I recently took the opportunity to watch the film "In Time" starring Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried. The film is set in the future where time is the currency. When a human is born there is a time code on their arm that contains a year. When they age to 25 they cease to physically age and this clock begins to countdown. Through many methods the person can gain more time or lose existing time. This time is spent as a form of currency. An example would be that coffee cost them 4 minutes, whereas a day's labor could add 2 days to their clock. When this clock reaches zero the person dies.
I found the characters to be both believable and real. The segregation of the people living day-to-day versus those with a millennium or more was one of the stronger elements to me. In the "ghetto," as they called it, people seemed rushed and frantic. Most of them had merely more than a day at a time. Those in New Greenwich were very leisurely, no sense of urgency. However gambling was big in the richer parts of time.
I appreciated the fresh idea that had me thinking of myself in a similar situation. What would I do if my time was definite and I knew when I was going to die unless I did something to stop it? Are certain creature comforts worth time out of my life?
A few negatives for me were the action/ running man cliches. I did expect at certain points in the film that our main character would be running within seconds of his life. I also found Amanda Seyfried's character, Sylvia, hollow at times and I never found her quite endearing. At times I thought about Kate Winslet's character in "Titanic." The rich girl who doesn't appreciate her lot in life.
All of this being said, my recommendation is to own it.
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