In Time

Movie: In Time

Genre: sci-fi / thriller

Synopsis: The movie is set some time in the future.  Humans have been genetically engineered so that they stop aging at the age of 25.  The catch is that when they turn 25, a digital countdown timer appears on their forearms.  The timer is set to exactly one year – which is when they die, unless they earn/buy/steal more time.  Time is the currency.  People are paid by having time added to their meter, they buy things buy having time subtracted from their meter.  They can even give – i.e. transfer - portions of their time to others.  Some people start each day with only a day or two on their meter – which means they need to get some time by the end of the day or they die.  Others have managed to accumulate eons of time.  Having too much time in the wrong time zone can get you killed.

Will Salas (Justine Timberlake) lives with his mother (Olivia Wilde).  They are extremely poor and very rarely have more than 24 hours of time.  When Will is given a century of time by a man tired of living, the trouble starts.  A Timekeeper (Cillian Muphy) assumes Will killed to get the century, and goes on the hunt to track him down.  Will teams up with the daughter (Amanda Seyfried) of a multi-millionaire (Vincent Kartheiser).  They become a sort of Bonnie and Clyde meets Robin Hood as they go around stealing time from banks and giving it away.

My two cents: This was a fascinating movie.  The idea of starting each day with only a day left was hard to stop thinking about. Because of the premise, everybody in the movie was supposed to look like they were 25 years old.  A man, his daughter and grandmother would all look to be the same age.  It must have made casting interesting.  I think it is about time that Justin Timberlake gets some serious Oscar attention. Definitely worth seeing.

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