Saturday, November 9, 2013

...In Time...

Actually,
I watched many movie on my holidays
At the same time,
I also remember to manage my time wisely
to prepare my mid-sem exam

I would like to share a movie
that I watched today with all of you

In Time

It is the year 2169 and people have been genetically engineered to be born with a digital clock, bearing 1 year of time, on their forearm. At the age of 25 a person stops aging, but their clock begins counting down; when it reaches zero, that person "times out" and dies instantly.
 
Time on these clocks has become the universal currency; by touching arms, one person can transfer it to another, or to or from a separate clock (a "time capsule") that can be shipped or safely stored in a "time bank".
 
The country is divided into "time zones" based on the wealth of its population. The film focuses on two time zones: Dayton is poor, with a populace that has learned indifference to the timed-out bodies on its streets; and New Greenwich, the wealthiest zone, where inhabitants enjoy the benefits of their immortality and wealth, but are constantly surrounded by bodyguards and spend their time worried about accidental death.
 
Will Salas (Justin Timberlake), a 28-year-old Dayton factory worker, lives with his mother Rachel (Olivia Wilde). While in a bar, he saves drunken and suicidal 105-year-old Henry Hamilton (Matt Bomer), a time-rich New Greenwich resident, from an attempted robbery by Fortis (Alex Pettyfer), the boss of a gang called "Minute Men". Hamilton reveals to Will the truth about wealth: there is enough time for everyone to live a long life, but New Greenwich citizens take and store most of the time for themselves in order to live forever. In order to maintain the status quo, they continually increase the cost of living in poorer districts. Hamilton tells him that "for a few to be immortal, many must die". Hamilton gives 116 years of his time to a sleeping Will, and with 5 minutes remaining, walks out to the Dayton bridge to die. The police force, or Timekeepers, led by Timekeeper Raymond Leon (Cillian Murphy), see Hamilton's clock and realize that his time was taken. They look at video footage and identify Will as a thief.Will visits his best friend Borel (Johnny Galecki), an alcoholic, to whom he gives 10 years, one year for every year they have been friends, but says goodbye, as he plans to live in New Greenwich with his mother. Meanwhile, Rachel must give all but 90 minutes of her time to pay her debts. When she boards the bus to get back home, she learns the fare has been raised to two hours. Since it's a 2-hour walk home, she is forced to run. When Will sees that Rachel is not on the scheduled bus, he deduces what has happened and begins to run to her. He attempts to save her, but a second before they can touch, she times out and dies.Will decides to seek revenge and leaves for New Greenwich. Will meets time-loaning businessman Philippe Weis (Vincent Kartheiser), who possesses 1,000,000 years, and his 27-year-old daughter Sylvia (Amanda Seyfried). While playing poker, Will bets all but 30 seconds of his time, but wins back the pot of 1,100 years. Sylvia invites him to a party in the Weis mansion. Soon after Will arrives, he is apprehended by Leon, who confiscates all but two hours of Will's time. Will escapes and takes Sylvia hostage. He returns to Dayton with her, driving into Fortis's ambush, knocking both himself and Sylvia unconscious. Fortis tries to take all of Sylvia's years, but leaves about half an hour.Will and Sylvia wake up and visit Borel to get back some time, only to learn from Borel's wife Greta (Yaya Alafia) that he died of an alcohol overdose with nine years still left. Sylvia pawns her diamond earrings to buy more time. Will calls Weis and demands a 1,000-year ransom for Sylvia to be distributed to Dayton. Sylvia's mother is willing to pay, but Weis isn't, as Leon has already traced the call.Will discovers that Weis did not pay, but decides to let Sylvia go. Leon comes to arrest Will, but Sylvia shoots Leon because now she wants to help the poor. Will transfers two hours of time to Leon so that he'll be able to leave Dayton, then they escape in Leon's hijacked car. Will tells Sylvia to run away, but she refuses. Meanwhile, Leon issues a warrant for Sylvia's arrest as well, warning Weis not to help his daughter in any way or he will be arrested. Sylvia helps Will rob time banks, steal time capsules and distributing them to the poor.When the inflation rate rises after another robbery, the pair realize they would need a million years to cause any significant damage to the system, so they break into Weis's private vault and steal a million years. Leon finds them, but Will manages to pass the capsule to a young girl (Shyloh Oostwald), who distributes time to the people. Leon eventually catches up with Will and Sylvia outside the city, holding them at gunpoint. Will deduces that Leon himself is from Dayton but managed to successfully escape. Leon has neglected to replenish his own time before going after them, and he dies. Will and Sylvia are left with mere seconds to live. Will runs to Leon's car and takes Leon's per diem time. Will then runs back to catch Sylvia, in a similar scene to that of his mother, but with a different outcome as he catches Sylvia and gives her time.Will and Sylvia continue robbing banks as part of their efforts to crash the system, while the rich attempt to cope with the sudden surge of people infiltrating their zone. Lower class workers, now rich with time, cross time zones, signifying the end of inequality. The last scene shows Will and Sylvia preparing to rob a huge time bank to further disrupt the system.

Interesting right?
hehehe..
You can left your comment here after you watch it ^^


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