Story:
David Norris(Matt Damon) is running for New York Senator. Having been elected into the House of Representatives at the age of 24, he thought he was going to be the winner. Sadly, due to a photo of a college prank the day before the election, his opponent crushes him. David takes a break and goes to the restroom. After calling out to make sure no one was present in the stalls, he begins to rehearse is speech. When he's nearly finished, he hears the sound of keys dropping, and a voice quietly cursing under their breath. When the person finally reveals themselves, David is surprised to see it's a woman! She(Emily Blunt) explains she was hiding from security, because she had been caught crashing a wedding located a floor above. She felt awkward saying anything when he called out, because she was in the men's room after all. After they talk awhile, they hit it off. They even kiss. By then security was approaching, and she had to split. David never even got her name.The next morning, we see a group of men in ties and fedoras talking. One of them is Harry Mitchell(Anthony Mackie), and he is instructed to make sure that David Norris is to spill his coffee on his shirt before 7:05 in the morning.
Harry misses his cue, David doesn't spill the coffee on his shirt, and makes it on the bus before 7:05. As David walks down the aisle, he sees his mystery woman sitting by herself. David is blown away at the coincidence and takes the seat next to her. Again they hit it off, like as if they already know each other. He finally learns her name, Elise.
When they depart, David goes to his new job at the law firm. As he wanders the halls, he fails to see how everyone is frozen. When he approaches the conference room. He sees men in suits and fedoras. He sees men dressed in riot armor, using hi-tech devices and doing something to his friend's head. When he asks them what they are doing, one of the men in the fedoras says, "Grab him."After a long chase, they restrain him, and open one of the doors of the law office. Except what was behind the door, was not one of the other conference rooms. It's a large warehouse. There's a chair, and they set him down. They explain to him that he saw something that he was not supposed to see. That they were the men who made sure everything goes to plan, that they help every person stay on their destined path. And that his path was to continue what he was doing, but to never see Elise again. They say that he can not tell anyone of what he saw, otherwise they will have permission to wipe his mind clean. Clean of memories, personality, beliefs, everything. His mind would be a blank page.
But since when does a hero stay away from his love?
Review:
I loved this one. Like I said before it goes with the kind of movies like "Inception" and "The Matrix". One of those movies that makes you question reality. Unlike "Inception", the story was much easier to follow. Other than that, there's not really much else to say. It's an original story, you can follow it, it's nothing you've heard of before.
Cast:
There were about four noteworthy people here. Matt Damon played a politician that was very down to earth, and I don't think I would've liked the character as much if it was someone other than Matt Damon. This was my favorite role of Emily's, but to be fair I haven't too many from her. I think this was the first time I've seen Anthony Mackie, and I really liked him. Terence Stamp is someone I think everyone has seen once, he's been around forever. He played Thompson, one of the more experienced member's of The Adjustment Bureau, and he was my most favorite actor in the movie. This is a must see. Enough said.
Thank you for clarifying that it's easy to follow, unlike Inception. Those were the magic words for me hahaha yes I think I want to see it!
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