In Time

In Time

Directed           :   Andrew Niccol

Produced         :   Andrew Niccol, Marc Abraham, Amy Israel, Kristel Laiblin, Eric Newman

Written             :   Andrew Niccol

Starring            :   Amanda Seyfried

                            Justin Timberlake  

                            Collins Pennie

                            Cillian Murphy

                            Olivia Wilde

                            Matt Bomer

                            Alex Pettyfer

                            Vincent Kartheiser

                            Johnny Galecki 

Release date(s) : October 28, 2011 

Running time    : 109 minutes  

Language         :  English 


In Time (previously titled Now and I'm. mortal) is a 2011 dystopian science fictionaction film starring Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried, Cillian Murphy, Olivia Wilde,Matt Bomer, Alex Pettyfer, Vincent Kartheiser, Johnny Galecki. The film, written, directed and produced by Andrew Niccol, was released on October 28, 2011.

In the year 3013, humanity has been genetically engineered to stop aging at 25 and to be born with a digital clock, bearing a year's worth of time, on their forearm. At the age of 25 the clock begins counting down; when it reaches zero, that person dies. Time has been turned into the universal currency; one can give time for products or services, as well as transfer it to others. A person can no longer die of old age. S/he can only die by "timing out" (running out of time), having one's clock "cleaned" (murder by someone taking all their time), or through recklessness (e.g. getting shot, overdosing, etc.). The country is divided into time zones based on the wealth of its population. The film focuses on two time zones: Dayton is poor, with a populace that has learned indifference to the timed-out bodies on its streets; and New Greenwich, the wealthiest zone where inhabitants enjoy the benefits of their immortality and wealth, but are constantly surrounded by bodyguards and spend their time worried about accidental death.

28-year-old Dayton factory worker Will Salas (Justin Timberlake), lives with his mother Rachel (Olivia Wilde). While in a bar, he saves drunken and suicidal 105-year-old Henry Hamilton (Matt Bomer), a New Greenwich resident (who has a century left on his clock), from an attempted time-robbery assault by Fortis (Alex Pettyfer), the boss of a gang called "Minute Men". Hamilton reveals to Will the truth about wealth: there is enough time for everyone to live a full but ending life, but New Greenwich citizens take and store most of the time for them to live forever and, to keep the status quo, raise the cost of living to get back time. Hamilton tells him that "For few to be immortal, many must die". Hamilton gives his entire 100 years of his time to a sleeping Will, leaving only five minutes for himself and dies on the Dayton bridge. The police force, or Timekeepers, led by Timekeeper Raymond Leon (Cillian Murphy), sees Hamilton's clock and realizes that his time was taken. They look at video footage and suspect Will of cleaning Hamilton's clock.

Will visits his best friend, alcoholic Borel (Johnny Galecki), to whom he gives 10 years, but says goodbye, as he plans to live in New Greenwich with his mother. Meanwhile Rachel gives all but 90 minutes of her time to pay her debts to Weis Time Lenders and is not capable of paying the bus fare to Dayton, and so she's forced to run. When Will sees that Rachel is not on the scheduled bus, he deduces what has happened and begins to run to her. He attempts to save her but a second before they can touch she times out and dies. Will decides to seek revenge and leaves for New Greenwich. He enters a casino and meets millionaire time-loaning businessman Philippe Weis (Vincent Kartheiser), who possesses 10,000 years, and his twenty-seven year old daughter Sylvia (Amanda Seyfried). While playing poker Will nearly dies by betting all but thirty seconds of his time, but wins back the pot of 1100 years. Sylvia invites him to a party in the Weis mansion.

At the mansion Will seduces Sylvia, but he is later apprehended by Leon who confiscates all but two hours of Will's time. Will escapes and takes Sylvia hostage. He returns to Dayton with her, driving into Fortis' ambush, knocking both he and Sylvia unconscious. Fortis tries to take all of Sylvia's years, but leaves about half an hour; then the Timekeepers arrive. They visit Borel to get back some time, only to learn from Borel's wife Greta (Yaya Alafia) that he died of an alcohol overdose with 9 years still left. Sylvia pawns her diamond earrings to buy more time. Will calls Weis and demands a 1,000-year ransom for Sylvia to be distributed to Dayton. Sylvia's mother is willing, but Weis isn't as Leon has already traced the call.

Will discovers that Weis did not pay, but decides to let Sylvia go. Leon tries to arrest Will, but Sylvia shoots Leon, because now she wants to help the poor. Will transfers two hours of time to Leon so that he'll have time to leave Dayton, and Will and Sylvia escape in Leon's hijacked car. Will tells Sylvia to walk away, but she refuses, saying that her life in New Greenwich had no purpose. Meanwhile, Leon issues a warrant for Sylvia's arrest as well, warning Weis not to help his daughter in any way or he will be arrested. Sylvia helps Will rob Time Banks, stealing Time Capsules and distributing them to the poor.

They rent an entire hotel in Dayton for the night in the hope of evading capture, but an eyewitness saw Will and Sylvia at the hotel, and informs the Minutemen of their location. Fortis is desperate to get both Will and Sylvia now their bounty has been raised to 116 years. Will and Fortis get into a duel to the death involving an arm-wrestling/time-stealing match. Will manages to outwit Fortis using the same tactic his father did (letting his clock run to one second then stealing back the time while the opponent is distracted watching it run down), and kills him and his men.

When the inflation rate rises after another robbery, the pair realize they would need a million years to cause any significant damage to the system, so they break into Weis' private vault and steal a million years. Leon finds them, but Will manages to pass the capsule to a young girl (Shyloh Oostwald) who distributes time among the people. Leon eventually catches up with Will and Sylvia outside the city, holding them at gunpoint. Will deduces that Leon himself was from the ghettos once but managed to successfully circumvent the system. Leon realizes that he had neglected to replenish his own time before going after them, and he dies. Will and Sylvia are left with mere seconds to live. Will runs to Leon's car and takes his allotted time. His failed attempt to help his mother teaches Will to run faster to save Sylvia, which he does, with only a second to spare.

Will and Sylvia continue robbing banks as part of their efforts to crash the system, while the rich attempt to cope with the sudden surge of people infiltrating their zone. Lower class workers, now rich with Time, cross Time Zones, signifying the end of inequality. The last scene shows Will and Sylvia preparing to rob a huge Time Bank to further disrupt a corrupt system.