Timecrimes (Los Cronocrimenes)

Maria Pecot for GR Film Buffs:
Timecrimes is director Nacho Vigalondo’s first feature, but you can’t tell by watching the film. Without relying on special effects or a big budget, the science fiction thriller uses psychological games and a layered plot to deliver an edge-of-your-seat experience. Well written, and flawlessly acted, the film is an unofficial warning about traveling to the past to correct your mistakes. The film's central character Hector is a mild mannered homebody, who through a set of bizarre events finds himself transported a few hours back into time. His efforts to restore normalcy, set the pace for an unforeseeable sequence of disastrous consequences. Enter the world of a scissor wielding man wrapped up in bloody bandages, a mad scientist, and an all too helpful passer-by. With a cast of just four characters, Timecrimes is undeniably hilarious one moment, and darkly chilling the next. The film theorizes about the physiological limitations of time travel, and gives a glimpse into the colorful corners of human nature.