ARQ (2016)
Two old friends living in a dystopic future become trapped in a mysterious time loop — one that may have something to do with an ongoing battle between an omnipotent corporation and a ragtag band of rebels.
- Tony Elliott
- Tony Elliott
Rating: 6.11/10 by 1163 users
Alternative Title:
ARQ - BR
超时空传输 - CN
Country:
United States of America
Language:
Español
English
Runtime: 01 hour 28 minutes
Budget: $2,000,000
Revenue: $0
Plot Keyword: post-apocalyptic future, time travel, deception, time loop, struggle for survival, paranoid, corporate espionage, mysterious events
This is quite possibly the slowest burn of a film I have ever seen. It is reminiscent of a video game that you used to play: initially you don't get past the end of level one; then you progress slowly but surely through the game learning from your mistakes, though frequently having to start again from scratch.... Well this is one of them, with Robbie Amell and Rachael Taylor caught in a time loop that gradually reveals a story of betrayal and duplicity as they try to protect a gizmo that might just be the answer to humanity's energy problems from "Torus", a company that wants it too. Unfortunately, and as usual for Amell, this is a rather dry, uninteresting piece of drama - neither character really has any depth; the dialogue and effects are repetitive and all in all it amounts to little more than a digital "Groundhog Day" with apples and fisticuffs.
