a very intriguing sci-fi premise that takes the old idiom 'time is money' and makes it into reality. in this dystopic future everyone stops aging at 30 and will die if they don't keep buying time. their paycheck is uploaded into their arm (it makes sense, trust me) as time, when the timer runs out they die. well, one of the upper one percent commits suicide and gives his millions of hours to some random guy. we follow him as he tries to understand what happened and why the suicide happened in the first place. this director has done the high concept sci-fi thing before to great effect with gattaca, but this time to lesser success. justin timberlake does a good job, but the story falls apart in the second half. the concept and acting carry it a long way though.
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