Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes (2020)

IMDb plot summary: A cafe owner discovers that the TV in his cafe suddenly shows images from the future, but only two minutes into the future.

Directed by Junta Yamaguchi. Stars Kazunari Tosa, Riko Fujitani, and Gôta Ishida.

Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes is a Japanese film about a man and his friends who discover that the TV in his bedroom is on a 2-minute time delay from the TV downstairs in the cafe he runs, giving him the ability to see 2 minutes into the future at a time. As he shares this knowledge with friends and they figure out how to use this ability, things get complicated. The simplicity of both premise and execution of this one is a ton of fun. It reminds me a little bit of something like Primer, although of course primer is nearly incomprehensible and this film is much more accessible. but it's a great high-concept low-budget story that just has fun playing around with the puzzle and figuring out all the different ways that this could go wrong, how they can use this to their advantage, and what to do when it seems to be going awry. It's a quick film, only about an hour and 15 minutes, and that is the exact right amount of time to play with this concept to the fullest and still have a satisfying story at the end. This is a great ride, and I definitely recommend it. 

How it entered my Flickchart:

🎥 Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes (2020)

📊 Ranked #401/4034 on my Flickchart

🎯 Flickscore™: 90

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