Remember how Sci-Fi-films from the 80s had rather optimistic ideas about the tech level of the early 2000s? Now that we still do not have flying cars, filmmakers are ready to lessen their expectations of what our world will look like a few decades from now. Of course, in this action thriller, mostly set in 2044, time travel is back on the menu, but only used by gangsters to get rid of their victims. Sending them back in time to appear in front of a shot gun leaves no traces, after all. The rest of this Sci-Fi scenario is wonderfully subtle and realistic, if you will. It's fun to spot the advances in technology in the backgrounds and devices that actually make sense.

Without spoiling anything about the plot, things go awry for one of the killers, waiting for his next victim to appear. Here Joseph Gordon-Levitt (after Inception and Dark Knight Rises) makes another strong case for being among the most talented actors of his generation by very convincingly impersonating one of the most well known stars of the last 25 years. The rest of the cast is just as excellent, with Emily Blunt and Jeff Daniels being as wonderful as always and Bruce Willis delivering one of his strongest performances of recent years.

The overall very entertaining film does get a bit slow in the middle part, could have used some editing there, and is far from action packed in the first place, but keeps you on the edge of your seat with its characters and interesting questions about moral and time travel with all the mess it entails. The script handles that really well and is backed up by great cinematography, with several very unique and impressive shots. The result of the really exciting showdown will open up interpretation discussions, and what more could you ask of a movie.

One can only hope that such a violent, intelligent, fresh and unusual Sci-Fi film finds an audience instead of sending the message that only Transformers sequels can do well at the box office.

8 out of 10 fertilizing robots.