Predestination (2014)

Release date: 2015-01-09
Country: Australia|USA
Language: English
Director: Michael Spierig (as The Spierig Brothers), Peter Spierig (as The Spierig Brothers)
Production Co: Screen Australia, Screen Queensland, Blacklab Entertainment
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Science Fiction
Rating: 7.5/10
Length: 1h 37min

Storyline

PREDESTINATION chronicles the life of a Temporal Agent sent on an intricate series of time-travel journeys designed to ensure the continuation of his law enforcement career for all eternity. Now, on his final assignment, the Agent must pursue the one criminal that has eluded him throughout time.

Plot Keywords

time travel, time machine, time paradox, time loop, transgender, secret government organization, undercover agent, nonlinear timeline, year 1975, orphanage, bartender, based on short story, terrorist, bomber, orphan, sex change, surprise ending, existentialism, mission, baby

Short Review

This yarn - based on sci-fi legend Robert Heinlein's short story All You Zombies - is never less than intriguing, even if it does threaten to unravel at the slightest tug on a thread of loose logic.