The instances when human genius is passed down from one generation to the next are exceedingly rare. For artistic/creative/performance types, the rate is practically incalculable. There’s Lon Cheney Sr. and Jr., Paul McCartney and two of his daughters and that’s about it. You can now add David Bowie and his son Duncan Jones, a.k.a. Zowie Bowie, to that very short list. With just one short film (“Whistle”) to his credit, Jones stunned the film community with his 2009 debut “Moon” starring Sam Rockwell in what is effectively the lone on-screen human performance in the film. Many called it a rip-off of Stanley Kubrick’s “2001” but even most of those naysayers agreed Jones had what it took for the long haul. Jones Is No One Trick Pony “Source Code” proves that Jones wasn’t just a one-off, flash-in-the-pan. Far more accessible and commercial than “Moon,” “Source Code” is a thinking person’s action/adventure …
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