Out of Time (2021)
IMDb meta-data is a runtime of 1h and 32 m, rated 5.6 by 1,500 cinemtizens.
Genre: Sy Fy.
DNA: Area 51.
Verdict: Paul was not alone. [Either you get it or you don’t.]
Tagline: Cop and Aliens.
Three body-hopping aliens are on a mission to confuse the viewer. Pursed by a staunch agent from 1951 they collide in 2021 Los Angeles. Agent teams up with Tiger, and off they go.
Yes, it is a mismatched buddy movie with a few bruises between them, too. I liked the way Vernon came back into the story, and the final alien tot.
It is well worn material, but played with conviction and unexpected twists and turns including jumping jacks with some clever asides. Moreover, the acting all around was superb. It rewarded my patience with the mystifying opening.
On the down side the direction was s-l-o-w, and some scenes were attenuated beyond their value. Get that editing done.
Later I also watched a hour of Sender (2020), IMDb 1h and 50m, rated 3.9 by 97 cinematizens, which exhausted my comprehension and interest long before the hour was over. Though I had a perverse interest in watching one of the characters play Freeze. I noticed several comments on IMDb and You Tube proclaiming Sender to be the best movie ever made, and thought…. You know what I thought, now don’t you.