Films » Predestination
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Predestination chronicles the life of a Temporal Agent sent on an intricate series of time-travel journeys designed to prevent future killers from committing their crimes. Now, on his final assignment, the Agent must stop the one criminal that has eluded him throughout time and prevent a devastating attack in which thousands of lives will be lost.
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Predestination
Right near the end there’s a big reveal, set up to be really dramatic, and I was sat there thinking “what? wasn’t this revealed 5 minutes ago?”. Turns out that was just really heavy-handed foreshadowing, which is sort of a theme in this film. It could have been a real cool, mind bending saga, but instead it insists on telegraphing and sometimes even outright telling you about the twists before they happen.
I think if it was told more subtly — if those bits of foreshadowing only really made sense on a rewatch — it could have been a fantastic film. The ideas are interesting, Sarah Snook in particular does a very good job, and the cinematography works well. With the self-spoiling plot it’s merely… fine.