2067 (2020)

Directed by: Seth Larney | 114 minutes | science fiction | Actors: Aaron Glenane, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Ryan Kwanten, Finn Little, Deborah Mailman, Sana’a Shaik, Matt Testro, Damian Walshe-Howling, Leeanna Walsman, Aidan Gillett, Craig McArdle, Andy McPhee

Climate change is a popular topic of conversation. Director Seth Larney thought it would be a great idea to turn the discussions into a movie. A science fiction movie that is. With ‘2067’, the Australian filmmaker presents a film about climate change, time travel and visions of the future. Then another crisis arrived in the form of Covid-19 and his film disappeared into anonymity.

In ‘2067’ our planet is not doing too well. Climate change has devastated the earth and humanity is dependent on oxygen tanks to survive. That must be different! Some clever minds develop a time machine. With this device, contact must be made with people in the future in order to come to a solution. How can the earth be saved and a lot of suffering saved?

It is clear that Larney did not have a large budget, because the special effects are sparse. The trick is not very strong and the cast does not consist of the top of the acting guild. The actors are stiff and fail to endow their flat characters with any kind of charm. You’re looking at a colorless bunch and the superfluous, explanatory dialogues don’t make the situation any better.

‘2067’ is a faceless film that you have already seen in countless variants. The apocalyptic world view, climate problems and time travel never really come together. As if Larney has taken too much on his fork. With more structure, better actors and stronger special effects, this film would have had more impact. The narrative structure is sloppy and bulging with plot holes.

Now you are left with a hastily worked out production without a face of its own. Nice to check out if you really can’t get enough of time travel movies and have a soft spot for every sci-fi movie that comes out.