Repeaters (2010)

Three twenty-somethings find themselves in an impossible time labyrinth, where each day they awaken to the same terrifying day as the preceding one.

Director:

Carl Bessai

Writer:

Arne Olsen

Stars:

Dustin Milligan, Amanda Crew, Richard de Klerk

1 win & 9 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Dustin Milligan	...	Kyle Halsted
Amanda Crew	...	Sonia Logan
Richard de Klerk	...	Michael Weeks
Alexia Fast	...	Charlotte Halsted
Gabrielle Rose	...	Peg Halsted
Hrothgar Mathews	...	Ed Logan
Benjamin Ratner	...	Bob Simpson
Tom Scholte	...	Sgt. Gerald Tibbs
Michael Adamthwaite	...	Tiko Taylor
Manoj Sood	...	Mr. Singh
Sophie Lui	...	Naomi Church
John Cassini	...	Lt. Howard
Donna Yamamoto	...	Officer Yamamoto
John Tench	...	Mr. Weeks
Anja Savcic	...	Michelle

Storyline

In Mission City, Kyle Halsted, Sonia Logan and Michael "Mike" Weeks are interned in a rehabilitation facility run by Bob Simpson. One Wednesday, they have a pass to go outside the site and Kyle visits his sister Charlotte Halsted (Alexia Fast) at the Mission Secondary School but she does not talk to him. Sonia goes to the hospital where her father is terminal, but she does not visit him. Mike visits his father at the Maximum Security Correctional Facility where he is prisoner and the man does not talk to mike. During the night, there is a storm and Kyle, Sonia and Mike have electrical shocks and on the next morning, they awaken on the same day. When they realize that the Wednesday is repeating over and over again, their first reaction is to have fun with dangerous situations. Soon Kyle and Sonia disclose secrets and they decide to use the days to resolve personal issues mending their lives. But Mike decides to route through a criminal life believing that on the next morning, ...

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Plot Keywords:

reliving same event | trapped in a time loop | time warp | time travel | time loop | 

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Taglines:

What would you do?

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Did You Know?

Trivia

[All trivia items for this title are spoilers.]

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Goofs

At about 46 minutes in, Kyle and Mike have an argument that gets physical. Mike slams Kyle into the rear passenger side of Kyle's truck behind the back wheel, which apparently creates a huge bash/dent. You can't miss seeing this huge dent when Mike then pulls away with his Chevelle after the fight is over.

Then in the very next scene, Kyle, with Sonia as passenger, pulls his truck into a parking lot and parks. And even though it's dark, that huge dent is OBVIOUSLY not there.

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Crazy Credits

Pre-credits title card: "Don't wait for the last judgement. It happens every day." - Albert Camus

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Soundtracks

Breakneck Speed
Performed by Tokyo Police Club
Written by David Monks, Josh Hook, Graham Wright and Greg Alsop
Published by Songs Music Publishing, LLC o/b/o Ram Island Songs (ASCAP)
Courtesy of Mom and Pop Music Co.

User Reviews

Interesting concept, maybe, but the movie itself? NOT!!!

Interesting concept, maybe, but the movie itself? NOT!!! This is one of those films where I'm sure it sounded good while the producers and directors were discussing the general concept, but once it came time to actually shoot scenes and compile a film, it just didn't quite come together.

That's what Repeaters is, in my humble opinion.

Maybe as a sci-fi thriller novel, this could have worked, but trying to convey this story into a film experience just comes off as being absurdly confusing, and for the most part, not even a slim chance of visualizing this story as somehow being plausible.

Sorry . . . just didn't quite cut it. If anything, viewing "Repeaters" should not be repeated, anywhere, unless one is hoping to utilize this nonentity of a film as some sort of weird gag / comedy item, but even with that revised attempt to give the film a second chance, it doesn't make it, just comes off being flat and monotonous.

3 stars (and that's being charitable)

Details

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 September 2010 (Canada)

Also Known As:

Repeaters

Filming Locations:

Cleveland Dam, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$1,600,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Rampart Films, Raven West Films Ltd., Resonance Film & Video

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1