In Time by Andrew Niccol is very similar to his previous film Gattaca, even sharing same plot points and almost feeling like a remake. The change here is that time is currency and you die if you lose it, like a strapped-on ticking bomb. Interesting concept it is but I wished everything else is just as interesting.
The movie starts off interesting with a strong message about the corrupt higher-ups abusing the poor but slowly, increasingly becomes less interested in trying to sell that message, becoming a Bonnie & Clyde-type movie that me lose interest and seems like Niccol was running out of ideas. There are several plot holes which I hand-picked around ~20 which detracted from the movie, some of which grind my gears for how stupid it they were. The acting wasn't great either, the two leads have no chemistry whatsoever and Justin Timberlake is as wooden as well, timber but Cillian Murphy does do some good with his role, but one can do so much when deserved more. There are some good things here, the visual style was eye-candy and the action scenes do help the movie get along even if they provide false sense of danger and there was one chase scene which ends in a laughable CG-Model work.
Overall an interesting concept with an equally interesting message wasted on a below-average execution that fails to deliver anything new or interesting as its premise instead relying on reused material to fill in its runtime. Undemanding audiences might have a good time out of this one and makes for a great time-passer but until then, save yourself some time.
The movie starts off interesting with a strong message about the corrupt higher-ups abusing the poor but slowly, increasingly becomes less interested in trying to sell that message, becoming a Bonnie & Clyde-type movie that me lose interest and seems like Niccol was running out of ideas. There are several plot holes which I hand-picked around ~20 which detracted from the movie, some of which grind my gears for how stupid it they were. The acting wasn't great either, the two leads have no chemistry whatsoever and Justin Timberlake is as wooden as well, timber but Cillian Murphy does do some good with his role, but one can do so much when deserved more. There are some good things here, the visual style was eye-candy and the action scenes do help the movie get along even if they provide false sense of danger and there was one chase scene which ends in a laughable CG-Model work.
Overall an interesting concept with an equally interesting message wasted on a below-average execution that fails to deliver anything new or interesting as its premise instead relying on reused material to fill in its runtime. Undemanding audiences might have a good time out of this one and makes for a great time-passer but until then, save yourself some time.