In Time Review
There are a lot of things wrong with In Time . In some cases it’s poorly scripted, it doesn’t put its fictional world to use in all the ways it should, the visual effects are far from stellar, and it often takes itself too seriously. Take a second to put these problems aside, and you’re left with a perfectly enjoyable, intriguing thriller that mostly delivers where it counts during this slow time in the Hollywood year. The film is set in a dystopian future where time is the new currency. Humans are now genetically engineered to stop aging at twenty-five. From there, they get one year to figure out what to do with their lives and to get their hands on some more time, or die when their clock hits zero. Justin Timberlake, fresh off his stellar performance in last year’s The Social Network , takes on the role of Will Salas, a twenty-eight year old living day-to-day on his clock, earning enough hours each day to survive the next. Everything changes when, through an admittedly unexpe