'In Time': How Many Minutes Do You Have Left?

It's a whole new world where people are genetically engineered to stop aging at 25, yet once they reach the age of 25, the clock begins to count down. The clock runs down from one year, and working can give you more time. Time is the currency, and everything you buy takes away minutes, hours, days, months—even years. In the new film, "In Time," up-and-coming actor Justin Timberlake stars in his first leading role as a character named "Will Salis," a modern-day Robin Hood who follows the motto "steal from the rich and give to the poor."

In the film, we discover that human evolution has allowed everyone to have a digital clock on their arm, which shows exactly how much time they have left to live. People live in different "time zones," and these time zones are very similar to social classes.

The higher the number zone you live in, the lower the social class you are. Salis lives in Zone 12, which is considered to be the ghetto or the slums. In Zone 12, most people live with less than a day left on their clock, and every day is a fight to keep their clock ticking. When Salis meets a stranger and saves his life, he is given the stranger's time. Salis goes from having less than eight hours to live, to suddenly having more than 100 years. With all this time, he switches time zones and suddenly is in Zone 4 where everything is much more expensive. He soon discovers that the purpose of getting years from the stranger was not to live an extravagant life, but rather to give back to the people that need more time—the people in Zone 12.

This movie is an interesting take on a new type of economic system, a place where there is no paper money—only time. Everyone knows exactly how much money or time is left, as they are constantly reminded that their time could run out. This movie starts off a little bit slow, but quickly grabs the attention of the viewers. Overall, it seems to follow the same pattern of trying to undo the wrong in the world. In my opinion, though, it may be better to wait for this to come out on DVD. Even so, I'd give the movie a rating of 17 out of 24 hours.

("In Time" is rated PG-13 for violence, some sexualty/partial nudity and strong language)