Three friends discover a mysterious machine that takes pictures 24 hours into the future and conspire to use it for personal gain, until disturbing and dangerous images begin to develop.
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The idea behind this film is great, the script and even dialogue are both well done. The major issue with this film is the acting; mainly from the girlfriend character - the chick from The Flash television show. You do not really notice her subpar acting skills in The Flash because she is more or less a background character. In this film however, she is front and center and stinks up the screen. She is pretty, that is for sure. Plus she has an amazing body but she just has no acting believability; a result, it brings down what could have been a sci-fi cult classic. What a shame.
The whole concept is flawed. If I put up scores in the window from today and went and viewed a photo that shows the room 24 hours in the future, the scores would in deed be there if I didn't take them down. But the event would have still taken place yesterday and betting on the games wouldn't win you any money. The only way it might work is if you snapped a photo of the TV or something live that had the sports channel on and showing the scores of 24 hours in the future.
I liked this movie. It is a fresh exploration into the vagaries of time travel. The results of knowing what shouldn't be known twist the characters psyche, and they take the belief in predetermination to religious proportions.There deep conjecture that drives this movie regards fate and personalities. They suggest that the photos are locked-in premonitions which drives the story for a time. No one can really tell how they'd react to the situation as portrayed so I don't mind going with the writers' characterizations on this point.I also give leeway as there were only short periods of time to make decisions, especially when those decisions began to require massive mental adjustments: murder, cheating, lying, jealousy, fear, anger, confusion, control. Then throw in a handful of pharmaceuticals and things got spiced up quickly. While I think some of the decisions made by the characters were pretty stupid, you have to allow that it might be possible that they'd act this way. If everyone did the logical and intelligent thing you wouldn't get much of a story.I quite like the ending. It is very believable that a person could lose their mind after going through these events.The budget was spent in the right places, and for such a limited set, the story was kept moving and didn't bog down.It is definitely worth a watch.
Time lapse is a great scifi movie. No special effects just a great story that carries you along with it. Its tense, dangerous and intriguing all at the same time. I never guessed the ending because this movie isn't predictable.Seeing the future and being able to change it starts off as a potential goldmine for these believable and interesting characters. Things go wrong for all the wrong reasons and our heroes lose control of themselves and their future.