In Time

In Time ends up being a fairly ejoyable Sci-fi movie. This was a movie that I was greatly intrigued to see and one that had a fun Sci-fi concept. In Time is set in a future where we have been genetically engineered to age until 25 then our countdown clock stats that is set to end our life a year later. Time in this future though has not only become the currency, but the way we are paid and pay for everything. This leads to social classes where the poor have to steal or do everything they can just to make it through each day, while at the same time the rich are able to buy time decades at a time which basically allows them to be immortal and live forever. Of course, there are those that are willing to do whatever they can to keep things as is and keep everyone in these social class separations. In Time is one of those movies that in a unique way make a statement about society today about the rich vs. the poor today.

Justin Timberlake stars as Will Salas, a man from the poor part of town, who struggles to get by each day. After given given 100 years from a guy from the rich side who is sicking of living as long as he has lived, and Will gets accused of the murder so he ends up on the run trying to avoid the time keepers (future police officers). Timberlake brings great emotion to the role and gives a strong performance and is able to give believability to his character. Timberlake continues to show in each role that he is given the strong acting abilities that he possesses. Amanda Seyfried in the role of Sylvia Weis, the daughter of a rich man that Will goes up against and she is his initial hostage to get out of a situation to only become his partner in distributing the wealth to the poor. Seyfried ends up being Timberlake's love interest and does not bring much more to the role. Seyfried needs to bring more to her roles and at moments she comes across hollow and these moments where she is not all there, reminds me of her role in Mean Girls. Cillian Murphy in the role of Raymond Leon, the time keeper who is chasing and trying to hunt dow Will and get back all the time he supposedly stole. Murphy is able to take his roles and embodies them so strongly that you can't help but see him completely as the role he is playing. For some reason Murphy is able to be the bad guy perfectly that the audience immediately has a distaste for his character and the fact he out to maintain the staus quo  and not allow anyone else to come up from small means to make it big. The supporting cast all seem to play their roles how they need to be played. For me it was really disappointing that Olivia Wilde hasd such a small role, Wilde would have been a stronger love interest and given more to the character then Seyfried did.

The story for In Time was one that was enjoyable and wored well within the feeling of a Sci-fi movie. The futuristic concept of time now being the currency was not only unique, but a fun twist for the future and the conflict the story was going to tell. The story for In time had a new and futuristic twist on the whole Robin Hood story. Timberlake's character tries to in the end make the lives of all those in the poor area to be more manageable and not as much of a daily struggle of trying to keep enough time to make it to the next day. The parallels work with many of the characters, but the part of this similarity that really worked was that it was not so blatant that you thought of the Robin Hood similarity during the movie, but it was after that the similarity struck. This allowed for me to enjoy the story that was being unfolded on the screen. The pacing for In Time was well thought out as it moved perfectly and in the end the pacing alllowed the story to intermingle well with the action sequences.

The action sequences for In Time was done faily simple and because of that it allowed the audience to simply follow what the action was going for and attempting to intermingle with the story. In futuristic Sci-fi movies the focus ends up being the action, but with In Time while the action is a big part of the story it does not overpower, but the action is used to compliment the story through the use of daram. An example of this happens a couple of times as our characters are close to having their time run out so they are runing to make it so that they can get more time. The simple action also helps Timberlake because it allows for everything to be shot closer with fewer cut away shots for a stunt double.

In Time ends up being a decent Sci-fi movie. The futuristic twist of time being currency and that everyone only has so much and when the time runs out so does the persons life was not only unique, but worked as well. While Timberlake and Murphy gave strong performances, Seyfried left a lot to be desired in her role. With the story for In Time having the Robin Hood element feel it strengthened it and made everything within the story tie together and fit well. I am giving In Time three buckets of popcorn out of five. In Time is an enjoyable Sci-fi movie that will allow you to sit back and just enjoy all the aspects of the movie. It is a movie that is well worth the price of renting.

-The Movie Man