Los Cronocrimenes, or Timecrimes remake listed for 2011
Pinkface
In case you missed it, Los Cronocrimenes (or “Timecrimes” en ingles) is a low-budget Spanish film about a man who stumbles upon a time machine after investigating the assault of a young girl in the woods. After that, the plot gets way too complicated and way too spoiler-ific to recant on a blog. If it sounds confused, it is, but that’s part of what keeps you watching it. And if you can forgive a few far stretches in character motivation, this movie will have you until the very end.
One of the few solid time loop films out there, Timecrimes makes me think 12 Monkeys or Primer, but without the budget of the former or the ultra-ambiguity of the latter. The best part about this movie is that the director (Nacho Vigalondo) walks you through every step of the time-loop, and even then, it’s hard to predict how this thing pans out. Part of that is because Hector, our lovable protagonist, seems to make a few unbelievable decisions, but it is also because the events in the story are so basic that you’ll find you haven’t even considered them as a viable solution.
If you haven’t seen this movie, check it out. You can probably find it on Netflix: Watch Instantly. If you have seen it, get ready for the remake, which is slotted for 2011. With a screenplay by Timothy J. Sexton (a writer on Children of Men) and the possibility of David Cronenberg directing, this one looks like it’ll be worth checking out. Oh yeah, and they seem to have Tom Cruise playing Hector (think Vanilla Sky), but I can’t confirm any of that…
Casually staring into the woods.
Like darkman, only pinker
If Cronenberg directs, I’m in like Flynn. If not, I don’t know many other directors who could give this movie the remake love it deserves. But then again, it’s pretty wonderful just the way it is.
It has it’s flaws (mostly due to a lame budget). The pink facial bandage is pretty distracting mostly because there’s no possible world in which blood would dry with that color/distribution ratio.