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15 Till Midnight (2010)
good movie but quite heavy-handed
Before I start the review, I gotta say that this film is NOT for someone looking for Saturday afternoon escapist entertainment. This is a film which you can just pop some popcorn and sit back on your couch and cheer for , and it doesn't have any fast designer cars or teen pop singers who get the love of their life at the end. This film is one which you have to actually (gasp!) use your brain. Imagine that.
The film is about a young man who wakes up one day to find his young wife disappeared, but also all evidence that they ever lived together. The next day he wakes up and is trapped in another version of his life with another woman who he believes he just met, but she believes they have been together for two years.
From then on out, the young man is pursued by a number of men who look like they stepped out of The Matrix (which I can't hold against it, because this is pretty standard in films these days). They capture him and reveal that he is trapped between parallel worlds and living different versions of his life.
This is an interesting theory. I don't think that it is specified, but basically this is the Many worlds of Quantum Mechanics theory (string theory, which a character DOES mention). The men in pursuit of the lead are basically the police for this phenomena and try to keep it in check. Basically if someone learns what is really happening, they are caught, and given the choice to become one of them, or receive a full frontal lobotomy. In the case of this film, the hero rejects becoming one of them.
The film is well done. The convoluted plot is actually not. It makes perfect sense just, like I said - requires actual thought. The performances all work and each character works together well. The score is reminiscent of the Hans Zimmer score for Inception.
All in all, if you like a little thought involved in your films, check it out. If you have a short attention span, then try whatever you can to change that, so you can enjoy more thoughtprovoking films.