Diverge (2016)

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Diverge is an indie take on Twelve Monkeys, at least in terms of premise, with a man having to go back in time from a post-apocalyptic future devastated by a super-virus. In Twelve Monkeys, history is immutable, but in Diverge, it's changeable. Not only that, but the protagonist stands to undo something he himself did in the past that unleashed the pandemic. I gotta say, this is a better postapocalyptic movie than it is a time travel story. The stuff in the frozen wasteland around New York is evocative despite (or perhaps because of) its near-silence. Once we get to the present and the mechanics of the plot take hold, the film is far less self-assured. You don't feel the protagonist is older than his past self. Off-the-rack costuming is unbecoming. And the acting is middling. That said, it's not a bad evil corporation plot, and doesn't exactly go where you think it will. It's just maybe at odds with the slow pace that was probably necessary to pad the film out to feature length. 4 years 9 months ago