![]() This isn't new ground by any means, but when you cover something that's been done so well so recently liked Edge of Tomorrow, you really have to nail it. ![]() There are no good chases in the house, and there's no good action. The final shot could zoom into the spinning ARQ cylinder. The first shot could be a macro shot on the ARQ that traces the wires, runs along the cylinder, and then snakes into the room where Ren is sleeping. Maybe the movie wanted some kind of symmetry with the first and last shot, but I don't care. I liked the ending that they want to keep trying to fix it, that is right up until we get a final stinger. It's contrived that he didn't realize how many loops there were. He should have seen the other videos when he opened the folder. The loops have occurred thousands of times, which should mean they've made at least hundreds of video, but earlier in the movie he only saw one video. The loop can change, since Ren and his captors begin to realize what's happening. The loop is relegated to just a small radius, but why is only the border petrified? The entirety of the radius should be discolored as much more time has passed inside that bubble. We finally get a shot of the city later in the movie, though it should have been used to build the world initially to ground the story. It could have just been called a glitch and left at that. For some reason the ARQ is shutting down because "it's using the same power." It generates power, so it's inconceivable that it runs out. Hannah yelling alerts their captors, but a metal chair hitting the ground does nothing. We're as bewildered as Ren as he tries to figure out what's going on, but if you think about many of the plot points the logic lacks. This puts us in the main character's shoes. This also has hints of Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman where certain cities experience time differently. Though Star Trek: The Next Generation did something very similar in season five's Cause and Effect. It's a twisting tale of deception, and the twist is that more than the main character start to realize they are looping. With a half baked setting, this never feels real. This is part Source Code (2011) and part Edge of Tomorrow (2014). It could be the lack of budget, or it could be wanting the viewer to be as disoriented as the characters, but is is that hard to use a drone in Detroit? I would like to see a flyover of a ruined city and then zoom into this house just so we get a sense of the world. This omission is obvious and the movie would have benefited from some kind of introduction. This movie jumps right into the first loop without even an introduction. Effects aside, the story is still underdeveloped. This is a budget movie for sure with a more than a few plot inconsistencies, but it's an entertaining mystery thriller that presents a slight twist on the time loop drama. I like science fiction, especially time travel. In this Netflix original, a rogue scientist battles a group of raiders after his newly developed power generator, while all of them are trapped in a repeating time loop. Starring: Robbie Amell, Rachael Taylor, Gray Powell
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