I won't reveal much in this review that you couldn't get from the movies overview description (meaning I don't consider this review to have spoilers), but I will mention some details of the high level plot structure that could allow you to guess events in the film, so if you are particularly spoiler adverse you may want to stop reading.
This movie starts as a typical action film, kind of a poor mans Edge of Tomorrow, with some unknown force causing the protagonist to relive his day over and over until he dies. As per the usual recipe, he tries a number of strategies to deal with his imprisonment like giving in to despair, drowning in booze, killing the bad guys with extreme finesse, etc. It's fun, but nothing the audience hasn't seen many times before.
In the second half of the film the protagonist starts focusing on unraveling the mystery and spending time with his family. The more time he spends, the more he realizes how much his lifestyle has cost him precious moments that he can never truly get back, causing him to grow as a human being. Again, it probably isn't anything the audience hasn't seen before, but for me this is where I started really enjoying the film.
The movie reaches its conclusion after the protagonist solves the mystery and has a moment of personal growth, but must still clear one last hurdle to achieve his happily ever after ending. The fact that the movie doesn't show the audience what happens past a certain point is simply to underscore that it ultimately doesn't matter. The important event was his personal growth; whether he succeeds or fails on the final hurdle is not as important as his realization of what is important in life, which is kind of a nice ending.
I enjoyed the movie; for a low budget action comedy I thought it had some good heart. That said, the movie is full of one-note characters who never grow or change, only the main character experiences any kind of growth or interesting development, with some antagonists so cookie cutter that the main character notes that their monologues don't change no matter the circumstances. But I think sometimes there's only so much you can ask from a film like this, so it didn't bother me overly much. Would I watch this several times? No, but I think you could enjoy it as a fun diversion for a couple of hours.
This movie starts as a typical action film, kind of a poor mans Edge of Tomorrow, with some unknown force causing the protagonist to relive his day over and over until he dies. As per the usual recipe, he tries a number of strategies to deal with his imprisonment like giving in to despair, drowning in booze, killing the bad guys with extreme finesse, etc. It's fun, but nothing the audience hasn't seen many times before.
In the second half of the film the protagonist starts focusing on unraveling the mystery and spending time with his family. The more time he spends, the more he realizes how much his lifestyle has cost him precious moments that he can never truly get back, causing him to grow as a human being. Again, it probably isn't anything the audience hasn't seen before, but for me this is where I started really enjoying the film.
The movie reaches its conclusion after the protagonist solves the mystery and has a moment of personal growth, but must still clear one last hurdle to achieve his happily ever after ending. The fact that the movie doesn't show the audience what happens past a certain point is simply to underscore that it ultimately doesn't matter. The important event was his personal growth; whether he succeeds or fails on the final hurdle is not as important as his realization of what is important in life, which is kind of a nice ending.
I enjoyed the movie; for a low budget action comedy I thought it had some good heart. That said, the movie is full of one-note characters who never grow or change, only the main character experiences any kind of growth or interesting development, with some antagonists so cookie cutter that the main character notes that their monologues don't change no matter the circumstances. But I think sometimes there's only so much you can ask from a film like this, so it didn't bother me overly much. Would I watch this several times? No, but I think you could enjoy it as a fun diversion for a couple of hours.