* AdaptationDisplacement: For some viewers, the film overshadows the Creator/PhilipKDick source story.
* CompleteMonster: [[spoiler: [[FauxAffablyEvil James "Jimmy" Rethrick]], the seemingly friendly [[CorruptCorporateExecutive CEO]] of Allcom, hires reverse engineer Michael "Mike" Jennings to create a device to foresee events. Killing those involved after learning the device will inevitably lead to nuclear fallout when they protest, Jimmy only relents from killing Mike after learning he has deactivated the machine. Luring Mike back to Allcom, Jimmy decries Mike as a fool before setting him up to be shot to death by the FBI agents he has {{manipulat|iveBastard}}ed, intending to [[WorldWarIII devastate humanity]] in a future [[AGodAmI he alone controls]].]]
* HilariousInHindsight: Jennings watching a highlight reel of the baseball season he lost while working on the secret project. The team he's distressed about because they lost in the playoffs? The Boston Red Sox, of which Ben Affleck is a big fan of in RealLife. It's also a case of TimeMarchesOn as the Boston Red Sox actually won their first world series in 86 years the year after the film was made.
* {{Narm}}: It might have gone better had the referenced scene (in which Jennings states that he believes he can change his future) not been deleted:
-->'''James Rethrick:''' Still think you can change your fate, Mike? [[IAmTheNoun I AM THE FUTURE]], MIKE!
** It appears that this scene was reinstated in the DVD release.
* RetroactiveRecognition:
** [[{{Series/Eureka}} Henry]] is one of the [=FBI=] agents chasing Jennings.
** Creator/JoeMorton was also in another film which dealt with manipulating time to change the future -- in ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'', he ''created'' Artificial Intelligence, of all things. [[ScrewDestiny No fate but what we make indeed.]]
** Apparently, Series/{{Dexter}} is in the FBI as well.
** To start the movie, [[Series/ColdCase Lily Rush]] is one of the executives Jennings does a project for.
** Let's not forget that Batman, Poison Ivy, Two Face, Cyborgs father, and a ManBat are all in the film.
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