In Time

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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Other mistake: Will did not have enough time to place into the pot at the poker game. For those at the end of a hand, they each have contributed a minimum of an equal percent based on the number of people in the hand. There were potentially 5 people at the start of the hand, and Will did not have enough to cover 20% of the final pot. He would have needed well over 200 years available, and we know he had a little over 100.

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Suggested correction: It's suggested that Will was at the table for a while, and we, the viewers, return later to see the stakes have increased. This is established when the camera shows his wrist as having over 250 years available, when he entered with barely over 100.

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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.

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