No need to keep checking the time...

Rating: 6/10 (7 April 2012)

I was recommended to watch "In Time", so I sat down and watched it, though I must admit I am not particularly much fan of Justin Timberlake (neither his movies or music).
However, I did find "In Time" to be rather good entertainment. The story was easy to follow, though you knew from the first minute exactly how the movie would end. Yeah, it was just that predictable. But still, the movie managed to keep me thoroughly entertained from start till end. The story is basically that people stop aging at 25, and then have this green digital marking on their arm to indicate how much time they have left to live before they are 'timed out'. The rich have lots of time, while the poor struggle from day to day. So basically this is turned out to be a high-tech Robin Hood tale, of sorts.
Now, the concept of people living on limited time and being able to extend this lifespan by adding time to the counter was really interesting. However, I would have assumed that with such technology, that the rest of the world would be more upscale high-tech, such as the cars, utilities, etc. I didn't really find the whole setting of the movie that believable, because I would have assumed that it would require more high-tech stuff to work.
As for the characters in the movie, well then you have Will Salas (played by Justin Timberlake) and Sylvia Weis (played by Amanda Seyfried) who are basically your time-stealing Bonnie and Clyde, trying to steal time from Sylvia's father Philippe Weis (played by Vincent Kartheiser). Will and Sylvia distribute the stolen time to the poor - can you say Robin Hood here? - and they are trying to elude the Time Keepers that are chasing them, lead by Raymond Leon (played by Cillian Murphy).
The acting in the movie was actually quite alright, and I must say that this is one of the better movies I have seen Justin Timberlake in, he was actually putting on a fair performance here. However, the movie was carried by Cillian Murphy's performance. He was simple so amazingly cast for that role.
"In Time" is a good thriller with just the right amount of action and drama in it. It is driven by solid characters and a fairly good story, despite some flaws in the lack of high-tech stuff. However, personally, I don't think that this movie has enough value for a second watching, though.