Predestination

PREDESTINATION managed to fascinate, intrigue and confuse the hell out of me.

Ethan Hawke is very good as a Time Traveling Agent nearing the end of his employment.

If you've seen the entertaining Tom Cruise film "Minorty Report" you are familiar with the concept of law enforcement agents that stop crimes before they happen.

Hawke basically has the same job here, except he acts as a lone wolf, moving from time to time and taking out the bad guys before they can do their deeds.

The catch is that Hawke's character is attempting to catch the one person that has always evaded him, a mad bomber destined to take out ten city blocks of New York City.

As the film cleverly throws the viewer across many time jumps and scenarios, the story expands, but doesn't necessarily become any clearer until its conclusion.

In 1975, Hawke takes a job as a barkeep to cross paths with the bomber. When an androgenous bar patron sits down and offers to tell Hawke the best story he's ever heard, the puzzle deepens, branches out, spins back on itself and drags you deeper into the many different timelines crossing paths. If you thought "Interstellar" was baffling, wait for the last 20 minutes here.

Sarah Snook, a newcomer actress in the role of the bar patron is terrific.

It's all very cleverly written and directed by The Spierig brothers, who I had never heard of before but prove themselves to be smart filmmakers.

There should be groups to go meet with and discuss the movie afterward. I imagine you could interpret the movie as many different ways as there are time jumps in the film. When the reality of what you just watched hits you and you understand the role each of the characters play in the film, it's a cool moment.

Pay attention, this isn't an easy film to decipher, but it's worth the effort. At least I think it is.....maybe I need to watch it again to figure out if I am even half right!

Predestination gets a B, but then that was probably decided long ago...