In the futuristic action thriller looper, time travel will be invented but it will be illegal and only available on the black market. Sometimes i enjoy that, in the same way i enjoy chess and thats a compliment. Its a twisted little film that keeps twisting until the end. Karra elejalde hector delivers a tremendously compelling lead performances, and is anchored by a keen supporting role from the film s director nacho vigalondo as a scientist in the wrong place at the wrong times. Timecrimes flows so well, and without any confusion. Suffice to say that timecrimes has been compared to back to the future and groundhog day, but sharpereyed viewers will find that timecrimes has more in common with back to the future part ii and retroactive, a lesserknown scifi entry dating from 1997 starring james belushi also recommended. Yet while it isnt that hard to stay a step or two ahead of timecrimes, the movie is still a nifty little genre piece, an oldfashioned sciencefiction mindgame with a healthy dollop of oh, the irony. But in timecrimes, the director seems as intent on launching a hitchcockian. Directed by nacho vigalongo and starring karra elejalde, candela fernandez, barbara goenaga and.
A thriller with steady surprises and subversion at every step, this is a time travel yarn that jumps genres with. Timecrimes 2007 nude scenes nov 24, 2008 timecrimes magnolia pictures. Timecrimes movie trailer, news, cast, interviews sbs. A thriller centered on a man who is accidentally sent one hour backwards in time, only to discover he now has the opportunity to prevent a serious crime. Timecrimes full movie english subtitles video dailymotion. Timecrimes on dvd march 31, 2009 starring karra elejalde. Magnoliamagnet has released another trailer for nacho vigalondos time travel thriller timecrimes you can check out the previous trailer here.
Our list of movies in theaters in 2008 is even more accurate than the imdb database. The curious case of benjamin button last chance harvey frostnixon the tale of despereaux. Packaging should be the same as what is found in a retail store, unless the item is handmade or was packaged by the manufacturer in. It focuses on the desperate attempts of middleaged, married man hector to restore things to the way they were after he accidentally travels back almost an hour, having dived into a tank at a scientific research centre. For my money, i have trouble deciding which lowbudget timetravel feature is better, timecrimes or primer. I t seems somewhat fitting that david cronenberg should be slated to remake nacho vigalondos timecrimes. Turner classic movies presents the greatest motion pictures of all time from one of the largest film libraries in the world. Jan 02, 2008 wild about movies provides you the most uptodate 2008 movies information online. Rent timecrimes 2007 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Hiking up to investigate, he is attacked by a sinister figure whose head is wrapped in a grotesque, pink bandage. Trailer hd karra elejalde, candela fernandez, barbara goenaga, nacho vigalondo. Jun 27, 2008 original and ingeniously basic scifi premise full of suspense and intrigue. Timecrimes was released in 2008 on friday, december 12, 2008 there were 9 other movies released on the same date, including the day the earth stood still, doubt and gran torino. Hector karra elejalde is relaxing on a lawn chair outside of his new country home, surveying the nearby hillside through a pair of binoculars, when he catches sight of what appears to be a nude woman amidst the trees.
We provide the complete list of 2008 movie releases by week of release. Vigalondo throws in a few good twists, some of which are genuinely unpredictable, and though the film as a whole could be funnier and scarier. Timecrimes 2007 a man accidentally gets into a time machine and travels back in time nearly an hour. I was sitting in a theater at the alamo drafthouse watching nacho vigalondos short films when i got a text message from a friend alerting me that the domestic movie trailer for vigalondos. Original and ingeniously basic scifi premise full of suspense and intrigue. See what the critics had to say and watch the trailer. Suggested by adrev for a 3rd party the low gold orchestra mountain heart part 2 official music video. Nacho, himself, has played a character in the film too. Click on any of the 2008 movie posters images for complete information about all 2008 movies in theaters, including trailers. More to the point, what they like more than the other. In this its not dissimilar to the lowbudget american film primer. Finding himself will be the first of a series of disasters of unforeseeable consequences. Pursued by a killer, a man stumbles into a mysterious lab where he travels back in time, and is forced to commit an unthinkable crime. Everything you need to know about timecrimes movie 2008.
Elejalde started his acting career landing roles in such films as the dramatic comedy the red squirrel 1993 with nancho novo, the antonio resines comedy mutant action 1993 and the. Wild about movies provides you the most uptodate 2008 movies information online. Watch timecrimes 2007 full movie free online streaming. On or about november 28, 2008 the film was in completed status. Instead, this film follows a clear linear path through a nonlinear timeline, sprinkling the experience with little aha. The legendary short film director takes us behind the scene of his first feature length scifi. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target 30 years into the past where a looper a hired gun, like joe joseph gordonlevitt is waiting to mop up. Here, a middleaged slob called hector karra elejalde. Seems the appropriate question to ask at this time of the year, while critics are making up their best lists. Timecrimes, time travel, time, science fiction in the spanish countryside, a middleaged man named hector karra elejalde and his wife candela fernandez live in a home that they are renovating.
All streaming providers sites search engines are presented and integrated in one page, a good way to save time when searching for a film or show. Feb 07, 2009 i n this ingenious spanish thriller, a middleclass man relocating to the countryside is lured into a forest after seeing a naked woman through his binoculars. It really was nice to watch a movie that is not a remake, super cliche, or with terrible acting. If you really like timecrimes, you should get ahold of the exclusive blockbuser alternate version, which has an exclusive 66 min. Overview of timecrimes, 2008, directed by nacho vigalondo, with nacho vigalondo, b. My mind gets seduced in chess by trains of thought that are hypnotic to me but, if they could be transcribed, would be unutterably boring to anyone else, since you always think of a chess piece in terms of its function, not its name. The plot of recent spanish hit time crimes is fairly simple.
Vigalondo throws in a few good twists, some of which are genuinely unpredictable, and though the film as a whole could be funnier and scarier, it couldnt be much zippier. A man who accidentally travels back into the past and meets. Rent timecrimes 2007 starring karra elejalde and candela fernandez on dvd and bluray. Timecrimes avoids the pitfalls of primer, the similarly lowbudget timebender that muddles its own logic at every turn. The top 10 films released in 2008 by worldwide gross are as follows. Finding himself will be the first of a series of disast. Feb 05, 2009 timecrimes 3 5 stars 3 out of 5 stars. Being lowbudget, this spanishlanguage time travel thriller relies on clever ideas rather than flashy effects to make an impact. After all, it was videodrome, the canadian auteurs 1983 whatisreality mindfuck that set the pattern for several generations of cinematic headtrips of which vigalondas film stands as the latest example. We provide 2008 movie release dates, cast, posters, trailers and ratings. Back then, it was in development at united artists, which was part of the then financially struggling mgm, and the film subsequently ended up in. Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of the best movies ever made only at tcm.
One evening, while hes looking through his binoculars. This freaky and clever film chronicles fear, suspicion,desperation, paranoia of a person named hector karra elejalde, he is a middleaged ordinary man who has just moved to. Timecrimes is a lovely film with a simplistic setting that gets tangled in time complexities and ends by untangling itself free of any major plot holes. Timecrimes on dvd 876964001557 from magnolia home entertainment. Lauded short film director vigalondo makes his feature debut with this tense, unstoppable vision of science and natural law gone awry. Karra elejalde was an actor who had a successful hollywood career. This freaky and clever film chronicles fear, suspicion,desperation, paranoia of a person named hector karra elejalde, he is a middleaged ordinary man who has just moved to a lonely house with his wife clara candela fernandez.
The film stars karra elejalde as hector, a man who unwittingly becomes part of a time loop and must stop his other selves from continuing to exist. Fleeing in terror, he takes refuge in a laboratory atop the. The feature length debut of nacho vigalondo is a pretty good sciencefiction thriller with a sprinkle of horror thrown in. Speaking of acting, there are really only four actors in this film, two of which are very minor, and one is the director. A man accidentally gets into a time machine and travels back in time nearly an hour. The lowestpriced brandnew, unused, unopened, undamaged item in its original packaging where packaging is applicable. This is an easy to use, but fantastic movies search system, as you can perform searches to different websites from one single webpage. Fleeing from an unidentified attacker with a bandaged head who stabbed him in the arm, hector karra elejalde finds himself in a research lab where a mysterious scientist tells him he can hide. Hector accidentally gets into a time machine and travels back in time nearly an hour. Hector scans the forest behind their house with binoculars and sees a young woman take off her tshirt, exposing her breasts. Staring candela fernandez, nacho vigalondo, barbara goenaga and karra elejalde. The time loops have such accidental, spontaneous, and mysterious qualities that keep one wondering.