So much potential!

Rating: 4/10 (5 March 2012)

Great premise, but this film is so flawed, it's difficult to know where to begin.
The central idea behind In Time is interesting, and to an extent, it's a very engaging statement against capitalism and all its trappings.
But -
It looks like it was lazily hashed together in the cutting room. Plot lines surface and disappear without a trace. Characters are left stranded & undeveloped. The film as a whole feels unfinished - as if someone has randomly removed large chunks of footage, leaving the viewer confused.
I was pretty impressed with JT in the Social Network, but in this movie he was abysmal. The 'bad guy' was completely unconvincing, with a cringe worthy accent, and a posse of equally unconvincing sidekicks. All the other performances were pretty average. The only half decent one came from someone who died after about 10 minutes.