10 Films That Should Have Ended Ten Minutes Earlier

1. Source Code

Duncan Jones has become so prolific in his own right it's now almost unnecessary to remind people he's the son of David Bowie. At first there was something delightful about Zowie Bowie making movies, particularly sci-fi, but now he's got two cracking films under his belt Jones stands out on his own.

His debut, Moon, was adored for its seventies feel and although the praise wasn't as constant, sophomore attempt Source Code was an equally engrossing film. Keeping its focus finely honed in on its singular story, Source Code clocks in almost an hour shorter than most modern sci-fi and is all the better for it.

Based on an entirely fantastical premise, Jake Gyllenhaal must keep reliving the same eight minutes on a doomed passenger train in an attempt to stop a future bombing. It's a great concept mined for all it's worth, with a little cameo from Scott Bakula honouring its quantum origins. What makes the film divisive is its final moments.

It at first appears Gyllenhaal's Colter is going back into the source code one last time out a sense of personal pride, but a final twist reveals this computer program he keeps jumping into is actually creating a brand new alternate universe which, averting the bombing, he can now happily live in. We really like the twist, but it really weakens the film's best shot; a brilliant pan through the train carriage where we've spent much of the action showing all the lives Colter's impacted.

It's such a shame to see it robbed of its thematic majesty.