As a storyteller, Andrew Niccol tends to think big, tackling heady subjects such as genetic predestination (Gattaca), the nature of reality (The Truman Show), and celebrity in the cyber age (S1m0ne). In Time, Niccol's first film since 2005's Lord of War, has a typically gigantic premise--a world where everyone over 25 years old must pay for every continued second of their existence--but stumbles in the execution. While the ideas are exceedingly clever, the telling isn't especially witty. Justin Timberlake stars as a goodhearted but desperate minimum-wager trapped in... a society where the rich are essentially immortal and the poor see their lifespan shorten with every purchase. (A cup of coffee costs 4 minutes, taking the bus also takes 30 minutes off of your life, and so on.) After being gifted with a century by a mysterious benefactor, he begins a romance with a beautiful socialite (Amanda Seyfried), whose father holds the key to the entire monetary system. Matters are complicated with the introduction of a relentless time cop (Cillian Murphy) with his own motivations for restoring the unnatural balance of things. Niccol has fun laying out the aspects of a world where even the elderly are genetically frozen at age 25 (the scenes where Timberlake interacts with his mother, played by a disturbingly spry Olivia Wilde, are an unsavoury hoot), but has difficulty translating the ingenuity of his concept to a compelling narrative, which rapidly devolves into a mix of uninspired chase scenes and a succession of time-related puns that would have trouble passing muster on a Laffy Taffy wrapper. (The bad guys threaten to clean Timberlake's clock. Repeatedly.) While science fiction aficionados will find much to chew on in Niccol's askew reality, In Time never quite hits the marks that its own ideas suggest. As a film, it's more fun to think about than watch. --Andrew Wright [show more]
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play. Welcome to a world where time has become the ultimate currency. You stop aging at 25, but there's a catch: you're genetically-engineered to live only one more year, unless you can buy your way out of it. When a man from the wrong side of the tracks is falsely accused of murder, he is forced to go on the run with a beautiful hostage. Living minute to minute, the duo's love becomes a powerful tool in their war against the system. A slick and sexy action thriller starring Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried. Actors Olivia Wilde, Justin Timberlake, Alex Pettyfer, Amanda Seyfried, Cillian Murphy, Matt Bomer, Johnny Galecki, Elena Satine, Vincent Kartheiser, Ethan Peck, Yaya DaCosta, Toby Hemingway, Rachel Roberts & Bella Heathcote Director Andrew Niccol Certificate 12 years and over Year 2011 Screen 2.35:1 Languages English - Dolby Digital (5.1) Additional Languages French; German; Spanish Subtitles English for the hearing impaired; Danish; Finnish; French; German; Norwegian; Spanish; Swedish Duration 1 hour and 44 minutes (approx) Region Region 2 - Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players.
Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried star in this sci-fi thriller set in a near-future world in which time, rather than money, has become the ultimate currency. With the ageing gene switched off, people stop ageing at 25 years old, but there is a catch: they are genetically engineered to live for only one more year beyond 25 unless they can afford to pay to stay alive for longer. While the rich can buy decades at a time, the poor must beg, borrow or steal just to acquire enough hours to make it through the day. Will (Timberlake), a young man from the wrong side of the tracks, is accused of murder after unexpectedly inheriting a fortune of time from a recently-deceased millionaire. Forced to fight for his life, he takes the beautiful Sylvia (Seyfried) hostage in a desperate bid to escape from the powerful and corrupt police force known as the Time Keepers.
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