Volition

DO NOT READ THE REVIEWS

there is noting original in these reviews

you will most likely chose not to watch this movie

but then yow will miss your chance at watching a good effort

not the best movie ever, but not the worst, it will be how you choose to perceive it

holes? maybe? would you make it better? maybe? who cares? its a movie!!

If you liked Timecrimes aka. Crono Crimenes, you will most likely enjoy this movie, too as it heads in a similar direction. It is short enough to not get boring and the story, while rather unbelievable on the science part, is really entertaining. The actors are likeable but not outstanding. All in all, it is definitely an above average movie. 6.5/10

But then again, I am a big fan of time travel / time loop movies, so I might be biased.

I didn't really like the film's seedy, underworld, villainous scum environment but it provided a good setting for this presentation of time travel. Our protag "James" is played by a look-alike to Matthew Rhys of "The Americans" and all other actors are unknowns, too. Also, two of the villains who play cousins in the film are brothers in real life, so that's fun with meta. This is the editor-cum-director's first feature length film so you don't expect too much. And with time travel you tend to either love it or hate it depending on how well it's done. Though this iteration of time travel is different from most, it still didn't address the multiple-versions-of-the-traveller co-existing paradox. As such there's a recursive aspect to this as the director attempts to "unwind" the story towards the end. If you really care about this story you'll need to watch it two or even three times to fully process what's happening, kind of like what you needed to do for the more mainstream "Inception".

As a scifi fan with a penchant for time travel shenanigans this film was right up my street and for 90 minutes we were suitably entertained.

Is it Inception? No. So while the sniffy reviews are not completely wrong neither are they right. 5.4 is a silly low average score for a film this well made.

For a low budget small film that drops in at the required 90 minutes for easy Covid viewing it was just the ticket.

Yes, the characters are not massively deep enough, especially the "love interest". Yes, there are a plot few holes here and there with continuity bloopers. Yes, the "science bit" was a little low rent in its believability.

But put these aside and you'll find a fun Looper knock off to while away the time and a fun "time travel conundrum" with some great pay off's later in the film.

Hmmmm. Just annoying that IMDB lets these accounts continue. They are indeed created or at least assisted by this website, hence the long standing accounts, sometimes 3-6 years, with only one review. This movie has 31 reviews at the time of my writing and has at least 4 reviewers plugging this trap of a movie. Hopefully in the future we can see these accounts deleted and it will give a more accurate representation of the movies. The movie is barely watchable and fails in so many parts that most will be unable to finish this low budget miss mash.