A Decade-Long Gamble, and a Trailer That Pays Off
Ten years. 800 visual effects. One outlaw-engineered time machine. The trailer for SPACE/TIME—Australia's latest genre disruptor—isn't just ambitious. It's scrappy, stylish, and quietly radical.
The film doesn't open with a galactic war or a booming voiceover. It opens with failure. A lab accident. A shut-down. A scientist's dream collapsing in real time.
And then? It turns.
Cue the grit. Cue the underworld. Cue the kind of “what-if” that made Looper and Primer cult classics. But unlike those, SPACE/TIME isn't brooding in grayscale minimalism. It's unashamedly cinematic—built on symphony-backed ambition and a camera that moves like it knows it can't afford to miss a shot.
This isn't just another trailer. It's a manifesto.
“Breaking Bad meets Back to the Future”—But Not in the Way You Think
Yes, the official logline compares it to Breaking Bad and Back to the Future. But that's just the flavor. The real DNA? It's closer to Moon (2009)—another low-budget sci-fi that used limitations to its advantage.
Like Moon, SPACE/TIME leans on character and consequence, not spectacle. But unlike Moon, it takes a wild swing into criminal terrain, asking: What if the next Einstein had to fund his research through a black-market arms dealer?
That's not your usual sci-fi fare. That's pulp physics.
The Bigger Picture: Indie Sci-Fi Is Reclaiming the Genre
Here's what makes this trailer matter: It reminds us how stripped-back, idea-first sci-fi is crawling out from under the rubble of CGI overload.
In the past decade, we've seen this shift:
- 2014: Predestination (also Australian, also bold) proved local sci-fi can go cerebral.
- 2018: Upgrade delivered cyberpunk thrills without the Marvel bloat.
- 2022: Everything Everywhere All At Once brought multiverse madness to arthouse theaters—and swept the Oscars.
SPACE/TIME fits in that lineage. But its twist? It wasn't backed by A24, Blumhouse, or Netflix. It's DIY cinema, with a full orchestral score and hundreds of VFX crafted by a small team—led by first-time feature director Michael O'Halloran.
In short: it's punk rock sci-fi in an IMAX jacket.
What the Trailer Doesn't Show—And Why That's Smart
We don't see much of the device itself. No flashy wormholes or “epic” exposition dumps. Just tension. Guilt. Desperation.
That's the bait. Because if this film nails its third act—and doesn't collapse under the weight of its own timeline—it might earn a spot next to the likes of Coherence and The Man From Earth as a word-of-mouth legend.
And let's be honest: When a trailer doesn't feel like it's selling you something, but instead inviting you into something—that's rare.
So—Would You Bet on a Homegrown, VFX-Heavy, Time-Bending Heist Drama?
Because that's what this is. And it might be the most fun you'll have this side of a wormhole.
Go watch the trailer. Then tell me you don't want to see how deep the rabbit hole goes.
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