Predestination

Predestination

Starring Ethan Hawke, Sarah Snook, Noah Taylor

Directed by the Spierig Brothers

Synopsis:
There is a terrorist known as the Fizzle Bomber, and it's up to Temporal Agent (Ethan Hawke) to stop him by traveling through time and attempting to stop the attacks before they begin, but he's always somehow too late.  On one jump he meets The Unmarried Mother (Sarah Snook), who tells him her tragic life, and he enlists her help to become an agent herself, which leads to very unexpected consequences.

Review:
To try and explain this film would be futile because a) it would give too much away and b) I still have to wrap my brain around what I had just witnessed.  It definitely wasn't what I was expecting, and that's a good thing.  I expected something along the lines of a fairly simplified time travel tale like "Looper" (which isn't bad in its own right), but instead I was treated with a highly cerebral story delivered by two incredible actors who clearly gave their all in the film.  Ethan Hawke as the time traveling agent portrayed an intelligent, steadfast character who also struggled with internal demons that you didn't know he had, while Sarah Snook is the main star of the show, giving us a knockout performance and a story that draws you in from beginning to end, and leaves you deeply caring about her as a character.

This isn't some simple "Men in Black" or "Minority Report" style action flick, but rather a deep look at the main characters, what they do and why they do it, and the lengths they go to discover who they really are.

Summary:
Yes this is vague, but saying more would give away this film, and I feel this is one that has to be seen to believe.

My Rating: A+