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Information
- Year
- 2018
- Runtime
- 86 min.
- Director
- Tim van Dammen
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
- Rating *
- -
- Votes *
- 0
- Checks
- 55
- Favs
- 2
- Dislikes
- 0
- Favs/checks
- 3.6% (1:28)
- Favs/dislikes
- 2:0
Top comments
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Siskoid
What if Timecrimes was a comedy out of New Zealand? It would be Mega Time Squad, a fun, somewhat stylish romp filled with stupid criminals at the very low end of the scale (more or less "playing" gangsters in the small town of Thames, NZ), in which a young not-so-tough steals a demonic Chinese time travel bracelet that allows short hops back in time and creates a gang of himselves. I'm not going to pretend to really understand how the paradoxes work here, it's just a crazy device that triggers the action and Johnny's bid for gangland supremacy and thinking maybe he CAN get the girl. Without it, you would still have a pretty hilarious dumb crook comedy that lets the air out of prideful balloons by subverting all the macho tropes we associate with such stories. But because it DOES have a time travel element, it's just more unpredictable and will appeal to fans of several genres. In terms of tone, it's not that far from the sense of humor showcased in the works of Taika Waititi or Flight of the Conchords, or even Peter Jackson. There must be something in the water over there. Can I have a drink please? 3 years 10 months ago