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Nice effects though.

Did you people see the same film I saw?

Crappy film

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

The opening of the film boasts and sets an interesting tone, however as soon as the film progresses it's nothing but downhill. Weak story, unnatural dialogue and multiple camera issues (such as cameramen being in the shot) bring down what could've been a masterpiece of modern cinema. It has many sound issues that took me out of the film but with an idea as ambitious as this I understand that good sound would've been difficult. The film also relies too heavily on it's concept thus sacrificing good story for mediocre extravaganza. I commend Figgis for attempting something different with the medium of film but he should have spent more time developing characters and story. Definitely an intriguing film, however would not recommend for other people to watch.

Timecode (2000): Dir: Mike Figgis / Cast: Jeanne Tripplehorn, Salma Hayek, Stellan Skarsgard, Saffron Burrows, Holly Hunter: Focusing our attention becomes a big priority when one embarks on Mike Figgis's creation. Unique film in which its initial concept works against it. Four situations are presented in real time on screen blocked into cells. It is impossible to keep track of all of the action, however dialogue and noise usually gain an advantage. Director Mike Figgis details the film with a large ensemble cast as well as present his own personal project where viewers can decide what they wish to devote attention to. Among the cast is Jeanne Tripplehorn who acts out jealousy and lets the air out of her lover's tires. She will bug her purse and spend much of the film listening in on an audition, which will result in a fatal jealous rage. Salma Hayek plays her lover and she is off to an audition but Tripplehorn believes that she is cheating on her. Other than Tripplehorn and Hayek there is Stellan Skarsgard as a diverse member of the film crew whose projects contains an unexpected twist that is fatal. Saffron Burrows plays his wife who is planning a divorce. Holly Hunter steals moments as an executive. Figgis is setting out to make a film that is compelling and original. The challenge for the viewer is focus but it plays off several points of view. It is up to us where our attention will go. Score: 8 / 10

OMG this was an absolutely awful movie! The movie puts you in the wrong mood from the very beginning when they start with the upper right camera but keep rolling credits and playing intro music in the other three frames (making it nearly impossible to understand the upper right frame). Then they gradually bring in the other frames one at a time. Once all four frames are on-board you're thinking the movie will pick up and the plot will take shape - never happens. If you're going to do something this daring you should at least have a good story with which to do it. However, this is without a doubt the worst movie I've ever seen (and I've seen some pretty bad movies). Even if the same story was a single screen movie it would also be the worst movie I've ever seen - again the story sucked. The story goes nowhere and there's never a payoff. It's like the producers put this movie together simply for the sake of syncing four frames in a time-code without any concern for the movie being good; either that or they spent so much money on the technical challenge and the brand name actors that they didn't pay for a writer and had a retarded monkey write the script for them.

This movie is a pretentious attempt at being "revolutionary" or whatever the hell you want to call it. Sure this was a potentially interesting idea (real time and quartered screen), but it wasn't used in a very powerful way. Being different doesn't make something good, and this movie is a prime example of that. This idea could have actually made a point or followed a story that wasn't clichéd and boring instead of some over-dramatic Hollywood crap. This movie was a confusing and bland waste of time. I never felt the need to find out how anything ended up or felt any attachment or interest in any of the characters. It was lacking in any kind of substance whatsoever, and I hope that the majority of people who consider viewing this movie spare themselves and change their minds.