In Time

In Time (2011)

2 plot holes - chronological order

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Plot hole: In the last car-chasing scene, the timekeeper had switched his car to chase them, then how could Justin Timberlake get the timekeeper's salary (a day's time) from a car that the timekeeper picked up from the streets?

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Suggested correction: I think it is the car of another time keeper. Hence, it may have a time transfer system.

Plot hole: Conceptually, there is no point in working unless you earn more time than it takes you to commute to work, work, and commute from work - literally living day by day. We are given no information on why Will's mother, on her commute home, has only 1.5 hours to live. Unless her work didn't pay her at all, why would she work that day?

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Suggested correction: You described the plot perfectly, poor people have to work just to live day to day. Rachel, Will's mother, had to pay off a 2-day loan, which is why she was left her with only 90 minutes. Then the bus fare increased, which she wasn't expecting, from 1-hour to 2-hours, which explains why she had to walk home.

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Plot hole: In the last car-chasing scene, the timekeeper had switched his car to chase them, then how could Justin Timberlake get the timekeeper's salary (a day's time) from a car that the timekeeper picked up from the streets?

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Suggested correction: I think it is the car of another time keeper. Hence, it may have a time transfer system.

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Raymond Leon: I don't have time. I don't have time to worry about how it happened. It is what it is. We're genetically engineered to stop aging at 25. The trouble is, we live only one more year, unless we can get more time. Time is now the currency. We earn it and spend it. The rich can live forever. And the rest of us? I just want to wake up with more time on my hand than hours in the day.

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Question: We see in the movie that the time is like money but where is the "time" generated?

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Chosen answer: When they turn 25, their built-in clock starts counting down from 1 year. Since time is the currency, they must then work and contribute to the economy, in order to earn time and survive. The government gives that one year of time to each person, as both a population control measure (if they don't work and earn, they'll die) and an economic incentive.

David R Turner

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