For a few to be immortal the others must die.

Rating: Null/10 (29 February 2012)

It is a time in the future when genetic refinements have allowed human bodies to age to 25 and no further. However as you reach exactly 25, your timer kicks in and, unless you earn more time, you have exactly one year, only 52 weeks, to live. However if you can earn (or beg or steal or borrow) more time then you can potentially live forever. Your own time is cleverly displayed in yellow-green glowing numbers on your left arm, constantly counting down the seconds. This can get very dramatic, and several times does, as the few remaining seconds count down to zero.
To me this is an allegory using time instead of money to comment on our social issues. Where the powerful may have thousands or millions of years, while the ordinary citizens live from day-to-day. Instead of wondering where their next meal is coming from they wonder where their next 24 hours of time will come from.
Cillian Murphy is Raymond Leon, a "time keeper". He has been doing it for 50 years and it is not at all clear how old he actually is, but it certainly is at least 75. But he looks 25. He chases down those suspected of gaining time by criminal activity.
Justin Timberlake is arguably in the lead role as Will Salas. He lives in Time Zone 12 which is their ghetto. When he comes upon a man who is over 100 years old (he looks 25) and with over 100 years of "time", and just tired of living any longer, when they both fall asleep gives Will all his time except 5 minutes, which allows him to walk across the street to a bridge over the Los Angeles River and when his time counts down to zero he falls dead into the river. This leads authorities to a manhunt and a convenient street camera identifies Will as a suspect.
The movie is novel and entertaining, we enjoyed it. As I watched fictional characters trying to figure out how they would get their next time increment, I naturally thought of all those people in our real world not knowing for sure how they would get money for next month's rent or for food. It really is an issue, the small % of very wealthy people having more than they will ever need while so many are starving and homeless.
Amanda Seyfried is Sylvia Weis, the daughter of a time-wealthy man who owns a number of businesses. She and Will become unlikely fugitives and eventually love interests.
SPOILERS: After overcoming the time-keeper's hunt, and almost running out of time, Will and Sylvia bond emotionally and become a team. A sort of Bonnie and Clyde, destined to knock off all the big time-keeping banks and redistribute time to those who don't have much left.