An excellent Denzel Washington sci-fi movie is on TV tonight

The film reteamed the actor with the director of Man on Fire two years later.

The thriller is set in the wake of a bombing on a ferry carrying US Navy sailors and their families in New Orleans that leaves nearly 550 people dead.

As a result, the FBI (represented by Val Kilmer) invites ATF agent Doug Carlin (Washington) to join a new top-secret governmental unit seeking to capture the terrorist (Jim Caviezel) responsible.

"[The unit's] amazing technology lets the team fold time four days backward and see the madman's movements as he plots to kill a woman (Paula Patton) who could give him away," the plot synopsis reads.

"Doug realises that the technology could allow him to do what law-enforcement officers dream of -- go back in time to prevent the crime."

Directed by the legendary Tony Scott (Man on Fire, Top Gun, True Romance), Deja Vu boasts a really inventive premise, terrifically muscular action set-pieces, great performances and an oddly emotional story.

In regards the latter, you basically witness Doug form a connection - through this top-secret programme - with Patton's character who has already died, before then getting an unexpected chance to save her.

Deja Vu is airing on TV tonight on Film4 at 11.15pm. The sci-fi thriller is also streaming on Disney+.

Here are the other movies airing on TV tonight:

Free Guy - Film4 - 9pm

The hit 2021 action comedy about an ordinary guy (Ryan Reynolds) who discovers that he is a non-player character in a massively popular multiplayer online game.

Zombieland - Comedy Central - 9pm

This fun zombie comedy flick boasts one of the greatest cameos in cinema history.

Tamara Drewe - BBC Four - 9pm

In this very fun romantic comedy-drama, a journalist (Gemma Arterton) living in London returns to the small town she came from to sell her mother’s home and gets romantically involved with some of the locals (played by Dominic Cooper and Luke Evans).

Final Destination - DMAX - 10pm

A group of teens escape death but death has “a new design” for all of them in this supernatural horror classic that launched a franchise.

Ali & Ava - BBC Two - 11.05pm

In this acclaimed 2021 British drama, a romance between two people (Adeel Akhtar and Claire Rushbrook) is threatened by the stresses and struggles of their separate lives and histories.​

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