In Time: A Review

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So I watched In Time, yesterday... So some of the details may have become partially muddled. Sorry. So as per usual, I would like to start off by saying I really enjoyed this movie. The concept behind it as a pretty fascinating one. Although, I must say I didn't like that they didn't really explain how this might be scientifically possible. As far as I'm aware they just glazed over that detail. And being me, it bothered me for the duration of the movie. Besides that I found it pretty riveting to watch.

It wasn't particularly thought provoking, but I feel like if they had made some effort to explain how any of this would be scientifically possible, it might have been. But because of the absence of the science I just found it to be a very interesting movie, that was fun to watch, and I would consider watching again. I feel like it struck a few similar cords with the Adjustment Bureau, another movie that I also quite enjoyed.

So just in case you haven't watched this movie, and my ramble is not making any sense as a result I'll quickly outline the premise of the movie. It takes place in the future, I don't believe they provide an exact date. In this future everyone stops aging at the ripe old age of 24 (I think it was 24, could be another number somewhat close to that). The issue is, they only have one year after that and then they die. However, if you have money, or rather time, you could theoretically live forever. I'm not going into the plot details here, I'm just going to keep it at this basic concept. The first issue I have is how does the person die? Each of them has a clock and when the last second disappears that person gets shocked and dies. Who is controlling that? What are they dying of? Is it a heart attack? Are these programs that can be shut down? Like in The Matrix. Second, how did (whoever is responsible for this) get the watches onto every person in the population. Is it implanted at birth? Once again, are they programs? Finally, how is it that time can be transferred? How can they live forever? Just getting more time doesn't necessarily mean everlasting life. The older you get the more likely it is that your cells have mutated thus causing cancer, eventually killing you. What about all the other diseases? If someone is 200+ years old, shouldn't they have developed Alzheimer's? Question after question after question.

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I've come to realize that this movie can be looked at in two ways. Depending on the way I look at it, I either hate it or quite enjoy it. I'm choosing the latter option, mostly because when I was watching this movie it was around midnight, so my brain wasn't up for much thought. The first way to look at it is as a plausible future. In that case their has to be some explanation as to how this was possible. If you look at it like that the movie will probably annoy you for the entire run-period. However, if you watch it for what it is, an action movie, it's actually a great time. It's a very interesting concept and it's interesting to see a story unfold within it.

In conclusion if you can shut off the scientist within you watch this movie. Or if your logical brain has already gone to sleep, also watch this movie. If you want to be satisfied by something backed with at least theoretical science, don't.