Josie Kafka is a full-time cat servant and part-time rogue demon hunter. There’s a twist at the end, as there is supposed to be, and it’s a good one. I’d like to know more about that world, especially the time machine part.Īll in all, this is a movie that does exactly what it’s supposed to do: provide a fun time-travel plot with some convincing tech babble to lend credibility to the existence of the thing that’s not a giant pasta-roller. An engineer, trapped in a house and surrounded by a gang of mysterious masked intruders, must protect a technology that could deliver unlimited energy and end. In this near-future dystopia, the air is poisoned, nobody has access to fresh fruit, and people keep time machines in their basement. The worldbuilding is provocative, albeit sometimes clunky: newscasts run in the background, informing us of events on Los Angeles Island, the complexity of the Torus Corporation’s global war, and the words of wisdom offered by a female pope, some of which-like the lead quote for this review-are pulled from Nietzsche. The best shot in the movie is about one minute long: it’s just Hannah’s face as she comes to terms with something unbelievable, and Taylor nails it without saying a word. I liked Rachel Taylor in Jessica Jones, but this movie gives her even more chance to showcase her ability to play strong, smart women who still have emotional nuances. (2016) 1h28mins/Sci-fi, Thriller A Netflix original movie, this movie takes the time loop theory to a different level. Almost all of the film takes place inside a nearly-ruined house, we could say the fate of the world is at stake, so that’s all well and good.īut the real highlight is Rachel Taylor as Hannah. If you liked Groundhog Day…who am I kidding? Who doesn’t like Groundhog Day? If you liked Edge of Tomorrow, you’ll enjoy this movie’s take on the standard looped-time plot. Gradually, other characters become aware of what is happening, and the plot twists come faster than a jumbo-sized pasta roller making rotini. (I’d feel the same way about a jumbo-sized pasta roller, but that’s a squee! for a different review.)Īt first, only Renton is aware that time is repeating, and there are some enjoyable death sequences as he tries and fails to best the masked men. I’d be all fangirly and crazy if I got to hang out near a time machine. Yes, a time machine-a fact that many people in this movie seem fairly unsurprised by, which delights me. They claim they want money, but they are awfully curious about the ARQ, which may look like a jumbo-sized pasta roller, but is really a “hyper-efficient energy turbine.” They tie up Renton and his maybe-ex-girlfriend Hannah (Rachel Taylor). This 2016 sci-fi thriller tells about a couple who find themselves caught in a time loop where a group of thugs break in and one of them is trying to steal a energy source/time machine. as three masked men burst into his bedroom. Renton (Robbie Amell) a maybe-former military engineer, wakes up at 6:16 a.m. It’s Groundhog Day and Edge of Tomorrow in a locked-room science-fiction mystery, starring Stephen Amell’s cousin and Jessica Jones’s best friend. “The eternal hourglass of existence is turned upside down again and again.”
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