Slipstream (2005)

4/10

I would highly recommend you to NOT watch this film unless you have a time machine to undo watching it after you've watched it.

Plot: A scientist plots a bank robbery based around his newest invention -- a time travel gadget that will send its user 10 minutes into the past.

I liked the concept during the first 10 minutes in the bank but the film seems to have lost its focus from there and frantically attempted to reel in again at the end.

Slipstream started off strong but tried way too hard to want to capture Requiem for a Dream artsy effect. This film used too much artsy elements, cliche dialogue, overdramaic acting and rewinding of itself that it became annoying. I was so fed up with this film that I was skipping through it to just get the gist of the story.

Unlike Requiem for a Dream, Slipstream uses artsy footages for the sake of being artsy. Whereas in Requiem For a Dream the artsy elements were use to allude the audience into the mind set of the characters during their moments of getting high. Slipstream could have been so much better if it stayed off the artsy throttle and focused more on time travel...then again maybe a different writer/director might have been helpful too.  I know I am being very harsh towards this film but Slipstream just lacked in everything (and too much of some things).