the present, the bomber is taken into custody after facial recognition systems identify him as Carroll Oerstadt, an unstable "patriot" rejected from enlisting in the military. He confesses to killing Minuti and Claire, taking her truck to transport the bomb and staging her death as one of the ferry victims. The government closes the investigation, but Doug, convinced that Snow White can alter history, persuades Denny to send him into the past to save Claire and stop the bombing. Doug survives the process by being sent back to a hospital emergency room, where doctors are able to revive him. Stealing a gun and an ambulance, he arrives in time to stop Claire's murder, while Oerstadt shoots him and flees with the bomb. Doug drives Claire to her apartment to treat his wound, but a suspicious Claire holds him at gunpoint and calls the ATF to confirm his identity — the call his office received the day of the bombing. He convinces her of the truth, realizing that he unknowingly came across evidence in the present of his visit to the past. Doug boards the ferry to find the bomb in Claire's truck, but Oerstadt realizes he has been followed and captures Claire, tying her to her truck's steering wheel. A gunfight ensues, but Doug distracts Oerstadt with information from his future interrogation, and Claire rams him with the truck, allowing Doug to shoot him dead. Surrounded by police and out of time to disarm the bomb, Doug drives the vehicle into the river, saving the passengers as Claire swims free, but he is unable to escape and dies in the subsequent underwater explosion. Mourning his death, Claire is approached by the Doug Carlin from her present timeline. Cast Denzel Washington as ATF Special Agent Douglas Carlin Paula Patton as Claire Kuchever Jim Caviezel as Carroll Oerstadt Val Kilmer as FBI Special Agent Paul Pryzwarra Adam Goldberg as Dr. Alexander Denny Elden Henson as Gunnars Erika Alexander as Shanti Bruce Greenwood as FBI Special Agent-in-Charge Jack McCready Matt Craven as ATF Special Agent Larry Minuti Elle Fanning as Abbey Enrique Castillo as Claire's father Background and production Script The idea of a time travel thriller film originated between screenwriters Bill Marsilii and Terry Rossio, who were friends. Rossio had a one-page idea for a film called Prior Conviction about a cop who uses a Time Window to look seven days into