Quentin Tarantino said the whole reason he casted John Travolta in Pulp Fiction was because as fantastic of an actor Travolta is (especially in Blow-Out, one of his favorites) no directors really use him to his full potential and instead pick him up for stupid rom-coms. I would say exactly the same thing about Ashton Kutcher.

Yeah yeah I know you're already giving me looks about claiming Kutcher is a good actor. Honestly, I think that this film proved he was filled with talent. He was excellent in this and if he picked better projects post-That 70's Show, I think we'd be calling him an excellent actor. A lot of the cast give great performances here (even Amy Smart who…

At the heart of this film is an intriguing concept, unfortunately not all of it actually works when put together on screen. It reminds me of something like an X-Files episode, the sort of thing that Chris Carter would write in his sleep, but with Ashton "I'm famous for fucking Demi Moore" (lucky bastard) Kutcher, this is more like a nightmare. Kutcher's acting can only be described as shit, he has the same facial expression or should that be faecal expression, regardless of what's happening on screen. Amy Smart's not much better, and despite the presence of Eric Stoltz as a pedo and a small cameo from Kevin Durand, this wastes its potential with one too many disturbing aspects thrown…

The Butterfly Effect is a fascinating idea that misses a few too many beats to be great. There are stretches of brilliance and utter captivation but there are also inhibiting moments where scenes feel a few drafts away from a sophisticated fruition. Maybe it was the rush of production or a script circumventing the scalpel of a final doctor, but the need for some rearranging, reshoots and tautness is regrettably palpable.

Don't get me wrong, this is still a quality movie with impressive cohesion and edge of your seat thrills. Structurally, it's cogent and devoid of convoluted or ostentatious warping of the timeline. Conversely, when it does have to skew the timeframe, it nimbly does so with effectively incorporated flashbacks…

Watched this as it just happened to be on ITV2 last night just as my first film finished. Co directed by Eric Bress and J. Mackye Gruber - neither of which have particularly much to their name - and starring Ashton Kutcher , this was an interesting sounding film.

Ashton Kutcher plays a character who, whilst growing up, had reoccurring blackouts at vital and potentially life changing moments in his life. He is advised by his neurologist/psychologist to keep a journal as it may help him to remember what occurred during the blackouts. As an adult, he finds out that by reading these journal entries, he is able to go back to that point in time during the blackout and…