In Time
We find ourselves in the year 2161 where there is no use for money anymore. Instead, the amount of time left in your life is used as currency. Everyone grows up as normal until the age of 25 where they stop aging and the internal clock starts. The poor are forced to work for more time while the rich can live forever. We find our main character, Will Salas (Justin Timberlake), on his way to work and through him, we learn of how the world works. How products are purchased, how time is transferred from one to another, and how people are payed. After a day of work, Will goes to the local bar where he meets his friend Borel (Johnny Galecki). Borel informs him that a man has come in with over a century added to his clock and he's been buying everyone drinks. Then, a mafia-like gang arrives known as Minutemen, led by Fortis (Alex Pettyfer), to attack the man. Will helps him escape from the Minutemen and they run into an abandoned building where they get to know each other. We find out that the man is named Henry Hamilton (Matt Bomer) and he's 105 years old. The two decide to stay the night in the abandoned building. The next day, Henry wakes up early and decides to give Will almost all of his time. Once Will wakes up, he finds Henry sitting on a bridge. Once his remaining time is up, Henry dies and falls into the lake. Will discovers the time Henry gave him and decides to make the best of it. He begins to travel to where the rich live in order to take down the system. Meanwhile, a government organization known as the Timekeepers, led by Raymond Leon (Cillian Murphy), finds out about Henry's death and believes that he was murdered by Will. Once Will arrives in the big city where the rich live, he goes to the casino where he plays poker against one of the richest people around, Philippe Weis (Vincent Kartheiser). Will wins 1100 years and both Philippe and his daughter, Sylvia (Amanda Seyfried), leave. Sylvia invites Will to her father's party the next night. Will agrees and he goes to the party. Eventually, the Timekeepers arrive and take all the stolen time away from Will. Will fights back and kidnaps Sylvia. From that point on, it's a fight for Will to take down the system before the Timekeepers or the Minutemen take him down.
I had been hyped for this movie since I saw its first trailer and it definitely payed off. The concept for this film was very interesting and played a major part from beginning to end. Most movies that have an interesting concept like this one had sooner or later forget the concept or don't have it play a major role. But the characters were always aware of their time and always had to work in a way that wouldn't sacrifice too much time. The action scenes were great. They were fun to watch and really made this movie a lot better. The cast all did an excellent job. There weren't many times that I thought that they couldn't pull what they needed to off.
This movie, sadly, did not impress me in every area. While I did love the casting for the film, there were some scenes where I thought that Justin Timberlake didn't do that great of a job. Close to the beginning of the movie, Will's mother dies in his arms and we're supposed to feel sorry for him or upset that his mother dies, but he just couldn't convey the emotion needed to make us feel for him. Also, the relationship between Will and Sylvia didn't really work all that well. It felt more like she had Stockholm Syndrome than an actual relationship. There was relationship development between the two before she was kidnapped, but it wasn't much. Then there's my only problem with the concept of the movie. It's not explained that well. At the very beginning of the movie, we get a short explanation, by Will, of how the clock works. But we never find out when they started using the clock or how they got the clock to appear on your arm or how it shuts down your body's systems when it times out.
So is this film worth seeing? Kind of. Really, it's worth a rental. The movie just has too many big flaws for me to justify owning it. So if you and your buddies need something to do over the weekend, rent In Time. You'll have a great time and you won't be disappointed.
I had been hyped for this movie since I saw its first trailer and it definitely payed off. The concept for this film was very interesting and played a major part from beginning to end. Most movies that have an interesting concept like this one had sooner or later forget the concept or don't have it play a major role. But the characters were always aware of their time and always had to work in a way that wouldn't sacrifice too much time. The action scenes were great. They were fun to watch and really made this movie a lot better. The cast all did an excellent job. There weren't many times that I thought that they couldn't pull what they needed to off.
This movie, sadly, did not impress me in every area. While I did love the casting for the film, there were some scenes where I thought that Justin Timberlake didn't do that great of a job. Close to the beginning of the movie, Will's mother dies in his arms and we're supposed to feel sorry for him or upset that his mother dies, but he just couldn't convey the emotion needed to make us feel for him. Also, the relationship between Will and Sylvia didn't really work all that well. It felt more like she had Stockholm Syndrome than an actual relationship. There was relationship development between the two before she was kidnapped, but it wasn't much. Then there's my only problem with the concept of the movie. It's not explained that well. At the very beginning of the movie, we get a short explanation, by Will, of how the clock works. But we never find out when they started using the clock or how they got the clock to appear on your arm or how it shuts down your body's systems when it times out.
So is this film worth seeing? Kind of. Really, it's worth a rental. The movie just has too many big flaws for me to justify owning it. So if you and your buddies need something to do over the weekend, rent In Time. You'll have a great time and you won't be disappointed.