Joel Holsteen- In Class #2 The Jacket

Adrian Brody and Kiera Knightly star in the interesting film called The Jacket. Expecting to see a movie about crazy people in an insane asylum, I was surprised to find that this film was very deep and meaningful on many different levels. Adrian Brody plays the role of Jack Starks, who is a Vietnam War veteran trying to deal with the horrible flashbacks of the war. After he is framed for the murders of two people by a man who picked the hitchhiking Jack up, he was sent to the asylum. The ongoing research project that the doctors were conducting at that asylum was to drug up the subject place them in a restrictive jacket and place them in a morgue body drawer. When the doctors select Jack as the next subject he begins to have flashbacks of the war as well as seeing glimpses of his future and of his death. This film illustrates the importance of life and how precious it truly is. The intriguing part of the film to me was the fact that even though Jack knew he was going to die in a few days he still did not know how. After trying as hard as he could to prevent his death due to his recent love relationship with Kiera Knightly's character, he ultimately accepted death and lived the last moments of his life with the woman he loved. I also loved the way that the film ended with the screen going completely white as if to say he was going into Heaven or the light at the end of the tunnel.