Predestination

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Predestination

R

2015

1h 37m

Sci-Fi

Action

Mystery & Thriller

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A temporal agent (Ethan Hawke) embarks on a final time-traveling assignment to prevent an elusive criminal from launching an attack that kills thousands of people.

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Critics Consensus

Fun genre fare with uncommon intelligence, Predestination serves as a better-than-average sci-fi adventure -- and offers a starmaking turn from Sarah Snook.

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Karl Quinn

The Age (Australia)

Aug 21, 2018

This yarn - based on sci-fi legend Robert Heinlein's short story All You Zombies - is never less than intriguing, even if it does threaten to unravel at the slightest tug on a thread of loose logic.

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Jonathan Romney

Observer (UK)

Feb 22, 2015

4/5

The film leaps into a dizzy abyss of temporal paradoxes, made all the dizzier by its transgender premise - a modern Tiresias myth plaited into a Möbius strip.

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Wendy Ide

The Times (UK)

Feb 20, 2015

3/5

One of Ethan Hawke's strengths as an actor is his willingness to jump between arthouse fare and B-movie genre fodder.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Jul 12, 2022

3/4

It’s a fascinating investigation into the major science-fiction theme of time travel and the sometimes mindbending possibilities therein.

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James Croot

The Post NZ

Mar 15, 2021

4/5

This twisting, turning, time-travelling thriller about the ability to change the course of destiny will leave you pondering long after the credits have rolled.

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Nathalia Aryani

The MovieMaven

Nov 3, 2020

Challenges the ultimate impossibility with themes of existence, procreation, choices, destiny, and whether the end justifies the means...a 360-degree head scratcher. And the word "360-degree" will have a new meaning when you realize the full story.

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Colt A

@RT26305232 Sep 3, 2026

First time watching in 2026, can't believe I missed this film. Phycological story with an ending that ties it in and made me want more.

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Jeux T

@RT23605591 Aug 30, 2026

Well directes and an ending you wont see coming !

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Zane T

@ZaneThind Aug 30, 2026

A gripping sci-fi thriller with a heart-pounding score and a satisfying twist you won't see coming.

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Miguel F

@satoru_Levi Aug 2, 2026

Nonsense and twisted, bad ending

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@RT76217178 Jul 31, 2026

A very trying to be but failing desperatly to be a suphisticated loop nerative movie. Doesn't work. An interesting premise - but no purpose. lost in its own twist.

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Helen S

@RT42731328 Jul 20, 2026

I regret watching this movie. Horrible. I don’t write reviews but hopefully this will warn someone who sees the high rotten tomatoes rating and wants a good sci-fi movie. Don’t watch it, the trailer doesn’t represent what the movie is. It’s a very slow start and the payoff I wish I could unsee just don’t watch it. The writers had intrusive thoughts they should’ve kept to themselves. And the acting was clunky and the twist didn’t even end up being a twist. Watch something else, you’re welcome.

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Synopsis

A temporal agent (Ethan Hawke) embarks on a final time-traveling assignment to prevent an elusive criminal from launching an attack that kills thousands of people.

Director: Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig
Screenwriter: Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig
Distributor: Vertical Entertainment, Stage 6
Production Co: Screen Australia
Rating: R (Nudity|Language|Some Sexuality|Violence)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: Australian English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 9, 2015, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 2, 2016
Runtime: 1h 37m

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