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A story about this — 15 weeks ago

What a weird film! My only semi-positive comment is half-kudos for not going for an obvious ending. Sort of.

My main reason for watching is that I’ve seen every other Philip K Dick adaptation, and besides – the idea of being able to see two minutes ahead of yourself is pretty cool. Alas, they do very very little with that ability: a couple of scenes of the two minutes ‘rewinding’ to give our ‘hero’ another go; probably the best effect, when he tries out all the possibilities; but mostly just “oh look – he knows exactly when to move to avoid blah blah” which isn’t exactly a visual effect, just choreography.

Mind you, the actual SFX really weren’t that great. Actors in a car with fake scenery outside? Oooh, yeah!

Mostly, the movie is just an action flick, with most of the attention fixed on a rather weak and unbelievable ‘love’ story thread. Yawn. Could have been so much more interesting.

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