A lousy execution of a fantastic concept

Rating: 7/10 (17 April 2012)

I once seen a short film in a collection of sci-fi shorts based on time being currency and thought it would make for a brilliant movie if done right. And that's a big IF.
I gave this movie an 7 for the amount of thought given by the screen writer into making a 'time-currency society'. I also liked how the people with no time ran and those with all the time in the world strolled everywhere.
More of these subtleties of society could have been added without detracting from the action. Instead the filmmaker cheaped out by creating a 'futuristic' world where he could have easily set it in the present day without CGI. If only just a little more than five seconds thought had gone into these finer points.
What absolutely grated on me was the substitution of 'time' for 'money' in all our current phrases. ie "Do you come from time?" euch... Also particularly cheesy was the first ten minutes of the film spent on how time can be earned, used, stored, and given. A little more plot thickening here could have introduced these 'new' concepts more fluidly, and dare I say with more detail.
Final verdict? It's worth a watch. It's a lot of fun. But it is a chance gone begging.