[starreview]
Classification: Personal Time Travel
Despite the fact the movie is in Spanish, and that the trailer looks somewhat disappointing, I was very eager to watch Timecrimes.
In Timecrimes we are introduced to Hector, a mild-mannered middle-aged Spaniard. One day, when Hector attempts to relax in his garden with his binoculars, he accidentally notices a naked woman running in the forest. His curiosity piqued, Hector goes to investigate who that woman is. But before he knows it, someone – a scary person with a bandaged face – stabs him with a pair of scissors.
Frantically, Hector runs away – trying to evade the mysterious man who from some reason is trying to kill him. He reaches a building, which he later finds out is some kind of a research institution, and tries to hide inside. But the bandaged man is still chasing him! Hysterically Hector follows the advice of a man – a scientist who wasn’t supposed to be there – on the phone which he finds lying nearby. The man intructs him to get to a building, and once he gets there, he sugests Hector hide in a strange-looking machine filled with water until the bandaged man goes away.
A flash of light later, and Hector discovers he has traveled back in time: an hour and a half, to be precise. The scientist tricked him! But strangely, when he meets the man again, he does not even know him, nor does he believe Hector traveled through time. Using his binoculars, Hector is able to spot his ‘younger’ version. Desperate to return to his old life, all he needs to do is wait an hour and a half… but can he do that?
Timecrimes is a movie filled with mysteries. Who is this naked woman? Who is the bandaged man, and why is he trying to kill Hector? Why did the scientist trick Hector?
Spanning a total of an hour and a half, five characters, and a very few locations, Timecrimes is a simple movie. But this simplicity of the setting, if anything, only serves to enhance the complexity of the plot. Not many novels (or movies) deal with the issue of cause and effect in time travel. Consequently, when these become muddled in the movie, the result is highly enjoyable.
Timecrimes is an excellent movie. Although parts of it are quite predictable – the rest is far from. Highly recommended.
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i wouldn’t watch movie is is not box office movies..
just finished seeing it, highly enjoyable, like you said, the cause and effect of time travel, makes you think…
Mr Yehiel! An honor to have you hear 🙂 I’m glad you found the movie enjoyable… I need to get hold of it, I feel like watching it again and it’s not been shown on TV or cable here.