Predestination

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Predestination

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Released Jan 9, 2015

1h 37m

Sci-Fi

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Mystery & Thriller

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A temporal agent (Ethan Hawke) embarks on a final time-traveling assignment to prevent an elusive criminal from launching an attack that kills thousands of people.

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Critics Consensus

Fun genre fare with uncommon intelligence, Predestination serves as a better-than-average sci-fi adventure -- and offers a starmaking turn from Sarah Snook.

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Karl Quinn

The Age (Australia)

This yarn - based on sci-fi legend Robert Heinlein's short story All You Zombies - is never less than intriguing, even if it does threaten to unravel at the slightest tug on a thread of loose logic.

Aug 21, 2018

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Jonathan Romney

Observer (UK)

The film leaps into a dizzy abyss of temporal paradoxes, made all the dizzier by its transgender premise - a modern Tiresias myth plaited into a Möbius strip.

Rated: 4/5

Feb 22, 2015

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Wendy Ide

Times (UK)

One of Ethan Hawke's strengths as an actor is his willingness to jump between arthouse fare and B-movie genre fodder.

Rated: 3/5

Feb 20, 2015

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

It’s a fascinating investigation into the major science-fiction theme of time travel and the sometimes mindbending possibilities therein.

Rated: 3/4

Jul 12, 2022

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James Croot

Stuff.co.nz

This twisting, turning, time-travelling thriller about the ability to change the course of destiny will leave you pondering long after the credits have rolled.

Rated: 4/5

Mar 15, 2021

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Nathalia Aryani

The MovieMaven

Challenges the ultimate impossibility with themes of existence, procreation, choices, destiny, and whether the end justifies the means...a 360-degree head scratcher. And the word "360-degree" will have a new meaning when you realize the full story.

Nov 3, 2020

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Chuck D

Complete waste of time. Movie and plot line make absolutely no sense. If she was already born, how did he come back and take her baby and then the baby turned into her. Don't waste your time. There are many other sci fi movies out there. Acting is flat, storyline does not reflect promo.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

11/11/24

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Pamela A

One of the major plot twists was obvious in the first scene. By the time the barkeep is having a conversation with a patron in the bar the acting felt really flat and I was 99% sure who the patron would turn out to be so I skipped way ahead to the scene when the barkeep travels with the baby. I missed most of the movie by this point and had no idea how he even came in contact with said baby, but it was obvious who the baby was. And seeing the patron with his girlfriend was strange given the resemblance (was the audience really not supposed to know that twist or did I miss the part where the audience was in on it? I hope the latter.). While the premise of the biggest reveal was definitely interesting, it could have been delivered better.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

11/11/24

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Arlen B

I thought I followed the story till but then I was lost

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

11/10/24

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David C

Remember the riddle "Brothers and sisters I have none but this man's father is my father's son. Who am I?" This is a bit like that but multiplied to the Nth degree. Thought provoking with excellent acting and a film noir vibe.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/09/24

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Lilly S

Didn’t like this movie it’s confusing and slow and boring

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

11/04/24

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John P

Got to be the worst movie I’ve ever seen. The real time dilemma here is how to salvage the time you wasted

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

10/23/24

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Synopsis

A temporal agent (Ethan Hawke) embarks on a final time-traveling assignment to prevent an elusive criminal from launching an attack that kills thousands of people.

Director: Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig
Screenwriter: Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig
Distributor: Vertical Entertainment, Stage 6
Production Co: Screen Australia
Rating: R (Nudity|Language|Some Sexuality|Violence)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: Australian English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 9, 2015, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 2, 2016
Runtime: 1h 37m

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