Primer

           This indie film is intrigueing. It follows 4 young engineers who spend their free time drinking beer in a garage and attempting to invent new products and innovations to patent. While experimenting with refrigeration and calibration techniques, two of the four stumble on a great discovery. Their chamber has become a particle accelerator. With a different calibration, they can reverse frequency and it becomes a time machine.

            The first 20 minutes or so is extremely disorienting and technical in dialogue and presentation. I believe this is purposeful, you feel like your not an engineer, and the discovery and adventure is perceived through The eyes of engineers. After the technical part, they become philosophers, discussing the implications of their new discovery, questioning the reality of causality, and what the extent of their influence may be. They Begin small, investing in stocks, but soon, seek more, and well, the end is quite crazy.

            Though disorienting, and near impossible to make a tie travel flick without contradiction, this film does an exceptional job, and the lives that go through the experiences are profoundly real. The twists and turns along the way are well crafted. This is a 2 for sure.