TL;DR – A wildly ambitious film, which while it doesn’t always live up to the promise it makes, when it does land, it is wildly fascinating.

Post-Credit Scene – There is no post-credit scene.

Disclosure – I paid to watch this film.

Space/Time Review –

One of the things I like best about my job is when you find something that has taken a big swing to explore. Not content to play it safe, they reach for the sky and don’t care if they hit the Moon or not. I do love exploring that kind of creativity, even if it does not always pan out.

So, to set the scene, in the not-too-distant future, society is on the verge of collapse. Years of environmental degradation have taken their toll, and the biosphere might not hold up in the long run. It is in this space where scientists, like Holt (Hugh Parker), have been working on a secluded island to find ways to stave off the collapse. They tried to develop wormhole travel, but it backfired spectacularly, and many were killed. Liv (Ashlee Lollback) and Harris (Pacharo Mzembe) have tried to move on with their lives after the calamity. Still, when the opportunity to dabble in some illegal science comes up, Liv can’t help but dive back into a world that almost took her life last time.  

Space/Time is quite fascinating in terms of the issues that it is trying to tackle. There are a gaggle of time travel films out there, but what are the ethics of time travel? There are a lot of fascinating discussions about the ethics of what they are doing, chaos vs. order, or ends justifying the means. This is all framed through a chaotic editing style that reminded me of an episode of Farscape called Scratch ‘N’ Sniff, constantly shifting through time and place, which very much suits a film that plays around with the concept of time. This structure also helps with the build of the movie as it starts a bit stilted, but continues to build with the cast as it goes on. Helped by some strong visual and musical elements.

However, I will say that after watching it, while it was ambitious, I am not sure it quite had the budget to pull off everything that it wanted to. Structurally, the weak element of the film has to be the second act, which does start to feel like it is meandering in places, and it is the area where the editing style does not help the flow of the narrative. While we do get glimpses away from the warehouse and of the world, it just needed to build on the premise in a way that I am not sure they had the resources to do. Though once they hit that third act and it embraces the weird, goodness, what a delight.

In the end, do we recommend Space/Time? Yes, I would. I do not think this film will be for everyone, but once it launches into what it wants to do, it is captivating. Have you watched Space/Time? Let us know what you thought in the comments below. If you liked Space/Time, we would recommend to you Tenet.

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Credits – All images were created by the cast, crew, and production companies of Space/Time
Directed by – Michael O’Halloran
Written by – Michael O’Halloran & Adam Harmer
Music by – Adrian Diery
Cinematography by – Daniel Maddock
Edited by – Michael O’Halloran
Production/Distribution Companies – Martian Valley, Socrates Films, Mohworks Films & Umbrella Entertainment
Starring – Ashlee Lollback, Hugh Parker, Pacharo Mzembe, Haroon Jafarey-Hall, Rob Horton, Shaun King, Craig Gaffney, Sophia Emberson-Bain, Gareth Harris, Robin Darch, Erin Connor, Damien Campagnolo, Madison Sturgess, Loretta Kung & Cate Feldmann
Rating – Around an Australia: M;