In Time

Here is an interesting, if not entirely new, idea. Time is currency. In the dystopian future portrayed here, every human has a clock embedded into their arm that is connected to their biochemistry. People are born with 1 year on the clock and it begins running when they turn 25 years old. Two tiny details follow: 1. whatever your body looks like when you are 25, that is what you will look like for the rest of your life, and 2. "the rest of your life" ends when the clock runs out. Now, you can get a job and they will pay you in time. Want to buy a coffee, cost you a couple of days. But you can earn those back and more if you have a good job. So literally, time is currency. This film then follows Justin Timberlake as he attacks the class system that has developed between the haves (1000's of years on their clocks) and the have-nots (living day-to-day or hour-to-hour). And we find that because of this currency issue, the time on your clock may not be the time you have to live, because you do have to eat after all. This wasn't a strong movie, and it is not going to get any acting or writing awards, but I like movies that make me think. This has lots of avenues that you could pursue.
3 stars (out of 5)