'In Time' Movie Review

Can they beat the clock - and the system?

Thanks to the October snow storm that left much of our region without power last weekend, we were a little late getting to the theater for "In Time." It was worth the week-long wait.

The good news: In the year 2161, you stop aging when you reach 25.

The bad news: Once you reach 25, you die unless you can replenish your "living time." For the poor, this is a day-to-day struggle to earn, borrow or steal time since everything from a cup of coffee to a prostitute costs time that is deducted from your account, represented by an ever-changing countdown of green numbers on your arm. For the rich, the system offers the promise of immortality - remember, your age is frozen at 25. As seen in the movie, your wife, mother-in-law and daughter could all appear to be the same age.