This movie will give you nightmares

Rating: 8/10 (1 January 2013)

I think this film's rating is too low. This movie not only presents a plausible nightmarish idea for what life might become in the future, but also provides a thought-provoking critique of the present. We already sell our precious time, of which we have an only limited amount, for money. It is already true that some people's time is worth many times more than the time of others, and that many poor people in America spend their lives working and running around, with almost no time left over for themselves, their family, and what they actually *want* to do in their lives. It is true, also, I think, that people now have much less free time than they did in past centuries - ironically despite all the new technology that was supposed to have given us more free time. It is likely that in the future there will be even less free time left, and that if healthcare continues to be in private hands, it will really be a matter or life or death. I can forgive this film the car chases and the guns (which, I agree, are not needed and boring, and could have been taken out), but I think that the dialogue was interesting, and the characters were not one-dimensional. For all this, I think this film makes a lasting impression and will even give you nightmares.