Los cronocrímenes (2007)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Nacho Vigalondo

Writer:

Nacho Vigalondo (written by)

Release Date:

27 June 2008 (Spain)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Plot:

A man accidentally gets into a time machine and travels back in time nearly an hour. Finding himself will be the first of a series of disasters of unforeseeable consequences.

Plot Keywords:

Time Machine | Scissors | Woods | Car | Binoculars

Awards:

7 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

Karra Elejalde	...	Héctor
Candela Fernández	...	Clara
Bárbara Goenaga	...	La Chica en el Bosque
Nacho Vigalondo	...	El Joven
Juan Inciarte	...	Héctor Ocasional (as Ion Inciarte)
Miguel Ángel Poo	...	Locución Radiofónica (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Libby Brien	...	Clara (voice)
Philip Hersh	...	Radio Announcer (voice)

Also Known As:

Timecrimes (International: English title)
Eglimata sto hrono (Greece) (festival title) [el]
Rewind (Mexico) [es]
Timecrimes (France) [fr]

MPAA:

Rated R for nudity and language.

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

France:-12 | USA:R | Spain:13 | UK:15 | Mexico:B15 | New Zealand:R16

Filming Locations:

Spain

Company:

Karbo Vantas Entertainment

Quotes:

Héctor: [first lines - everything has fallen out of the back of his car] Clara! Clara! Clara! Didn't you hear me calling you?
Clara: You called me?
Héctor: Yeah. You didn't hear me?
Clara: No.
Héctor: This was the one you wanted, right?
Clara: Yeah. And the fertilizer?
Héctor: Up there.
Clara: Put it there.
Héctor: You'll assembled it here?
Clara: Sure.
[...]

Movie Connections:

Remade as Timecrimes (2011)

Soundtrack:

Dark Country

Tedious after a while

There is something fun about watching time travel movies, especially when well written and structured. The device of showing you something slightly confusing, only to explain it later via a bit of time travel, makes for stimulating viewing.

Time Crimes is essentially this, over and over. You watch the same time period a few times, each time from a different 'time line' allowing you to understand why things are happening. However, its not as fun as it sounds. Beyond the pleasure of 'getting whats going on', the film offers little else. The main actor is unlikeable, his actions aren't justified or credibly motivated, and the plot doesn't make any sense whatsoever when you stand back from it. This is what distracted me most.

If you like this sort of film, I thoroughly recommend the far superior Primer.