{"id":2308,"date":"2012-01-31T13:49:46","date_gmt":"2012-01-31T21:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cinemastance.com\/?p=2308"},"modified":"2012-01-31T13:49:46","modified_gmt":"2012-01-31T21:49:46","slug":"in-time-now-on-blu-ray-and-dvd-jan-31st","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/?p=2308","title":{"rendered":"In Time now on Blu-ray and DVD Jan. 31st"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nJustin Timberlake is a modern day renaissance man. Sit back and be amazed by his musical accomplishments, his comedic prowess and his dramatic dexterity. This is the man who brought sexy back around (and it was missed) and taught us that the ultimate gift is a penis hidden inside of a Christmas wrapped package.<\/p>\n

Now we have the new thriller \u201cIn Time\u201d to broaden Mr. Timberlake\u2019s horizons even a little further and establish him as an action hero. While the film may not fully decree him as the second coming of Segal\/Van Damme\/Stallone, he plays the part fine and only goes on to prove that the guy can do just about anything.<\/p>\n

It is the near-ish future and time is the most valuable commodity. Confused? It\u2019s really pretty simple. This is because mankind is now genetically engineered to stop aging at 25. At that point they have one year left but can buy more life\/time if they have the means. In other words, the rich live forever while the poor die struggling with borrowed moments. Talk about another reason to be pissed at the one-percenters.
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\nWhen Will Salas (Timberlake) stumbles upon a free century, he threatens the entire system as he begins giving free time to the poor. Sorta like \u201cRobin Hood\u201d. He is aided by a rich heiress, Sylvia Weis (Amanda Seyfried in a cropped red wig that makes her look like she is wearing a cropped red wig all the time) and the two go on a bank robbing spree that may just change the world. Sorta like \u201cBonnie and Clyde\u201d.<\/p>\n

Hot on their heels is a gum smacking \u201cTimeKeeper (cop)\u201d named Raymond Leon (Cillian Murphy) who will try his damnedest to stop them. Why? I don\u2019t know. One of the film\u2019s major flaws is establishing motivations. Leon is just blindly chasing them down and protecting an order that really benefits no one but the special few whose catchphrase is \u201cFor a few to be immortal, many must die\u201d. Doesn\u2019t make much sense.<\/p>\n

But other than that, the premise is engrossing enough to keep attention. The idea would make a great sci-fi short story and shares elements with the works of Phillip K Dick. \u201cIn Time\u201d is written and directed by Andrew Niccol who gave us the similarly themed \u201cGattaca\u201d in the late 90\u2019s. Mr. Niccol seems to think that large corporations are going to make the future difficult for the masses and it is hard to disagree.
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\nSeyfried and Timberlake spend most of the film running and both look good while doing it. The plot has a few twist and turns but doesn\u2019t go anywhere extra special. The entire project merely serves as vehicle to establish Timberlake as a leading man who can carry a movie. Now, he can make a better one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Justin Timberlake is a modern day renaissance man. Sit back and be amazed by his musical accomplishments, his comedic prowess and his dramatic dexterity. This is the man who brought sexy back around (and it was missed) and taught us that the ultimate gift is a penis hidden inside of a Christmas wrapped package. Now […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[704,1172,4417,9752,11403,14723],"class_list":["post-2308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dvdblu-ray-reviews","tag-action-movies","tag-amanda-seyfried","tag-cillian-murphy","tag-in-time-review","tag-justin-timberlake","tag-new-on-blu-ray"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2308\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}