Films » Predestination
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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.
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