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In Time Review

The other night I caught the Andrew NIccol science film In Time. Now Niccol has some solid credentials with his films Gattaca and Lord of War. So this film stars Justin Timberlake (J T-lake) and Amanda Seyfried, in a world where time is currency and everyone stops aging at 25. Now this is the best part of the film. The concept is brilliant it is truly works, and is fascinating in the opening bit of the film. So the plot kicks into gear when the poor J T-lake unexpectedly inherits centuries of time. The plot here is still interesting, until T-lake’s decisions on what to do with the money seem highly questionable at best (gamble it all?). The plot then takes a turn for the been-done-a-thousand times. The movie ends up being a bonnie and clyde or true romance or robin hood steal form the rich and give to the poor. This was such a disappointing direction for them to go in with such an interesting concept. That being said, the execution was still entertaining. The movie managed to be good enough to watch throughout. I was happy it never fully devolved into a full blown action movie, and was pleased enough with the results. Overall, In Time is a great concept for a movie, let down though by a thoroughly unoriginal plot.

Rating: 6.5/10

Flickchart Ranking: 613 out of 1033

Recommended for: Niccol, Seyfried, T-Lake fans/some sci-fi fans

Mystery Men Review

Ok, this review is about a week and a half overdue. So please excuse me if this one seem brief. Mystery Men is a 1999 superhero comedy film most notably starring Ben Stiller, William H. Macy,  Hank Azaria and many others (including Kel from Keenan & Kel!). The film is about a group of crappy heroes trying to be as good as the best. The world they build is pretty clever in the beginning, with things like the big heroes having sponsors and doing commercials. However, once they introduce the plot point to get the movie rolling, there pretty much isn’t any more plot to speak of. So quite simply, this movie is stupid. And I’m actually saying that’s not a bad thing. The movie just brings everything down to it’s simplest levels. It is easy and dumbed down humor (literally fart jokes), and non-complex characters. So once you understand that, this movie is pretty easy to just sit back and watch. The solid cast makes everything work enough to be quite enjoyable, and in the end you also get a decent superhero adventure. Overall, Mystery Men is humor at is most basic and simple form, and thanks to the cast, it’s kinda fun.

Rating: 7/10

Flickchart Ranking: 581 out of 1033

Recommended for: superhero comedy fans/dumbed-down humor fans