Steve Denube (Anthony Mackie) and Dennis Dannelly (Jamie Dornan) are best friends and paramedic partners. Dennis is married to Tara (Katie Aselton) and Brianna (Ally Ioannides) is their daughter. Steve is diagnosed with terminal cancer. The paramedics have been called to some strange deaths which involve a new synthetic drug named Synchronic. Steve goes to buy up the drug supply and discovers that it has usual temporal effects.

This has an interesting premise. It should reveal itself in a more organic flow. The story telling is a bit too messy and I am a little uncertain about the rules of this world. Also, Brianna's story is a bit muddled. This needs more clarity and more time developing the characters. It needs some better writing beyond the interesting premise.

It doesn't happen often, but since I will be talking a little bit about the plot, I thought I'd put up a spoiler warning. I will not talk about the ending, I will not spoil anything that is not being told in general summaries. I still have different standards, when it comes to spoiling and that's why I'm "warning" people, before I go on.

Movies that have time travel themes have quite some problems when it comes to logic. I do think this movie generally moves through them in a good way. You have to suspend disbelief obviously to actually get the most out of this quite crazy and original idea. And just to be clear, this movie does not promote taking drugs! Not the ones we know and especially not the ones no one has ever tried - or lived to tell about ...

The story centers on Steve (Anthony Mackie) who is a paramedic in New Orleans. He is treating a lot of people who are victims of the new designer drug Synchronic. He buys up the drug to prevent people from taking it. Brianna (Ally Ioannides) is the daughter of his partner. She takes the drug and disappears. The creator of the drug, awkwardly hiding in Steve's closet, explains {PLOT SPOILER}that it allows you to travel in time for 7 minutes.

The science wasn't great but the story held my interest.

Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity.