
In the midst of all this, Renton seems less interested in survival than he is in reestablishing his increasingly complicated relationship with Hannah, the love of his life. Then we’re trying to predict how the wrinkles will compound, and how they might be avoided. Well, to be honest, it does have some good points, like the concept itself is very interesting, and the protagonist is not bad at all, managing to put you in the situation.
THE MOVIE ARQ MOVIE
After a few more rounds - things are getting complicated now - another villain gains the same awareness.Įlliott’s screenplay rides a fine edge of viewer involvement: As we mentally plot out what Renton can do better each time around, Elliott throws another wrinkle our way. ARQ is a movie that, I can't really say much, and if I did, it would just add padding to the review. (A power the makers of Superman adaptations sadly don’t have.) But before he can get the best of his captors, one of them starts realizing time is looping as well. That would seem to be good news for Renton, who can enjoy infinite reboots until getting it right. The movie tells engineer whose invention causes a time loop during a home.

Renton, who (perhaps unwillingly) once worked for Torus, has invented what may be a perpetual-motion machine, the ARQ, which has shorted out and is causing the same three hours or so to repeat ad infinitum. ARQ is an American-Canadian science fiction action film directed by Tony Elliott. Suffice to say that multiple characters aren’t what they seem to be, some having confused allegiances to the two factions - a tyrannical megacorp called Torus a rebellion known as The Block - waging war in the near-apocalyptic world outside Renton’s bunker-like home.

Early scenes play like Edge of Tomorrow, with Renton using lessons learned in one iteration - about both his captors and the long-lost lover, Hannah (Rachael Taylor of Jessica Jones), he was just reunited with - in an effort to win his freedom the next time around.
