For length of around the two-hour mark, I actually found the story quite engaging. And the dagger/ control over time macguffin really didn’t come into play much here anyway. I thought the ultimate climax seemed somewhat “Deus Ex Machina” (but not quite, since it was mostly foreshadowed in the first place), although the bits at the very tail end of the film felt somewhat tacked on and the writers were groping for a decent resolution–not quite pulled out of their arse, but close.

All in all, I took my mother along to see it and she enjoyed it pretty well. Nice escapism from the upcoming sweltering Summer heat that’s to be expected this time of year.