Set in present-day New Orleans, Denzel Washington stars as special agent Doug Carlin investigating both the murder of a woman and the bombing of a ferry. To aid him he is presented a mysterious new technology called Snow White, which forms the basis of the story. This technology is like a surveillance camera but it can show any place at any angle within a small range, but only what happens exactly four days and six hours ago (hence 'déjà vu').
While the result of Snow White is clear, it is never properly explained, which is the movie's major pitfall: while I found it overall entertaining and exciting, it felt like the suspense was hollow, like it was built on nothing and came from nowhere. When the story started concerning time travel, it was yet more confusing and absurd, but at the same time more engrossing. Washington made an excellent performance and the plot twists went down to the wire, so it had a great climax, but there was always the feeling that it couldn't be fully appreciated due to the confusing premise.
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