In this sci-fi thriller Denzel Washington gets the idea in his head to try to stop a crime before it actually happens. Just like "Minority Report," but a whole lot worse.

After a ferry explodes killing 500 people, including crewmen from the USS Nimitz and their families, ATF agent Doug Carlin (Washington) is called to assist in the massive investigation. Meanwhile, a young woman's dead body is washed up on shore.

While at first it seems like she was a victim of the explosion, her body was discovered before the bomb went off. Agent Carlin is convinced that the two are linked. Turns out the bomb that exploded on the ferry was placed in a truck that belonged to the young women. Nice call, Denzel.

FBI Agent Andrew Pryzwarra (Val Kilmer) invites Carlin to join a new team that has a new (and completely confusing) program that uses satellite technology to look backwards in time to capture the terrorist responsible for the bombing (played by Jim Caviezel; he would be a convincing psycho except every time I see his face I see Jesus Christ dying for me on the cross).

Carlin's first suggestion is to use the program is to go back in time and watch the dead woman, Claire Kuchever (Paula Patton). Carlin claims that they would be able to notice a change in her life (not because she's really pretty and he can watch her take showers), and possibly catch the killer. While they watch Claire to try to find clues, Carlin is falling in love – with a dead girl.

This is where the movie gets a little far-fetched. The new program being used to view the past uses spacefolding technology (whaat?) to directly look back a little over four days into the past. And leave it to Agent Carlin to determine that this is not just satellite imagery, but, you guessed it, a time machine! And if you've got a time machine, why not travel back in time to not only stop the bombing, but prevent the murder of a young beautiful woman? If Carlin saves her life, she'll probably go out with him.

If you just take the movie at face value, and pretend like you know what's going on when the idea of the spacefolding computer program is explained to you in five minutes, "Déj