Repeaters (2010)

Three twenty-somethings find themselves in an impossible time loop, 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

Blue Lines
Performed by Styrofoam Ones
Written by J.McGuirk, A.Punzalan, C.Jones
Published by S1S (SOCAN)
Courtesy of S1S

User Reviews

The same

While the title does have more than one meaning, there is not that much depth in the characters. Of course you do know what the characters have to do to get out of their "rhythm". The question being, if they all really want to do that. Apart from the very straightforward story, some questions about morality (though not well played), the actors might be the weakest point here. Especially our main guy cannot convey any feeling as hard as he may be trying. But he's young so maybe he'll come around one day.

Amanda Crew tries, but doesn't have that interesting of a character either. Plus her "pivotal" scene does not convince entirely. Not to mention that she is too often passive than she should have been. Finally the third character might be the most interesting, but even he fails to bring the movie around on his own. Interesting, but nothing special (the twist at the end not really helping either)

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