Los Cronocrímenes (Timecrimes)
If you are a fan of time travel movies, or any kind of time travel fiction, or are interested in the practical or philosophical ins and outs of time travel paradoxes at all, YOU SHOULD REALLY SEE Timecrimes! ...however DO NOT WATCH THE TRAILER. It gives too much away. Don't even read a synopsis.
It's a Spanish movie that was playing around some of the theatres that tend to show more foreign or independent fare. I caught it at The Music Box Theatre in Chicago and am glad I did!
This is probably now my new favorite time-travel film, even more so than Twelve Monkeys. I still think Twelve Monkeys is a better and more enjoyable movie overall, but as far as looking strictly at the time travel aspect, Timecrimes is the best movie in this category.
Ok so the acting wasn't necessarily the greatest, although it wasn't bad. And some of the dialogue was a little bit cheesy or unnatural. The the script and execution of most of the plot was great. It looks like Hollywood is actually remaking this thing, and I think with the right actors and the right frame of mind they could make it even better! Of course Hollywood has a tendency of adding tons of unnecessary crap that they think will help sell the picture and totally miss the point, so for now I'm glad that I'll always have the original if I need to watch it again.
I won't go into any of the specifics of the plot at all. I won't even talk about why I won't talk about it. Because you don't need to know. You shouldn't know. You should just go and watch as soon as you are able to. And again DON'T WATCH THE TRAILER. DON'T READ ANYMORE ABOUT THE MOVIE. Just watch it. You trust me right? Hopefully it will be on DVD for everyone to see soon.
And for the people who have seen it, feel free to message me to talk about it.
Rating: 9/10