After watching the trailer my friends and I decided to watch the movie because we thought the overall idea of the story seemed interesting. The beginning of the movie started off pretty strong. I liked the use of the drug as a sort of "time travel device." The cgi and acting was decent and good enough to make the movie intriguing and engaging. I also liked some of the more philosophical thoughts explored in the movie about death and time. Although, I feel like these ideas were mostly kept on surface level and were not explored far enough.
However, some things in the movie were disappointing. Steve bringing his dog was one of the things that let my friends and I down the most. There is no logical reason for Steve to use his dog as an experiment. He could literally go to a pet store and buy a rat instead of taking his dog. Stuff like this really takes you out of the movie since it's very hard to believe that Steve would actually put his dog at risk like this.
Another thing that was disappointing was the ending sequence. While Steve is being confronted by the man with the gun, he does not check his watch once. If he had seen that he had around five seconds left he could have tried to quickly run/jump towards Brianna and the stone. Maybe Steve would have been shot while running/jumping towards Brianna. But still, it would make more sense for Steve to wamt to go back home at the risk of being shot, than to be stuck in an war zone filled with racist soldiers.
The last thing that bothered us was the handshake at the end. Steve sacrificed himself to safe Dennis' daughter, and all that Dennis does is shake his hand? These guys have been friends for over 18 years and in their last moment together they decide to shake hands? A good hug between friends could have made this ending a little better.
In the end, this movie was still enjoyable. If you like sci-fi and don't really care about plot holes, this movie is a good watch.
However, some things in the movie were disappointing. Steve bringing his dog was one of the things that let my friends and I down the most. There is no logical reason for Steve to use his dog as an experiment. He could literally go to a pet store and buy a rat instead of taking his dog. Stuff like this really takes you out of the movie since it's very hard to believe that Steve would actually put his dog at risk like this.
Another thing that was disappointing was the ending sequence. While Steve is being confronted by the man with the gun, he does not check his watch once. If he had seen that he had around five seconds left he could have tried to quickly run/jump towards Brianna and the stone. Maybe Steve would have been shot while running/jumping towards Brianna. But still, it would make more sense for Steve to wamt to go back home at the risk of being shot, than to be stuck in an war zone filled with racist soldiers.
The last thing that bothered us was the handshake at the end. Steve sacrificed himself to safe Dennis' daughter, and all that Dennis does is shake his hand? These guys have been friends for over 18 years and in their last moment together they decide to shake hands? A good hug between friends could have made this ending a little better.
In the end, this movie was still enjoyable. If you like sci-fi and don't really care about plot holes, this movie is a good watch.