In Time

Rating: 4/10 (2 November 2011)

Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried star in this sci-fi thriller which takes place in the future where everyone on the planet only lives up to 25 for free and have to earn their time afterward. I would have to say the trailer of this movie excited me more than the movie itself did. Still, it is an overall decent movie.
The concept of this movie is great, and that was why I decided to watch it. The plot, however, is not as great. Basically it is just an ordinary cops-chase-thieves piece throughout, only this time there may not a a clear line between the good and the bad. The sci-fi elements do not really stand out at all. People are divided into different zones according to the time they own and we get to see ghetto areas in which the poor live and big cities in which the rich live. Nothing really gives you that science fiction feeling, so this is just like an usual modern day crime film.
The good thing about this movie is that it keeps itself exciting from very start to finish, and Cillian Murphy plays quite a bad-ass cop. All in all, "In Time" may be not well loved by hardcore sci-fi fans because they will not get a very strong sci-fi sense, but it is still a exciting thriller with action and a well-written plot.