'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.

'In Time' will not debut on Oct. 28 if Harlan Ellison has his way

                                

Award-winning science fiction author Harlan Ellison has filed a lawsuit to block the Oct. 28 release of "In Time," the movie starring Justin Timberlake.

Ellison, who has a long record of filing and winning lawsuits (just ask "Terminator" director James Cameron), alleges "In Time" uses material from his 1965 short story, "Repent, Harlequin." The story is based on the premise of a "dystopian corporate future in which everyone is allotted a specific amount of time to live,” according to the lawsuit. The new movie? Pretty much the same.

In Time





Here is a SciFi movie that has snuck under the radar.  I came across this while looking through a bunch a bunch of SDCC highlights.  It looks interesting but looks like it could be hard to follow.  Here is a synoposis.

Welcome to a world where time has become the ultimate currency. You stop aging at 25, but there’s a catch: you’re genetically-engineered to live only one more year, unless you can buy your way out of it. The rich “earn” decades at a time (remaining at age 25), becoming essentially immortal, while the rest beg, borrow or steal enough hours to make it through the day. When a man from the wrong side of the tracks is falsely accused of murder, he is forced to go on the run with a beautiful hostage. Living minute to minute, the duo’s love becomes a powerful tool in their war against the system.

In Time will be released October 28 in US and Canada and November 1 in the UK.