Exit Strategy (II) (2019) User Reviews

A Near-Perfect Little Short

[centre-919-314362 · 9/10 · 27 January 2019]

We've seen many, many different takes on the time-loop story, but this short spares us the endless repetitions and changes the ending you may have come to expect. Simply wonderful performances, transparent editing, and clever all around. Hope to see something in the theatre from this writer/director one day.

Refreshing take on the classic time loop

[massimilianofoschi · 9/10 · 11 September 2022]

The science-fiction idea of a time loop has been widely explored, from the classic "Groundhog Day" to more serious flicks. Often, this type of film is, inevitably, repetitive. This short movie, on the other hand, manages to convey the repetition with well-written narration and adequate use of flashbacks.

The story is compelling and goes beyond your typical sci-fi thriller. The screenplay is clever and manages to juggle the main story, human aspects and a bit of humour. The characters are pretty well-described, so the audience can be entertained both by the series of the events and by the relationship between the two brothers. Acting and editing are, on the whole, solid.

Excellent short

[comicchakal · 10/10 · 26 November 2018]

Exit Strategy is a short based in the old idea of the time loop ("Groundhog Day" is even mentioned). However, this little film is very well directed, with an excellent script, good performance from the two main actors and an unexpected ending. Recommended!

Great Movie!

[cobysnead · 10/10 · 29 November 2018]

The movie wasn't very long ,but the story was so good it didn't need anymore time. The characters were very well developed and the story had twists and turns. Overall it was a very good movie!

An engrossing sci-fi short

[kemerton-16051 · 10/10 · 4 December 2018]

Exit Strategy is a wholly original take on time travel, taking a traditional science fiction trope and embedding it with equal parts humor and heart. Very well done.

Time Loop Masterpiec

[Hitchcoc · 10/10 · 3 April 2019]

This is the story of two brothers. One is just your average guy, family, kids. The other brother is hi tech nerd. He has developed a way to get a day to continue to repeat itself. The problem is if he tries to intervene and change things, another problem takes its place. The cool thing is that the editing and pacing are wonderful and they have brought in the human element.

Tribeca

[JoeRussell1 · 10/10 · 15 November 2018]

I saw this great short at Tribeca. I loved it! A really talented cast, an ending you don't see coming and lots of fun. Travis is a great story teller and an excellent editor. I just saw that it is available on short of the weeks youtube channel now!

We don't really have the words to express how this movie affected us.

[richardhardy-89321 · 10/10 · 27 August 2019]

If you don't watch it more than once (maybe even twice), I will be surprised. Have it. :-)

Life is what happens

[mmgreenberg · 10/10 · 7 August 2023]

When this ended, my mouth sagged open and then the words "I get it" came out, helplessly. Over and over, I said "I get it".

In dozens of ways I've been thwarted by an endless succession of new and uinpredictable problems in helping my sick brother. Like an automaton, I've been fixing one problem after another, focusing on minutiae, dreading the next piece of bad news. "Exit Strategy" taught me to smell the roses along the way. I'm very grateful to the writers and actors of this excellent allegory for all we try to do to prevent death when, as someone once put it, life is what happens when you're making other plans.

good job

[Kirpianuscus · 11 November 2018]

Not original. But interesting. A film about fate, plans, tenacity, brotherhood. Convincing, well crafted, seductive, powerfull for the impecable script and for a plot who is at the border between Sci Fi and classic drama, proposing more than a trip in time for a noble cause but the connection between two brothers looking for the answer to a tragedy. A film more than seductive. Like each one, good support for questions.