Good Movie

Rating: 7/10 (16 June 2012)

In Time is based on a futuristic world where time has now become the new currency and people stop aging at 25 years old and have only one year to live and are required to earn "time" by working or die young.
The movie begins with 28 year old Will Salas (Justin Timberlake) and his mom Rachel Salas (Olivia Wilde) making plans to celebrate her 50th birthday; they live in the ghetto and barely make it from day to day. Will has a chance meeting with a New Greenwich (the wealthy town) resident 105-year-old Henry Hamilton (Matt Bomer) who is tired of living. He explains to Will that there is enough life for everyone to live a long life and that human are not meant to be immortal. Henry gives Will 116 years of time and "times himself out". Will becomes prime suspect in the murder of Henry and makes his way to New Greenwich where he is followed by the Timekeeper aka the police, Raymond Leon (Cillian Murphy) and his crew. Will meets time-loaning businessman Philippe Weis (Vincent Kartheiser) and his daughter Sylvia (Amanda Seyfried) at a casino and is invited to Philippe's home, Will is then captured by the timekeepers, and he escapes and kidnaps Sylvia in the process.
The main theme of the movie is about getting equality for all no matter where you come from or where you live. Will was also on a mission of revenge he wanted the rich people to pay for his mom's death, Rachel died just seconds before Will was able to transfer some of his time to her. The people who controlled time made sure that the rich had lots of time by constantly increasing the cost of living in the ghetto to ensure that lots of people died. You see this as Will and his new partner Sylvia set out to upset the time zones by robbing mostly Philippe's Time Banks and giving away the time to needy people. Their efforts while appreciated seem unproductive because the cost of living keeps rising. Will and Sylvia however did not give up even with the constant threat of Raymond on their trail. Sylvia came up with a new plan to put a huge dent in the time zone; they steal one million years of time from Philippe.
The acting was somewhat mediocre. Timberlake and Wilde give a believable performance, however Seyfried performance was not as strong as it could have been. The theme of the movie was in reminiscent of Robin Hood Prince of thieves where the star Robin Hood robs from the rich and gives to the poor.
The lighting throughout the film was dismal adding to the suspense of the movie. The effects of the time clock on each persons' hand even babies that lit up when they were alive and go out when they died added to the importance of the theme it showed clearly who was privileged and who were not. The actors overall do a great job in representing the theme of the movie as in the end Will and Sylvia go after even bigger Time Banks in an effort to disrupt this corrupt system.