They forgot the most important part of the time loop trope. You have to solve the loop and escape. This was just loop after loop after loop, with the subject slowly approaching a solution, but never really getting there in the end.
I'm not sure why they bothered bringing in Sir Ian McKellan. He could have done his exteremely minimal work on a Saturday before lunch. Any actor would have sufficed for the few things he contributed. I guess he was window dressing, just like everything else.
The movie held my attention only because I was waiting for the payoff. In case you haven't figured it out already, it never comes!
I've seen video shorts that have the same poor lack of payoff, but only take ten minutes of your life. What a waste.
Just avoid this. Watch Looper or some other time loop movie with an actual ending.
I'm not sure why they bothered bringing in Sir Ian McKellan. He could have done his exteremely minimal work on a Saturday before lunch. Any actor would have sufficed for the few things he contributed. I guess he was window dressing, just like everything else.
The movie held my attention only because I was waiting for the payoff. In case you haven't figured it out already, it never comes!
I've seen video shorts that have the same poor lack of payoff, but only take ten minutes of your life. What a waste.
Just avoid this. Watch Looper or some other time loop movie with an actual ending.