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Primer

Primer

6,8 /10 (2,422 Votes)
2004 EN 77 min

Overview

A group of fledgling inventors discover a complex method to manipulate reality. At first, they successfully game the stock market with it, but the consequences of the invention start to catch up with them.

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Release date

08/10/2004

Votes

2,422

Popularity

2.9

What happens if it actually works?

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

77 min

Budget

$7,000

Revenue

$545,436

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2023-09-04

⭐ 6

This has quite a clever concept - a group of four engineering friends are building a prototype piece of equipment. "Abe" (David Sullivan) discovers - accidentally - when testing it, that is has positively game-changing potential and confides his secret in his colleague "Aaron" (Shane Carruth). Rather than share this invention between the group, the two decide to relocate their gadget and use it to exploit the stock markets and make themselves rich. It demonstrates quite well, the conflicting values and morals that this sort of limitless opportunity might present if given to any one of us - but…

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James

James

2023-10-15

Brilliant concept, yet so-so execution which would have been helped by a higher budget. However, this is a brilliant attempt at creating a time travel film with next to no money. While the film has its faults, the performances and dialogue are great and I love that it doesn’t expect its audience to be dumb; by the way, when I say that… I mean it. This is maybe the most confusing film of all time.

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