Simply not very good

Rating: 3/10 (21 December 2011)

A terrific concept but horribly executed. In Time's idea that humans are genetically engineered in the future to stop aging at 25, and that subsequent time spent living is used as currency. The idea of this is certainly interesting, but In Time fails to deliver. the entire movie gave off a very "student film project" vibe. None of the characters are likable, everyone is about as wooden as Keanu Reeves in the Matrix, and on top of that people show an entire lack of compassion for their fellow man (such as seeing a dead body in the street, "look there's another one" remarks Borel, but no one cares they just walk by like there's no body there), even people who have nothing to lose by showing compassion (such as the bus driver who pretty much condemned Will's mother to death by not letting her ride the bus, which is of no cost to him to let her on the bus, KNOWING FULL WELL THAT SHE WILL DIE BEFORE SHE CAN MAKE IT TO HER DESTINATION. this is the equivalent of you trying to hop on a bus to get to the hospital while bleeding to death and the bus driver tells you, "no fare? no ride.")
nothing is explained in this film at all. why were people genetically engineered to stop aging? why is time used as currency? why are there "time zones" and what are their purpose? what stops a person from simply walking past the time zone? a car barrier thats 3 feet high isn't going to stop someone from simply hoping over it without paying the toll. at what point in time did humanity switch to running on time? why has civilization not advanced at all in what appears to be at least 100 years, especially if some people are apparently immortal? more specific things are not explained at all as well.
when Time Keeper Raymond exclaims "doesn't he know hes hurting the people hes trying to save?" why is it never explained how this hurt people when Will gives them free stolen time? if it is so dangerous to give out free time, then why the happy ending when a million years are given to the ghetto? who did Will's father take time from when he was a "fighter"? why is he made out to be some sort of folk hero? if he was fighting other people in the ghetto and giving away free time as it is implied in the film, why bother killing someone to redistribute their time (which should only be a few hours anyway since people in the ghetto apparently live day to day) if Will's father was such a good fighter, then how did he die? who is the organization that Philippe Weis is conspiring with? what is their purpose and why? why do the Time Keepers need the Minute Men to handle business in the ghetto? there is no apparent gain for them to do this.
if Henry Hamilton was so eager to die, then why didn't he just go give his time away to the Mission anonymously? why go through all the trouble of trying to attract attention so you can get killed? if Will was a fugitive with a hostage from the Time Keepers, why would he then go home? wouldn't you think that would be the first place they would look for him? and there is so much more thats not explained.
all in all, the film was as i previously stated, simply not very good. don't waste your time or money, wait for this one to hit cable TV and watch it if you want to see a sub-mediocre film that feels like it was made by a college sophomore.