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CS Interview: Director Jacob Gentry Talks Sci-Fi Mindbender Synchronicity
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SYNCHRONICITY (2015)
Directed by Jacob Gentry
Written by Jacob Gentry and Alex Orr
Starring Chad McKnight, Brianne Davis, AJ Bowen, Scott Poythress, Michael Ironside, Claire Bronson, Ashley Drayton
Find out more about this film here and on Facebook here
Reviewed by Ambush Bug
Last year, the film that absolutely blew me away was PREDESTINATION, the Sperig Brothers’ tale of time loops and teleportation. This year’s time travel film with a four dollar word title is SYNCHRONICITY and while it is a less bombastic tale of time twisting, it is equally if not more emotionally effective and entertaining from start to finish and back again.
http://static3.aintitcool.com/assets2012/aicncomics/synchronicity2.jpgThe film centers on Jim (Chad McKnight) a brilliant scientist who just may have cracked the mystery of time travel. Jim, along with his team made up of Chuck (the always spectacular AJ Bowen) and Matty (Scott Poythress) just need the money to purchase uranium in order to skip through time. That’s where billionaire Klaus Meisner (Michael Ironside) comes in and with him enters Abby (Brianne Davis), his smart and spunky mistress who immediately takes a liking to Jim. The relationship between Jim and Abby figures in significantly with the day the experiment is performed as Jim and his team open a wormhole to another time and possibly another reality.
There is always a threat with any sci fi film to be so up its ass with the science that the film simply has no real emotional core. Not to raise too many hackles, but often I feel STAR TREK is guilty of focusing too much on the science and not enough on the heart of it all. The STAR WARS prequels is another fine example of science without soul with more focus on midchlorians and intergalactic trading than the emotional bits that pull the viewer in. SYNCHRONICITY never forgets that if you really want to grab the viewer by the shirt collar, you have to have them care about the characters. This isn’t a film about time travel as much as it is about the complex feelings that are involved in a relationship. The beauty of it is that because the film takes place only over the span of a few days, it utilizes time travel to show these relational peaks and valleys at a much speedier manner than a normal relationship would unfold. One can say that every movie about relationships do this, but this being a story with time travel makes it much more obvious and fun to see unfold.
http://static3.aintitcool.com/assets2012/aicncomics/synchronicity3.jpgNever once in this film did I feel like I was lost or drowned in the science mire. I’m not a physicist, but I know what love is, and that’s what this film relies on in order to keep your eyes from glazing over. The science is explained in a clear way. The narrative, which loops around and back on top of itself like a snake eating its tail never lost me once, mainly because of the fantastic characters and the actors playing them, but also because of the intricately placed discourse throughout the film that catches you up be it a scene with Jim, Chuck, and Maddy theorizing, Jim explaining the whole thing in layman’s terms to Klaus, or through eloquent rephrasing from Abby. Never once did this feel like a boring info dump. This is a tough thing to do and is a mistake many films make. This is all due to the clever and on target scripting from director Jacob Gentry and his co-writer Alex Orr.
Bringing these talented writers words to life is a cast that isn’t in your face with star power, but formidable nevertheless. McKnight is great as the fallible hero and not the one you would think of to nab such a hottie as Abby, but both the script and McKnight sell it and make it all believable. Bowen and Poythress are great but their roles are mainly there for comic relief with Bowen’s Chuck being Jim’s Jiminy Cricket and best buddy looking out for him and Poythress’ Matty being the Asberger’s-esque counterpart that represents Jim’s science mind. Michael Ironside is given a meatier role than he usually gets lately unfortunately as Klaus which was really nice to see. And Brianne Davis is a true find, dangerous, sexy, and brilliant all wrapped into one perfect femme fatale character though unafraid to show a more delicate side. I hope to see more of her in future films as she’s a star in the making.
I’ve heard comparisons to PRIMER and I see where people would make them, but I was much more invested in this film due to the talented cast and almost origami-esque way the story unfolds and folds over and under itself. This is the type of film I want more people to see so I can talk about it with them. Simply put, SYNCHRONICITY is a fantastic film for sci fi lovers, but won’t leave those who aren’t all about science in the dust.
SYNCHRONICITY (2015)
Directed by Jacob Gentry
Written by Jacob Gentry and Alex Orr
Starring Chad McKnight, Brianne Davis, AJ Bowen, Scott Poythress, Michael Ironside, Claire Bronson, Ashley Drayton
Find out more about this film here and on Facebook here
Reviewed by Ambush Bug
Last year, the film that absolutely blew me away was PREDESTINATION, the Sperig Brothers’ tale of time loops and teleportation. This year’s time travel film with a four dollar word title is SYNCHRONICITY and while it is a less bombastic tale of time twisting, it is equally if not more emotionally effective and entertaining from start to finish and back again.
http://static3.aintitcool.com/assets2012/aicncomics/synchronicity2.jpgThe film centers on Jim (Chad McKnight) a brilliant scientist who just may have cracked the mystery of time travel. Jim, along with his team made up of Chuck (the always spectacular AJ Bowen) and Matty (Scott Poythress) just need the money to purchase uranium in order to skip through time. That’s where billionaire Klaus Meisner (Michael Ironside) comes in and with him enters Abby (Brianne Davis), his smart and spunky mistress who immediately takes a liking to Jim. The relationship between Jim and Abby figures in significantly with the day the experiment is performed as Jim and his team open a wormhole to another time and possibly another reality.
There is always a threat with any sci fi film to be so up its ass with the science that the film simply has no real emotional core. Not to raise too many hackles, but often I feel STAR TREK is guilty of focusing too much on the science and not enough on the heart of it all. The STAR WARS prequels is another fine example of science without soul with more focus on midchlorians and intergalactic trading than the emotional bits that pull the viewer in. SYNCHRONICITY never forgets that if you really want to grab the viewer by the shirt collar, you have to have them care about the characters. This isn’t a film about time travel as much as it is about the complex feelings that are involved in a relationship. The beauty of it is that because the film takes place only over the span of a few days, it utilizes time travel to show these relational peaks and valleys at a much speedier manner than a normal relationship would unfold. One can say that every movie about relationships do this, but this being a story with time travel makes it much more obvious and fun to see unfold.
http://static3.aintitcool.com/assets2012/aicncomics/synchronicity3.jpgNever once in this film did I feel like I was lost or drowned in the science mire. I’m not a physicist, but I know what love is, and that’s what this film relies on in order to keep your eyes from glazing over. The science is explained in a clear way. The narrative, which loops around and back on top of itself like a snake eating its tail never lost me once, mainly because of the fantastic characters and the actors playing them, but also because of the intricately placed discourse throughout the film that catches you up be it a scene with Jim, Chuck, and Maddy theorizing, Jim explaining the whole thing in layman’s terms to Klaus, or through eloquent rephrasing from Abby. Never once did this feel like a boring info dump. This is a tough thing to do and is a mistake many films make. This is all due to the clever and on target scripting from director Jacob Gentry and his co-writer Alex Orr.
Bringing these talented writers words to life is a cast that isn’t in your face with star power, but formidable nevertheless. McKnight is great as the fallible hero and not the one you would think of to nab such a hottie as Abby, but both the script and McKnight sell it and make it all believable. Bowen and Poythress are great but their roles are mainly there for comic relief with Bowen’s Chuck being Jim’s Jiminy Cricket and best buddy looking out for him and Poythress’ Matty being the Asberger’s-esque counterpart that represents Jim’s science mind. Michael Ironside is given a meatier role than he usually gets lately unfortunately as Klaus which was really nice to see. And Brianne Davis is a true find, dangerous, sexy, and brilliant all wrapped into one perfect femme fatale character though unafraid to show a more delicate side. I hope to see more of her in future films as she’s a star in the making.
I’ve heard comparisons to PRIMER and I see where people would make them, but I was much more invested in this film due to the talented cast and almost origami-esque way the story unfolds and folds over and under itself. This is the type of film I want more people to see so I can talk about it with them. Simply put, SYNCHRONICITY is a fantastic film for sci fi lovers, but won’t leave those who aren’t all about science in the dust.
