The Butterfly Effect

The Butterfly effect is about a boy called Evan, he suffers severe traumas, and blacks out frequently. When consciousness returns, he has no recollection of what happened. Evan has inherited these blackouts from his father who is locked away in a psychiatric unit. One day, he was reading through his old diary when he realizes he was transported back to his childhood and changed events in his past, and his current reality, but each time he changes something there are further and often devastating consequences.

The "Butterfly Effect" explores all the Plutonian themes in life, it's one of my favourite movies. The emotional shocks come thick and fast, and it's hard to catch your breath before another twist of fate alters reality again. The movie received mixed reviews. The scenes rapidly move in sequence, and explore uncomfortable themes like madness in the family, abuse, violence, seriously disturbed children, insanity, prison, prostitution, amputation, explosions, drug abuse, murder, suicide. The film doesn't deal with any of these themes in depth, it's more focused on the impact of playing with fate. Buckle your seat belt for this movie.