Great vision pi**ed by poor casts and script.

Rating: 6/10 (7 January 2012)

The story was great, concept was great. This could have been a cult, a legend. This was such a great concept. But what we get is a great vision poorly executed. Casts were poor. Justin Timberlake just couldn't do the justice for the role. And the script was terrible, terribly poor. No character development whatsoever, no explanation why Justin could fight like Jason Bourne, with utmost confidence, no development of story, and no character development on the villain played by Cillian Murphy, when i saw him persistently and passionately chasing Justin, i was just waiting and waiting for him to step-up to the story where he turned into such a character, till i found him dying an UN glorified death. Pathetic. Throughout the movie i was just thinking, what if, the role was played by Tom Cruise or Denzel Washington, trying to chase down the established system and bring it down on fury. But what i was seeing? A cute boy Justin Timberlake focusing all of his energy on stylish run and poor acting executing one of a great concept, he couldn't just present the fury, the action, the revenge, the charm. Throughout the movie he seemed subdued by the supporting casts. Cinematography was awesome, sets were awesome, all of the original ideas of 'different time zone', witty dialogs like "out of time", "i need some more time", "i need some of your time", "time is all i need". Such a beautiful allegory, wasted just like that.
A must watch, to see how a poor caste and poor script can ruin a great vision.