In Time

Director: Andrew Nicol
Writer: Andrew Nicol
Producer: Andrew Nicol, Marc Abraham, Amy Israel, Kristel Laiblin, Eric Newman.

Justin Timberlake as Will Salas
Amanda Seyfried as Sylvia Weis
Cillian Murphy as TimeKeeper Raymond Leon
Vincent Kartheiser as Philippe Weis
Olivia Wilde as Rachel Salas








When I first saw the trailer for this film I had the most intense feeling of deja vu. It reminded me a lot of a short cartoon I watched a while ago, created by macabre animator David Firth (salad fingers anyone?). I urge you all to watch this cartoon, it's brilliant.   http://www.fat-pie.com/time.htm    <---- PLEASE WATCH READERS!!! I don't want to raise my voice at you!
Now, by making this comparison I am not at all implying or accusing In Time producers of plagiarism, This genre of film and particularly this story line is so unique but can be done in so many different ways.

Basically, In Time is set in the distant future where our "time", in the most literal sense of the word, is now the currency. Human genetics have been modified so we don't age more than 25 years. But that comes at a cost, after you arrive at 25 years of age, you have a year left. That year is used for everyday expenses. The poor die young and the rich live forever. When your clock times out...... so do you. Timberlake plays Will Salas, a ghetto inhabitant who, after the death of his mother, attempts to bring down the system by breaking into banks. He steals and distributes the time amongst the ghettos.

I really wish that this film could've been different. I really wish it was more dark, more morbid. It's such a sad and tragic storyline done in quite a plain.... almost apathetic way. Just think, if this was reality, there would be double the amount of murder and suicide. More crime and it's a society under strain. I do not believe the movie was actually true to the storyline. The plot and the atmosphere didn't match up. I really love "distorted future" films, like '1984' and 'I, Robot'. But this film was a slight disappointment. Please don't get me wrong, it was enjoyable... Maybe I'm just being picky. I felt the relationship between Timberlake and Seyfried's characters lacked depth and explanation. He abducted her and suddenly they're in love.... it's a little asinine. Vincent Kartheisers performance was brilliant... at first I thought it was very robotic but then I realised he's playing a man in this 80's.  I ADORE Timberlake I have to say. I despise his music but as an actor he is brilliant. I admire how he is never comfortable in a role, he feels the need to challenge himself with a plethora of diverse and difficult roles that even the most well trained actor would not take on.

Overall I enjoyed this film, but I do not believe it was made to it's full potential. This movie was good.... It could've been superb.

I'm giving it 3 stars.