Predestination
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Sarah Snook
The 14th movie that we are proposing is a science fiction
based on a concept called predestination paradox. Although this movie has lot
of views on IMDB (more than 2 lakhs), we still feel that movie has not been
appreciated to an extent to which it should have been in actual.
Now, if you are aware of the concept you would be able to
predict the movie either at the very beginning or somewhere in the middle, but
if you are not aware of the concept, we would suggest you to watch this movie
first and then read about the concept as it will give you sense of appreciation
for the writers and actors as they have done complete justice to the same. The best
part of the movie is its pace i.e. 95 minutes which means there won’t be even a
single scene or moment where you would feel it was not required at all.
The movie begins from between with an agent trying to disarm
a bomb by putting it in a case which explodes and burns his face. He tries to
catch hold of his time traveling case which lies far away from him and with the
help of someone (important person) grasp it and travel to his own time in a
hospital. Agent undergoes face reconstruction in an hospital and its revealed
that he was trying to stop a “Fizzle Bomber” attack in New-York in the year
1975. After reconstruction of his face and a new identity, the agent is given
final tasks post which his device will be decommissioned and he will retire
from his role.
The agent has moved to the year 1970 in New York and is
working as a bar-tender where he encounters one of the customers and starts a conversation
with him. It is revealed that the customer writes articles named “True
Confessions” under the name ‘Unmarried Mother”. He tells his own story that he grew
up as a women named “Jane” in 1945 and excelled in studies. She wanted to join
a program called “Space Corp” for a secret organization which lead candidates
travel to space as Astronaut if they clear all the tests. She did well in test
but was expelled due to a fight with another candidate and some physical tests which
told that she had a medical condition (not revealed).
She takes up a normal life trying to fit in and eventually
meet a man somewhere in 1963 and fell in love with him. They had a fling but
the man leaves her discloses that they are part of a Temporal Agency and would
like to recruit her now but eventually broke the contract when they discover
that Jane is pregnant. During the delivery, doctors had to perform a C-Section
on Jane but they discover that Jane is actually an intersex having both Male
and Female reproductive organs and due to the delivery her female organs are destroyed
and now she has to undergo few more surgeries to become John, the man in the
bar.
The agent impressed with John’s story offers to take him back
in time to take revenge with the man who destroyed her life. Now comes the
series of excellent screenplay moments which would reveal who these characters
are and what is their true purpose. What is the true purpose of the agent and
why does he want to help John? Will John agree to go back in time with Agent to
take revenge or not is for you to see it and get amazed your self.
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