Monday, 27 July 2015

Primer (2004) 7/10

Starring : Shane Carruth, David Sullivan, Casey Gooden, Anand Upadhyaya
Director : Shane Carruth
Running Time : 78 mins

A group of scientists working on a machine that will reduce an objects weight discover a side effect to the machine that sends the objects slowly back through time. Two of the scientists, Aaron (Carruth) and Abe (Sullivan) take it upon themselves to build a larger machine that they can use to test on themselves, and soon discover that what they have on their hands is a fully functional time machine!

This movie is filled with so much technological babble that many might switch off early on, especially when combined with the low budget filmography. But all things considered this is a great attempt at a sci-fi movie that doesn’t talk down to its audience, focuses more on the decision making process of the characters rather than the actual spectacle of travelling through time, and creates a very plausible version of time travel that has just enough side effects to create interesting problems for the characters that use it.

You’ll like this if you liked : Another Earth

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