Rating of
2.5/4
Heady Sci-fi with a Human Twist
Unknown - wrote on 05/24/16
Low-budget sci-fi makes up for it's production value through an involving time loop narrative. This sleek noir influenced time travel film has a penchant for the real head-trip style of plot. It gets complicated, but the patience of the viewer is rewarded in the revelations. New twists are spaced out evenly, each adding onto what has happened previously and enriching the experience of following along intently. The logic holds up, at least until the finale. The last couple of scenes are left up to the audience to decipher. I would've thought about it more, had I been more involved with the characters. A romantic relationship develops over the course of the film and it evolves in the same strange way as the time-looping narrative. Most of the major reveals are subtle. They involve facts about the two leads that change our perspective of them. I do admire the change-up from switching time frames and heady ideas to a more simple drive of human connection. I just wish there was more to emotionally invest in. There's some solid admiration present for fans of smarter sci-f and especially time-travel plots (like me).
