Dir.: Mike Niccol ("Gattaca")
Characters/Actors: Will Salas (Justin "The Social Network" Timberlake), Rachel Salas (Olivia TV's "House" Wilde), Timekeeper (Cillian "28 Days Later" Murphy), Sylvia Weis (Amanda "Jennifer's Body" Seyfried), etc.
In a dystopic future, human beings are genetically engineered to live to the ripe old age of 25, unless they have the means to extend their time on earth. In the future, the only currency is time. People work, barter, pay and steal or kill for time instead of money. How much time they have is digitally displayed on their forearm for everyone to see. People work for an increase in time, and when they make purchases, time is deducted from their display. If you have an excessive amount of time you can be targeted by robbers, thieves and ruthless time gangs, who often resort to violence or murder. Once your arm displays zero you die. Naturally, the well-off can theoretically live forever, while the poor must struggle by toil to gain time.
Will Salas (Justin Timberlake), the protagonist of this film, must beg, borrow and steal to gain enough time to live beyond his 28 years. He is wanted by the authorities for a crime he didn't commit. Not only that, but a well-off man (Matthew Bomer) gives him most of his supply of time and commits suicide soon afterward. Having all this extra time puts his life in danger from thieves and time gangs. A great quote of the movie was: "Noone should live forever if even one person has to die." The rich and powerful hoard lots of time for themselves, while forcing the poor to struggle or die. While on the run from ruthless 'Timekeepers' (future cops), Salas goes on a crime spree and manages to both avenge his mother's unnecessary death and to rebel against and bring down a system where the Haves live forever, while the Have-Nots usually die before their time. I really liked the premise of this film.
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