What would you do if you had the ability to control time? If you could go back and fix the mistakes of the past, would you do it? This is a question that has dominated sci-fi movies literally for decades, up to and including this year’s The Flash. In the new film 57 Seconds, it’s Josh Hutcherson and Morgan Freeman’s turn to rewind the clock, with predictably disastrous results.
Hutcherson plays a tech blooger who, with the help of the scientist he just saved, acquires the ability to go back in time 57 seconds. With this new gift, he decides to go back in time and rewrite history to stop the greedy pharmaceutical company that destroyed his family. The film is based on the short Lucifer by E.C. Tubb.
Perhaps the most interesting thing about 57 Seconds is the duo of filmmakers behind it. The film is co-written and directed by Rusty Cundieff, who made a huge cultural splash in 1993 with Fear of a Black Hat, followed Tales from the Hood in 1995. Joining him on the film is co-writer/actor Macon Blair, who most will know from Blue Ruin, Green Room, and most recently a key role in Oppenheimer.
Also in the cast are Lovie Simone and Greg Germann. Here’s the synopsis:
Josh Hutcherson (The Hunger Games) and Academy Award® winner Morgan Freeman (Million Dollar Baby) star in this heart-racing action thriller. When a tech blogger discovers a time-altering device, he unleashes its power to rewrite the past and seek revenge against the ruthless corporate empire that destroyed his family. But his actions soon trigger a terrifying chain of events, propelling him into a pulse-pounding battle for survival where every second counts.
57 Seconds opens on September 29th in theaters and digital.
