ARQ

2016
6.3| 1h28m| R| en
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Two old friends living in a dystopic future become trapped in a mysterious time loop — one that may have something to do with an ongoing battle between an omnipotent corporation and a ragtag band of rebels.

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Also starring Gray Powell

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Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.
TaryBiggBall It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.
Doomtomylo a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.
Cheryl A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.
Michael Ledo In the future, sometime after the big one, a company calls Torus runs the world and "The Block" is the rebel opposition. Renton (Robbie Amell) works for Torus and later we find out his girlfriend Hannah (Rachel Taylor) doesn't. Renton has created the ARQ which is a "hyper efficient energy turbine." It also creates a time loop that he, his girlfriend, and three unfriendly burglars are all trapped in. Yes, It is like Groundhog's Day without the humor. Renton thinks of new ways to battle the bad guys without getting killed and having to do it all over again. The film progresses, but it is difficult not to get a bit bored due to the very nature of the designed repeats. Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity
chrismurph-75198 There are several floors in this movie but overall a great idea on a cheap budget. Please stop reading now if you are yet to watch it as said issues contain some spoilers!!! Now the reason why we appear to start at the first loop (nobody knows it's even happened bar our lead male) yet by the end they had recorded a video Pre-dating said loop and discover they are on their 1000+ loop not 9th or 10th as we see in the movie might just be missing an obvious point. I accept I'm no genius so maybe I missed something. My major problems occur once Sonny our 'baddie' starts to remember the loops. Ignoring the reasoning (never given) as to why various characters remember they are in a loop at various stages, my problem is with speed!!! OK so the first problem loop. In the time it takes our heroes to wake up and navigate the house, our bad guy has led two ppl to a room. Shot them, taken a body from a suit, hidden it in a cupboard and gone back and disguised himself in the same suit. In less than a minute?? The baddie then in the final loop somehow finds a way of reversing time in the loop and saving the guy who dies causing the loop in the first place!! Confused but a good idea, just needed a few more bucks and thought throwing at it!!!
Mauseum This is my first review after being on this site since it was created, so bare with me!The movie starts off alright with quick references and the usual back and forth between characters in a loop movie. I was surprised with the pace and changes we are presented with and it's done quite well, especially for basically a debut film for the director. The acting is solid enough and I like the subtlety of the external story (raging war between two factions left for control of the world etc), there could have been so much subplot information which could have easily just made the movie a mess. Unfortunately as the movie proceeds you do start to question the choices made by the lead characters but it's not the major plot hole.The thing I could not get past is that the loop only exists within a certain radius of the machine, so therefore everything outside of the loop continues as normal. Would this not mean that the war has been raging for an unknown amount of time and Sonny would have called in for extraction of the ARK probably thousands of times? Wouldn't the dudes at Torus be like "Yo dudes, Sonny keeps calling in for extraction like every 3 hours, shouldn't we send the Droideker and see what's up?"Overall, I didn't mind this film and it's certainly not the worst film you'll ever watch, but too many questions are left unanswered and the major plot hole is annoying. Cheers.
Brian Sohn There seems to be new "Groundhog day" genre born for some time now. And the ARQ (strange title anyway, somewhat predestined to be forgotten) is another "iterative" story on the screen. But the realization is very good. Considering only half-dozen of characters, the story stays interesting until the end. This movie has some strange magic, which keeps you interested. Frankly, I was much more amused than last whole year in the movie theater. I recommend this movie, it is much better than it seems at first. And yes, if it would be more wildly edited (and one or two plot holes removed or explained), it would be a cult movie for sure.