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 9pm. The sci-fi thriller is also streaming on Disney+.

Here are the other movies airing on TV tonight:

28 Days Later - BBC Three - 10pm

A 2002 post-apocalyptic horror film, starring Cillian Murphy as a bicycle courier who awakens from a coma to discover that the release of a highly contagious virus has caused the breakdown of society.  

The Client - ITV4 - 10.05pm

After accidentally learning the location of a murdered senator's body, a boy hires a neophyte attorney to protect him.

The Piano - BBC Two - 11pm

The sensual and erotic story of Ada, a mute Scottish widow who is sent off with her young daughter to an arranged marriage with a settler in the harsh world of mid 19th-century New Zealand.

Seven Psychopaths - Film4 - 11.25pm

A black comedy about a struggling screenwriter who finds himself inadvertently entangled in the criminal underworld when his friends abduct a mobster's beloved Shih Tzu.

Police Academy - ITV4 - 11.35pm

This comedy tells the story of a group of misfits realising their dreams of becoming cops when a mayoral decree forces the police academy to open its doors to all.