Plots(1)
By day, a small group of engineers work for a large corporation. By night, they conduct extracurricular experiments in their garage. While tweaking their latest project, they accidentally discover it has highly unexpected capabilities... ones that may enable them to do and gain anything they conceive. Taking advantage of this opportunity is the first challenge they face. Dealing with the consequences could be their last. (Arrow Films)
(more)Reviews (4)
I understand that the filmmakers are begging for an attentive viewer, but that still doesn't change the fact that the direction is far behind the script. It’s great for a low-cost film, but a little more pro-audience attitude wouldn't hurt. 3 ½.
()
A decent low-budget time-travel flick. Carruth offers an irresistible thought – what if we manage to put together a time machine in the garage – in para-documentary style. Technical explanatory passages, debates about the budget, the first experiment, trying to get rich. Everything seems realistic and focuses on the details. No trick shots; just old-school filmmaking. The ending is very meticulous and even concise, making it even more disturbing.
()
It surprised me how long this film managed to resonate with me, even though about two-thirds of the way through I lost track of what was going on. After visiting several fan sites, I finally have to admit that it does make sense, although in my opinion it was not possible to entirely break away from all of the time paradox lapses. I have to give credit to Shane Carruth for being able to write this type of script (you can tell that he was originally a technical engineer and mathematician), and I have to recommend the film as one of the most remarkable and thought-provoking contributions to the time travel genre, which is well-directed and contains good performances for a cheap independent debut. On the other hand, I fully understand why his deliberately uncertain, not very explanatory and exclusively hinting narrative structure isn't ideal for many people.
()
Definitely, it is a movie that belongs among the most interesting sci-fi films that have been made in the previous decade. Both in terms of the story and the form. Unfortunately, I think it will not have the right effect on a lot of viewers. It happened to me as well, and I simply did not enjoy the movie, but rather endured it. The ideas are there, but the execution is hard to digest.
()