Predestination (2014)
To save the future he must reshape the past.
Predestination chronicles the life of a Temporal Agent sent on an intricate series of time-travel journeys designed to prevent future killers from committing their crimes. Now, on his final assignment, the Agent must stop the one criminal that has eluded him throughout time and prevent a devastating attack in which thousands of lives will be lost.
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| Type | Movie |
|---|---|
| Released | 28 August 2014 |
| Genre | Science Fiction, Thriller |
| Director | Michael Spierig |
| Starring | Ethan Hawke, Sarah Snook and Noah Taylor |
| Runtime | 98 min |
| Rated | R |
| Scores | Rotten Tomatoes 84% · Rotten Tomatoes (average) 6.8/10 · Metacritic 69/100 · TMDB users 7.4/10 |
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What kind of watch this is
Predestination is a 98-minute science fiction thriller that treats time travel less like a physics problem and more like a bureaucratic nightmare. The agent’s job is to stop future killers, which is exhausting enough until he realizes the one criminal he has been chasing is himself. It is a closed loop of regret and identity, where every action is a consequence and every consequence is an action. Ethan Hawke plays the bartender, Sarah Snook the unmarried mother, and Noah Taylor Mr. Robertson, creating a cast that feels like a family portrait of a paradox. It is not for everyone, but it is for anyone who likes their logic puzzles to bleed.
What the critics said
Critics found the time loop clever, though perhaps slightly over-caffeinated. Rotten Tomatoes lists an 84% approval rating based on 111 reviews as of October 2021. Metacritic sits at 69 out of 100 based on 28 reviews as of March 2024, a score that signals generally favorable reception. Variety called it an "entrancingly strange time-travel saga." Karl Quinn of the Sydney Morning Herald warned the plot might "unravel at the slightest tug on a thread of loose logic." That is a fair warning for a movie built on paradox.
How it did with audiences
On TMDB, users rate it 7.4 out of 10. That is a solid number for a film that never got a box office figure to lean on. The budget is null, and the box office is an empty list. So the only hard data point is the score people gave it. It suggests the story landed with the people who actually watched it, even if the studio never counted the receipts.
Awards
Predestination picked up 4 of its 9 AACTA nominations in 2014. Sarah Snook took home Best Actress in a Leading Role. The film was also nominated for Best Cinematography, Best Editing, and Best Production Design. It’s a solid haul for a time-traveler who can’t figure out his own birthday.
What came next for the cast
Sarah Snook moved from Sleeping Beauty (2011) to Steve Jobs (2015), then landed a role in Succession (2018). Christopher Kirby shifted from Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) and The Matrix Reloaded (2003) to Upgrade (2018), War Machine (2026), and Late Night with the Devil (2024). Ethan Hawke and Noah Taylor kept working, though their specific paths diverged into very different genres. The film did not cause these shifts. It simply sat in the middle of them.
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Sources
- Predestination on TMDB — synopsis, cast, ratings and recommendations
- Wikidata Q17014394 — review scores, box office and awards (CC0)
- “Predestination (film)” on Wikipedia, by its contributors (history) — reception, audience figures and legacy, summarised and adapted here under CC BY-SA 4.0
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