THE PLOT THUS FAR
In a future where people stop aging at 25, but are engineered to live only one more year, having the means to buy your way out of the situation is a shot at immortal youth. Here, Will Salas finds himself accused of murder and on the run with a hostage – a connection that becomes an important part of the way against the system.
WHAT WE THOUGHT
Will Salas is a 28 year old man who is chronically living day to day, literally, due to the fact that he was born in a slum, in a world where your life span is the only currency out there. Of course we are left with no doubt that although he feels the pressure acutely, he is still very generous to the people in his community. One night at a local bar, Will happens to meet Henry Hamilton, a man who has lots of time, but is weary after having living for more than a century already. Will saves Henry from a gang of time hustlers known as “Minute Men” by hiding out in a factory. It is there, after Will sleeps, that Henry empties his clock of all but 5 minutes, topping up Will’s life span before leaving to secure a poetic end for himself. Will all this time on his clock, Will gives some to his drunkard friend, and intends to use much of the rest to treat his 50 year old Mother Rachel, only to get to her too late to prevent her from “timing out” for good. Devastated by her loss, Will decides to work to help others and shake up the system.
Think if today you had to buy everything with time, instead of bank credit or cash. Coffee costs four minutes. A bus ride costs an hour. A car costs two years. People can give or take time from each other. Just don’t run out of time or you will die on the spot. If this were real, would you treasure and spend time more wisely? The real interesting question may be that time really is the currency we live by now, we just fail to see it that way. The simple fact is that you can earn countless piles of cash and gold in this world, but you really cannot buy time. Despite the wealthy in today’s world sometimes being able to cheat a few years with better health care, we all are going to die in the same average years.
The Blu-Ray comes with comes with The Minutes which provides an exciting backstory for the world of Niccol’s tomorrow. You also get a ton of deleted/alternate scenes and BD-Live lookup. The A/V Quality is a reference quality 1080p track supported by a pretty strong DTS-HD 5.1 track. If that wasn’t enough, you also get a DVD and Digital copy. In the end, I’d recommend a purchase.
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