15 Till Midnight (2010)
Summary: Lukas Reyes is trapped in a
seemingly endless loop between parallel existences, one being occupied
by his spouse, Sera, and another being occupied by a relation from
another life, Nara. As worlds seem to begin colliding
and further bleeding into one another, he finds himself being pursued
by a group of shadow men known as “The Knowers.” The common thread
between everything being a significance with the time 11:45 – fifteen minutes until midnight.
The concept of this movie sounded awesome.
Unfortunately, the delivery wasn't there. Majority of the movie is very
confusing and I honestly spent a good deal of it having no clue what was
going on. If I hadn't read the summary
on the back of the DVD case, I would have spent the whole movie
thinking everything was happening in this guy's head. They really didn't
do much to show the whole “alternate universe” theory. Starting from
the very beginning where Lukas is celebrating his
anniversary with his wife Sera. He wakes up the morning and Sera is
gone, along with all of her belongings. It's like she never existed. But
when he talks to a coworker about it, the coworker knows Sera and can't
believe she left him.
They go out to a bar
that night where Lukas meets Nara and the night ends with her back at
his place. When he wakes up the following morning, all of Nara's
belongings are in his house and he finds out they have been married for 2
years. When he goes to work this time, his coworker
has no idea who Sera is and confirms that Nara is his wife. That is
legitimately it for the story building. From there, the movie basically
consists of Lukas wandering around trying to figure out what is going on
with his life. He does come across Sera and
after talking with her, she said the same thing happened to her. After
their night together, she woke up in the morning and he was gone. Lukas
does eventually get caught by The Knowers which ended up being a saving
grace for the movie. Not that it made it
any more entertaining, but atleast their leader explained what was
going on.
If it wasn't for that scene, I would have spent an hour and 37
minutes and still had no clue what I had watched. Unfortunately, even
that scene doesn't make the movie much better
because it goes right back into being completely confusing as it works
it's way to the finish. I am a fan of movies that get me thinking;
namely ones where I have to think to figure out what's going on. But I
would prefer there to be some clues to help me
out along the way. Shooting something way off the wall with no real
explanation and relying on everything to be told to the viewer at the
end, not as entertaining.
The whole presentation of the movie was
equally a let down. That could be part of the reason that the movie was
so confusing. The poor acting and even worse dialogue didn't bring any
passion or believability to the movie. Who knows
if that would have made the story a little more clearly and easier to
watch, but it couldn't have hurt.
reviewed by Bobby
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