Timecrimes (DVD) Reviews

I'd read good things about this a while back and finally got around to watching it on DVD yesterday. Written, directed and co-starring Nacho Vigalondo (as the lab guy), this 2007 film from Spain tells the story of Hector (Karra Elejalde) who, whilst relaxing in his garden, spots someone on a hill by his house. Upon surveying things ...  Read the complete review

note: also appears in part on Flixster and The Student Room Nacho Vigalondo's Timecrimes is a very clever time-travel based thriller that has been already copied with the recent film Triangle, but stands by itself as a true original. This Spanish film, due to its subtitled nature, is unlikely to gain the audience it deserves, but it's ...  Read the complete review

Starting off like Rear Window, taking a turn in the direction of Primer and ending up somewhere entirely of its own, Los Cronocrímenes (Timecrimes) is a low-budget film with wholly high-budget ambitions. Nacho Vigalondo's 2007 debut feature is a captivating thriller that takes on questions of predestination and paradox familiar to its ...  Read the complete review

Time travel is a science fiction concept that is well worn and well loved. I always have an issue with it as by its very nature the concept cannot work. If you find out about your future, you have already changed it! The entire concept is a paradox and one that cannot exist in a single timeline; therefore all films, books and TV shows that ...  Read the complete review

I don't know where to start with Los cronocrímenes (aka Time crimes) I watched it last night, and I need to watch it again to understand it, except if I do I think my brain will explode. Let's get the basics out of the way, it's Spanish, it was made in 2007 by Nacho Vigalondo who wrote, directed and plays a supporting role. The plot in ...  Read the complete review