’s general idea that modern technology can and will soon be able to dictate the world’s peace. In “Source Code,” Gyllenhaal’s character is sent back in time to relive the last eight minutes of a man’s life before the train’s explosion; his obvious duty is to find the bomber.

After being sent back multiple times, his character decides that the program of Source Code should allow him to save the lives of all the “real” people on the train;however the makers of the program tell him it’s impossible. After pleading with Colleen Goodwin (Farmiga), she makes the decision to allow him to go back one last time.

To no one’s surprise, everyone survives.

As the thriller ends, it leaves a few questions left to the audience to answer, leaving everyone to make a connection between “Source Code” and “Inception.” Has Hollywood finally realized that explosions are not enough anymore? Well, they must have because while “Source Code” was not perfect it absolutely contained way more substance than just explosions, so I recommend you give it a chance.

Eva Bialobrzeski is an In-Depth Editor for jcpatriot.com and “The Patriot.”