People are saying underrated 2011 movie perfectly predicts the world today

There have been countless movies over the years that attempt to show what the future might look like, but there's one decade-old film that fans think got it very right.

When it comes to predicting the future, some movies have managed to capture it better than others.

We might not have easy access to flying skateboards or cars like Back To The Future might have hoped, but there's no denying our tech has become a lot more advanced in the last few years.

While most of us are satisfied with snapping clear pictures on our phones and being able to scroll TikTok without any buffering, those with enough money to do so are now genuinely looking at ways to extend their lifespans.

It's still a tough concept for some people to get their heads around, but one film kind of saw it coming - the 2011 action movie In Time.

Written and directed by Andrew Niccol, the movie stars Justin Timberlake, Cillian Murphy, Amanda Seyfried and Olivia Wilde and focuses on a future in which people stop ageing at the age of 25, after which they're engineered to live only one more year.

It's a pretty intense way to live, and Timberlake's Will Salas finds himself attempting to fight the system after getting tired of living life down to the wire.

The movie has a fairly underwhelming Rotten Tomatoes score of 37 percent on the Tomatometer and a 51 percent Audience Score, but looking back at the movie in the context of life today, viewers can't help but notice how well it seemed to predict the future.

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After watching the movie more than a decade after its release, one person commented: "I re-watched the movie 'In Time' with Justin Timberlake and damn is it an accurate depiction of how the world works right now."

Another added: "The Movie “In Time” w/ Justin Timberlake is so dope. The concept that time is a currency is wildly accurate. Paying for things with time instead of money… the rich have hella time while the poor have to fight for it. Im rewatchibg [sic] it now."

A third fan wrote: "This movie is criminally underrated. In time has really deep message to society. From economics to inequality in society, this movie represent everything perfectly.”

If you want to see for yourself how the movie holds up today, In Time is currently available to stream HBO Max.

Topics: Film and TV, Justin Timberlake, Celebrity, Money, Technology

Emily Brown

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