Imaginative Satire in the Vein of Phillip K. Dick

Rating: Null/10 (12 November 2011)

In Time is very ambitious and perhaps tries to accomplish too much. The basic premise - where time replaces money as the medium of exchange is very cool. The director is holding up a mirror to our society - in which so many of us are living week to week - paycheck to paycheck - always in fear of what will happen if the paychecks stop. And who controls this system ??? The ultra-wealthy. It may be a coincidence but the parallels between this movie and Occupy Wall Street are quite amazing. The basic premise of the story and the logistics of the system could have been engineered better - but the overall effect of the story is to make the viewer very cautious about the future of humanity --- very much like the stories of Phillip K. Dick. The acting, music, and sound were well done - significantly better than what is usually found in lower budget sci-fi movies.