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Fun time-travel thriller has positive Black representation.

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Parents need to know that 57 Seconds is a sci-fi thriller about Franklin Fox (Josh Hutcherson), a man who finds a ring that allows him to travel 57 seconds back in time. He uses it to exact revenge on an evil pharmaceutical mogul who created a devastating drug. Mature content includes adult characters…

Positive Messages

Underhanded methods result in positive results, but the film also focuses on using courage and perseverance to achieve a common good.

Positive Role Models

Franklin is seeking revenge and uses time travel to deceive others, but he also demonstrates courage as he goes undercover, and he perseveres despite extreme hardship.

Diverse Representations

Lead character is a White man (Josh Hutcherson), but rest of cast is largely Black, in both main and supporting roles. Anton Burrell (Morgan Freeman) is a Black tech genius in his 80s who's working in STEM, which is positive representation, even though his ideas about preventive care can be scary and overbearing. Hutcherson and Black actress Lovie Simone play an interracial engaged couple. Simone's character is indirectly defined by her relationship with Hutcherson's, but she also has her own dreams and aspirations as an artist. She thinks independently, challenges Hutcherson's character to live within his morals.

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Gun violence, fighting, plane crash. Scene with a male character drugging another male character's drink, pushing him into having sex with women. The drugging and assault are then used as blackmail.

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Parents need to know that 57 Seconds is a sci-fi thriller about Franklin Fox ( Josh Hutcherson ), a man who finds a ring that allows him to travel 57 seconds back in time. He uses it to exact revenge on an evil pharmaceutical mogul who created a devastating drug. Mature content includes adult characters drinking alcohol and talking about drug overdoses. There's a scene involving sexual assault against a man, as well as swearing ("f--k," "s--t," and more), gun violence, a plane crash, and fighting. There's lots of Black representation, in both main and supporting roles, especially Morgan Freeman as a Black tech genius in his 80s who's working in STEM. To stay in the loop on more movies like this, you can sign up for weekly Family Movie Night emails .

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What's the story.

57 SECONDS follows Franklin Fox ( Josh Hutcherson ), a tech blogger who wants to interview tech innovator Anton Burrell ( Morgan Freeman ). Their encounter leads to Franklin finding a special ring that can alter time for 57 seconds. Franklin uses the ring to help his relationship with his girlfriend-turned-fiancée ( Lovie Simone ) -- and to exact revenge on a nefarious pharmaceutical executive ( Greg Germann ) who created a super-addictive drug that negatively affected Franklin's life.

Is It Any Good?

This engaging sci-fi ride puts a new twist on the time-travel conceit. In 57 Seconds , time travel is used more like a drug instead of a mathematical concept (which means that viewers who usually aren't interested in time travel stories might be able to watch without getting a headache). Hutcherson does a great job as Franklin, bringing empathy and humanity to a role that could have been seen as underbaked. The same goes for Freeman and Simone -- their characters aren't written deeply, especially Freeman's, but their acting ability adds depth to what was likely on the page. Freeman's character is very mysterious, but, thankfully, Freeman grounds the role with his own gravitas. Overall, 57 Seconds is a fine film to watch on a Friday night.

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Movie Details

• In theaters : September 29, 2023
• On DVD or streaming : November 14, 2023
• Cast : Josh Hutcherson , Morgan Freeman , Lovie Simone , Greg Germann
• Director : Rusty Cundieff
• Inclusion Information : Black directors, Black actors, Female actors
• Studio : The Avenue
• Genre : Science Fiction
• Character Strengths : Courage , Perseverance
• Run time : 99 minutes
• MPAA rating : R
• MPAA explanation : violence and language
• Last updated : December 5, 2023

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57 Seconds Reviews

The problem with 57 Seconds, though, is that it’s so poorly shot and thinly plotted that you’re always aware of just how sub-par the film is.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 20, 2023

This engaging sci-fi ride puts a new twist on the time-travel conceit. In 57 Seconds, time travel is used more like a drug instead of a mathematical concept...

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 6, 2023

Everything about the characters is basic, from their motivations to what informs those motivations and their personalities, to boot.

Full Review | Oct 4, 2023

Here’s a movie about time travel that feels like a whistlestop tour of every previous movie about time travel ever made, though one doesn’t imagine the irony is intentional.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 2, 2023

The cast elevates the material, which starts with promise before struggling to maintain suspense amid some eye-rolling twists.

Full Review | Sep 29, 2023

Parts of the movie are fairly enjoyable, but you have to look past an abundance of nonsensical material and excessively far-fetched developments.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Sep 29, 2023

57 Seconds succeeds in being a rom-com sci-fi suspense thriller action film that's so bad it's mildly entertaining.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/5 | Sep 28, 2023

Its clear budgetary constraints and elementary style aside, 57 Seconds falls flat because it’s duller than it should be.

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57 Seconds review: Time-travel film with good premise but terrible execution

The film could have benefited from a higher budget, tighter script and better direction.

Josh Hutcherson and Lovie Simone in 57 Seconds. Photo: Highland Film Group

Time-travel movies usually involve characters moving backwards or forwards in years so that they can experience a vastly different past or future to their own.

In 57 Seconds, Josh Hutcherson’s Franklin can travel, you guessed it, only 57 seconds into the past. But while you might think he’d be unable to create much chaos by repeating a minute, in a matter of weeks Franklin goes from being a lowly tech blogger to a rich insider at a pharmaceutical company.

Director: Rusty Cundieff Stars: Josh Hutcherson, Morgan Freeman, Greg Germann, Lovie Simone Rating: 2/5

Franklin is able to travel back in time after he thwarts the assassination of visionary tech guru Anton Burrell ( Morgan Freeman ). Backstage after the incident, Franklin finds a mysterious ring on the floor. When he presses the diamond on the ring it transports him back 57 seconds.

At first, Franklin uses the ring to help him on his date with Jala (Lovie Simone), a girl he met while he was waiting to interview Burrell. After his car gets towed away, the desperately poor Franklin goes to a casino where he’s able to amass thousands of dollars in just a few hours by playing the previous roulette numbers.

But Franklin also has his eyes set firmly on revenge. The reason he was trying to interview Burrell was because he wanted his help in exposing Sig Thorensen (Greg Germann), the evil head of the pharmaceutical company responsible for his twin sister’s drug overdose and subsequent death.

After getting close to his nemesis, Franklin’s ability to predict every detail of the immediate future results in him being brought into Thorensen’s inner circle. Franklin sees this as an opportunity to get not just a minor victory over Thorensen, but to instead bring down his whole company. But the longer Franklin stays with the pharmaceutical executive, the closer he gets to him, and the more he uses the ring, Jala becomes concerned that he’s actually addicted to the power of time travel instead.

There are certainly moments where you can see why such a bevy of talented actors were attracted to 57 Seconds . Whenever Franklin is using the ring, there’s an excitement and intrigue about how he’s going to redo the minute. There’s a goofy cheekiness to Hutcherson that allows viewers to be impressed by the character’s rise, without ever getting annoyed by him, too. Plus the mere presence of Freeman is enough to make any cinephile smile – the veteran screen star could make reading the phone book sound profound.

The problem with 57 Seconds , though, is that it’s so poorly shot and thinly plotted that you’re always aware of just how sub-par the film is. It doesn’t even take 57 seconds to realise that the film does not have the budget, script, or direction from Rusty Cundieff to match its premise.

As 57 Seconds gets going, Hutcherson’s nearly intelligible narration provides pointless exposition in a ham-fisted fashion. It then sporadically returns throughout the story whenever it’s verging on getting too complicated. Meanwhile, the motivations for most of the characters are either non-existent or bizarre, there’s zero suspense at moments where it's required, while you can’t help but laugh at the ridiculous plot developments.

The script’s lack of quality is especially surprising considering that Cundieff co-wrote it with Macon Blair, whose previous films I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore and Hold the Dark gathered strong reviews. The writing is so bad that at times it has more in common with a soap opera than a sci-fi thriller starring two bona-fide Hollywood stars .

All of which builds to a pathetic final action sequence, which is then followed by a predicable and lacklustre plot twist and reveal that immediately renders any lingering goodwill for the film moot.

Thankfully, the film’s stellar cast, its entertaining premise, and its swift hour-and-a-half running time are enough to make sure that 57 Seconds isn’t a complete disaster. But you can’t help but wonder how good it might have been if it had a bigger budget, tighter script and better direction.

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• 57 Seconds is a unique twist on the time travel genre, following a tech blogger who gains the ability to travel 57 seconds into the past.
• The sci-fi thriller explores timely themes, including the negative effects of Big Pharma, while delivering thrilling time-travel action.
• The film features an ensemble cast including Josh Hutcherson, Morgan Freeman, and Lovie Simone, and was directed by Rusty Cundieff, known for his work on horror anthologies, including his co-created Tales from the Hood .

The time travel genre gets a unique twist in 57 Seconds . Based on E.C. Tubb's short story "Lucifer," the sci-fi thriller centers on a troubled tech blogger as he gets his hands on a ring that allows him to travel 57 seconds into the past, initially using it to make a better life for himself before setting his sights on a target with ties to his past.

Five Nights at Freddy's' Josh Hutcherson leads the ensemble 57 Seconds cast alongside Morgan Freeman, Greg Germann, Lovie Simone, Bevin Bru, Sammi Rotibi, Mark Jacobson, Griff Furst, D.A. Obahor and Jeff Chase. Helmed by Tales from the Hood creator Rusty Cundieff on a script he drafted from a prior version penned by Green Room 's Macon Blair, the sci-fi thriller holds some timely themes amidst its time-travel thrills.

Whether it's bringing a history textbook to life or saving your parent's marriage, these movies will leave you wanting to travel through time.

Ahead of the movie's premiere, Screen Rant spoke exclusively with director co-writer/director Rusty Cundieff to discuss 57 Seconds , Josh Hutcherson's Everyman personality, Morgan Freeman's dedication to the movie and his potential Creepshow return.

Rusty Cundieff Talks 57 Seconds

Screen Rant: It's great to meet you, Rusty, and get to talk about 57 Seconds , it's quite the interesting little thriller. Now, you are typically known for your work in a lot of horror anthologies, especially the Tales from the Hood franchise. What about this project in particular really sparked your interest to want to be a part of it?

Rusty Cundieff: Well, I've always liked thrillers, and I like sci-fi, so it was a nice change [of pace]. And honestly, some of the aspects of directing horror and sci-fi are similar anyway. But, yeah, I kind of dug the darkness of the story, too, the idea of having something that takes you back 57 seconds, what you could do with that amount of time — which isn't a lot when it really comes right down to it — and how changes done in 57 seconds, brief changes, can make a dramatic difference for not just you, but those around you, the world in general, depending on how used.

I did like the twist of having it only be 57 seconds versus anything bigger for most of the movie, it was a really fresh take on the time travel element. Now with that said, time travel movies can often come with a lot of major rules that both the story and the filmmaker has to follow. What was that was like for you and Macon Blair, who I saw is also a co-writer on this, laying down that groundwork and those ground rules for yourselves?

Rust Cundieff: Yeah, well, the film was taken from a short story called "Lucifer" by E.C. Tubb, he had created these rules within the short story. So, he had created this ring that got found, went back 57 seconds, but then there was a latency period where you had to wait before you could tap it again. I think probably what we added to try and make that a little easier to visualize was the ring turning colors between when you could use it and when it was kind of resetting itself, I guess for lack of a better word. That wasn't in his short story, but it was a way to kind of visually say, "Oh, the ring is not usable during that period." Now, did we, in every single instance, get that 57 seconds right on the nose when Franklin could use it? Eh, maybe not. [Chuckles] But the concept is there, and the idea of latency is there, so that was probably the most important thing, because what is also in the short story is the plane going down at the end, which we use. It was really important at that point, now that we had introduced the villain to the story that wasn't actually in the short story, but is now in the film. It's how Franklin kind of lets go and metes out justice, ultimately, at his own expense at the end of the film. So, it was really important to have that, actually, and I'm sure I'm not the first person to say that actually having ground rules really, in some ways, opens up what you can do, as opposed to being able to do everything, then nothing matters anymore.

Yeah, having rules for time travel is just as much fun to explore as it can be without. Now, in speaking of the villain, I did appreciate the timeliness of the story in dealing with Big Pharma and a lot of the negative effects that it's had on this country as a whole. Did you have other ideas in mind for how to explore that theme, or was that always the villain that you had in mind for this?

Rusty Cundieff: No, we went around and about on it. The short story is exceedingly kind of personal and dark, because it follows one guy who found the ring, he's a bit of an a----le, honestly. [Chuckles] There's really not any redeeming qualities to that guy, and so, I think the first pass of the script and Macon's first pass on it was more centered in that way. I think the character did have some aspects of him that you liked, but it was a pretty dark journey down a rabbit hole for this guy. By the way, [the first script was] really well written and amazing, but I'm trying to find something that would work in the marketplace, which isn't as accepting of antiheroes and dark stories as some of us might like. We tried to find a way to kind of open it up a bit and give Franklin, Josh Hutchinson's character in the film, something that you could root for him, because of something that he was doing. Giving him a villain, something to work against, seemed like an obvious thing. Now, there was a draft that was practically all political, and it was dealing with a race for governor or something, I can't even remember what it was. That was kind of something that was there before I came on, and once I came on, I was kind of looking at that, and I understood why they did that. But it became kind of a big, messy thing, it was hard to follow. So, I was trying to just kind of streamline it, find a villain that was easily understood, and because of what was going on with the Sacklers and oxy at that time, it seemed like an easy target. Then, giving Franklin something to fight for, so a sister has died because of this drug, and now you have something where it's like, "Oh, he could get this cool thing, he has the desire to use it for good." But the idea that absolute power corrupts absolutely was a way to play around with him, the ring, his villain, who he's after, but then this kind of angel on the other side, [where] the scales of justice kind of go like this [motions unbalanced]. You kind of go, "Well, I think he's a good guy, he seems like a really nice guy, but maybe he's not." So, it puts Franklin in the middle of that and kind of ups his moral journey. Hopefully, it gives people a reason to root for him while they watch him kind of on his descent into bad decisions.

Now, Josh is someone who I've appreciated his work ever since Bridge to Terabithia as a kid, and I've seen him grow and do so many amazing things. How challenging was it for you to find the perfect lead actor to embody that moral tug-of-war, like you were just discussing?

Rusty Cundieff: Well, it was difficult, it was a difficult discussion. In the versions of the script prior, too, because they were much darker than this one, we knew we were kind of walking that line between light and dark. I think he was one of the first people that came to mind once we had that version of the story, because he's such a good Everyman. It's easy to imagine yourself as him, some guys you look at — I'm not saying that Josh is not handsome, but he's not that unattainable handsome. He's a decent-looking guy with kind of Everyman values in a lot of the roles that he's had, so he seemed like a really good choice from that standpoint. Lucky for me that we got him that he's just a wonderful actor and a great guy to have on set. He's really smart, he comes super prepared, and he gets the job done, I can't speak highly enough about Josh.

I love that you got to have that collaborative experience with him, and I totally agree on his Everyman accessibility. Even coming up in Five Nights at Freddy's , he feels like such a normal guy, and I can't wait for that one. Now, you, of course, also have Morgan Freeman in this movie, and even in a lot of indie productions like this, he always brings that gravitas that he's known for. What was it like approaching him for this and talking about this character with him?

Rusty Cundieff: Yeah, Morgan read one of the drafts with the pharmaceutical angle in it, and really liked it. The trick to getting him to ultimately say yes to the role was trying to find some sort of real science that connected to time travel. He's a stickler for having real science in things, and I'm like, "Well, you know, it's time travel. It's magic. I don't know, who knows how this thing happened." [Chuckles] But he was adamant about it, so we ended up having to talk to some physicists and some people in the scientific community and there are kernels. Would it happen the way it happens in the movie? I doubt it, probably. But we found enough to ground it in real science to get Morgan to say yes to the role. And once he showed up, he was just in 100%, there's a scene where someone tries to shoot at him, he ends up on the ground of a stage. I can remember the majority of our crew [said], "Well, Morgan, you don't have to do, that we got a stunt guy, it's gonna be fine." I didn't say that to him, because I had talked to him, and I knew what he was about as an actor. But what was funny was, he ends up down there, and my DP rushes over, he's like, "Oh, Mr. Freeman, Mr. Freeman, you don't have to get on the ground. Trust me, it's, it's fine." And Morgan looked up at him and said, "Does the script say that I'm on the ground? I'm on the ground." [Laughs] So you really just have to love someone of his age, and his prestige in the industry, and what he brings being just that committed to our little movie, it was wonderful to work with him.

Now, did you feel his push for the realism and the extended research into the science benefited the movie as far as making it easier to explain for audiences?

Rusty Cundieff: Yeah, what it did was it created, I guess I would call it a logic, but an understanding for Burrell, who was Morgan's character in the movie, Anton Burrell. Because he has to explain what this thing does, and so it kind of forced us to come up with what that was. We would have had something anyhow, but everything would have been made up from fairy dust. But this way, you're at least grounding it in something that is real, and it actually helped in congealing the idea of how this thing works. Now, most people aren't going to know which part is real or not, but it was helpful in terms of writing the explanation. It was definitely helpful for Morgan, because it gave him a sense of how this happened, and in fact, it helped me in terms of I told Morgan — at one point, this was in the script, his backstory, and we kind of lost it, we didn't feel like we needed it to be actually said in the story. But, his backstory was that he was a young guy whose father died when he was young, and he had been kind of chasing science since then. He had found this thing because of the death of his father, he wanted to be able to go back and meet his father. Now, 57 seconds, the way it works wouldn't get you there, but that's how we stumbled upon it. The interesting thing was after I gave him that, I was doing some research online, and there was a Black astrophysicist whose father died, and he's one of the few who is doing anything in theory about time travel, so it was kind of like, "Oh, this guy exists!"

That's a cool parallel to discover! Before I let you go, I did want to ask, I've been a big fan of Creepshow since it launched, and I've loved that you've gotten a couple episodes on it. I know season 4 is on its way, but I don't believe they've announced the directors yet. Are you returning?

Rusty Cundieff: I haven't heard anything, I would love to. I think things have shifted a little, I think they were shooting when I shot in Atlanta. I think I had a chance on the last season, but I was in Canada shooting, ironically, they're now shooting I believe in Canada, I think they're in Vancouver. So, I don't know, fingers crossed. I loved working with Greg Nicotero, I actually went to high school with Greg Nicotero, believe it or not, or the same high school. I think he might have been a little in front of me. Put my age down, Greg's up, there you go. But working on Creepshow was an absolute blast, because my first studio film, Tales from the Hood, had all practical effects in it, with the exception of, I think, the devil's tongue at the end, which today looks so terrible. [Laughs] But being able to work with Greg, his whole thing is all practical effects stuff, so it was so much fun to go back into that world and have to figure things out in camera, or what you're going to do to manipulate the footage that you've actually shot as opposed to talking to someone with a sketchpad and going, "Well, we could put this here, and the hand comes from there," and all of that stuff. Personally, I think practical effects, for some reason, look creepier. Digital can look fantastical, but it rarely, to me, looks creepy.

I couldn't agree more. For Halloween, I've been rewatching plenty of the old classics, and movies like American Werewolf in London still creep me out because of their prosthetics. So, between Tales from the Hood and Creepshow , you've tackled many different kinds of horror stories. Is there any one in particular that you would love to go back to or that you haven't explored yet?

Rusty Cundieff: There is a stack of stories that I have — my co-writer on Tales from the Hood, he has some too — that we had written for different iterations of Tales from the Hood. Some that we tried to get into the two that we shot after the first one, but could not do because of budget concerns. Obviously, Tales deals with a lot of politics, there's things that they wouldn't let us do because of political concerns, believe it or not. So yeah, there's a number of stories, and I'd like to do some of them now. I'm just trying to write short stories, and hopefully I'll publish them as short stories or something, and then I'm also talking to someone about potentially a graphic novel, which would take some of these ideas and play around with them, like the old EC comics stuff used to do.

About 57 Seconds

Josh Hutcherson (The Hunger Games) and Academy Award® winner Morgan Freeman (Million Dollar Baby) star in this heart-racing action thriller. When a tech blogger discovers a time-altering device, he unleashes its power to rewrite the past and seek revenge against the ruthless corporate empire that destroyed his family. But his actions soon trigger a terrifying chain of events, propelling him into a pulse-pounding battle for survival where every second counts.

57 Seconds is now in select theaters and on digital platforms.

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57 Seconds Ending Explained

57 Seconds is a sci-fi B-movie starring Josh Hutcherson and Morgan Freeman that is about a very low-key version of time travel. Given how famously knotty movies involving that concept tend to be, it’s only right that we attempt to unpack the ending of 57 Seconds and explain, as best we can, what it all meant.

And 57 Seconds is worthy of explanation – not because it’s particularly complicated, you understand, but because in large part it doesn’t make much sense. So, let’s do that, though needless to say there will be major plot spoilers to follow.

57 Seconds imagines – rather easily, one supposes – a near-future dominated by Big Tech and Big Pharma, with two companies, one on each aisle, dominating public discourse and financial markets.

One is Sci-Trinity, a wellness brand fronted by Anton Burrell, who primarily develops wearables called Tri-Bands promoting better physical, mental, and spiritual health.

The other is Renson Pharmaceuticals, who have been mired in recent controversy thanks to their peddling of Zonastin, a highly addictive painkiller that they may or may not have pushed to market despite knowing about its risks.

Our protagonist is Franklin Fox, a tech blogger who moonlights as an activist taking scathing aim at Big Pharma, and particularly Sig Thorenson, the CEO of Renson. Franklin is particularly invested in this matter since his twin sister died from an addiction to Zonastin after being prescribed it for pain.

After sneaking into Burrell’s latest product launch and saving him from a would-be assassin, Franklin finds a ring on the stage that he quickly discovers allows him to rewind time by exactly 57 seconds. He uses this to seduce his colleague for the day, Jala, then to win big in casinos, and eventually to infiltrate Thorenson’s inner circle in the hopes of exposing his wrongdoing.

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How does the ring work?

It is never precisely explained how this ring works, but what we do know is that it is powered by quantum crystals, which Burrell discovered in the 60s while working on laser technology.

Burrell, being a Black man, thought it best to keep this discovery a secret. However, he used it to guide his technological development, including the Tri-Bands. He wants to use the same technology that powers the ring to create a means by which accidents, and thus the pain stemming from them, can be completely avoided.

No pain means no medication, which means no people like Thorenson.

The ring is also connected to the circuity of Ingram, Burrell’s assistant who seems to be a robot. His face is covered in glowing glyphs, and through him, Burrell is able to monitor Franklin’s use of the ring as a case study for the technology.

Why did Franklin’s nose glow during the presentation?

A very minor unexplained detail is that, while watching Burrell give his presentation on the Tri-Band 5, Franklin’s nose lit up with the same kind of glyph that Ingram has all over his face.

This occurs before Franklin finds the ring and is never mentioned again. The implication here might be that Franklin himself is similar in nature to Ingram, though the likelier explanation is probably just that it’s a continuity error or something that the writers originally intended to explain but never got around to.

How does Franklin expose Thorenson?

Franklin uses the ring to get a job within Thorenson’s inner circle, ostensibly to concoct a positive PR campaign that’ll restore the company’s reputation after the Zonastin scandal. However, what he’s really doing is looking for evidence that Thorenson knew that Zonastin was highly addictive and pushed it to market anyway.

Thorenson thinks Franklin is a plant of Burrell’s, so continuously tries to put him in compromising positions to blackmail him if necessary. He is eventually successful when he drugs Franklin and has multiple women rape him, which he films.

After breaking up with Jala when she discovers that he has been using the ring throughout the entirety of their relationship, Franklin uses it to loot Thorenson’s safe, which contains heaps of kompromat that Thorenson keeps on his employees. Among this is video proof that Thorenson had his right-hand man, Calvert, murder an employee named Susan Miller and stage her death to look like a suicide to keep concerns about Zonastin quiet.

Franklin has his friend Andy play this video at a big basketball game, exposing Thoreson.

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Why does Franklin turn Burrell down at the end of 57 Seconds ?

In response to being exposed, Thorenson kidnaps Franklin and Jala and attempts to take both of them away on his private plane. Jala is able to escape by using the ring, but Franklin is taken aboard.

As the plane is departing, the police – who saw Thorenson drag Franklin aboard, throwing a spanner in the works of his plan to force Franklin to denounce the video as a hoax – shoot one of the engines. After a scuffle, the plane crashes, killing Thorenson but leaving Franklin, Renee – thanks to Franklin – and Calvert alive.

Burrell and Ingram arrive on the scene to explain that Burrell knew Franklin had the ring all along and has been monitoring his choices to see how they were influenced by the tech. Burrell needs someone to help him develop the time travel technology, and he thinks Franklin would be a good fit.

However, Franklin rejects the offer and destroys the ring, claiming it’s just as addictive and dangerous as the drugs that killed his sister. Burrell thinks this is even more evidence that Franklin is just the right man to help him save the world, but Franklin counters that he has already done so by destroying the ring.

Franklin and Jala walk away hand in hand.

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57 Seconds is a Forgettable Time-Travel Parable

This new indie sci-fi has a lot of potential, but it wastes most of it.

It’s important to try and meet a film on its own terms. In the case of 57 Seconds , the new sci-fi thriller starring Josh Hutcherson and Morgan Freeman, the film was made with such a clearly limited budget that it feels unfair to criticize its obvious cheapness. From its basic TV lighting to its occasional VFX mistakes, the film looks and feels like a Disney Channel Original Movie from the 2000s. That isn’t necessarily a knock against it, so much as it’s a component that’s worth addressing, especially for a film that feels, at times, like a truly independent sci-fi gamble .

In our current era of ballooning blockbuster budgets and industrywide disinterest in original genre properties, making a film like 57 Seconds has never been harder than it is now. In that sense, the movie is a bit of a miracle, though its redeeming qualities begin and end with the spirit behind its creation. Its clear budgetary constraints and elementary style aside, 57 Seconds falls flat because it’s duller than it should be. It’s a film that has some genuinely interesting sci-fi ideas at the center of them, but it fails to explore them as deeply as it could — and arguably should — have.

Based on a story by E.C. Tubb, 57 Seconds revolves around Franklin Fox (Hutcherson), a tech blogger with a personal interest in the potential that advanced AI technology has to cure or mitigate everyday health issues. His obsession with the fusion between the tech and health industries is what leads him to sneak backstage at a conference hosted by Anton Burrell (Freeman), the powerful CEO responsible for the creation of armbands that can track their users’ health habits and assist them in living a healthier lifestyle.

Franklin wants to interview Anton, but when an unexpected attack on the latter brings Hutcherson’s activist blogger even further into his idol’s orbit than he expected, he finds himself in possession of a mysterious ring that has the power to send its wearer 57 seconds back in time. Before long, Franklin has used the ring to not only jumpstart his relationship with the unaware Jala (Lovie Simone) but also turn his entire financial life around. When he’s eventually offered a job by Sig Thorensen (a scene-chewing Greg Germann), one of Anton’s rivals and the executive responsible for a secretly addictive pharmaceutical drug, he concocts a plan to use his time travel abilities to finally expose the billionaire CEO’s many crimes.

What follows is an unexpectedly moralistic story about how quickly money and power can derail someone from their chosen path. Over the course of its runtime, 57 Seconds follows Hutcherson’s Franklin as he uses his quantum abilities for both good and bad and gets drawn deeper and deeper into his rich mark’s toxic lifestyle. For the majority of its story, the film even goes so far as to position Germann’s Sig as the devil on Franklin’s shoulder and Freeman’s Anton as the holier, more angelic figure watching from afar.

57 Seconds offers a surprising new take on time travel, but it doesn’t explore its own concept as thoroughly as it should have.

57 Seconds ’ ideas about the potentially addictive qualities of short-range time travel are interesting, as is its decision to thematically link those ideas to the corrupt nature of America’s pharmaceutical industry. The film never takes its ideas far enough, though. None of the decisions Franklin makes are particularly surprising, nor are many of them heinous or heroic enough to add any dramatic weight to 57 Seconds ’ oversized climax. The drama’s script counts director Rusty Cundieff ( Tales from the Hood ) and Macon Blair ( I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore ) as its co-writers, but the latter’s well-honed, prickly sense of humor is completely absent from 57 Seconds .

There are a few refreshingly brutal bursts of violence scattered throughout the film, including one darkly funny mishap involving a gun and a container of thumbtacks that is the only instance in which Blair’s fingerprints are at all apparent. For the most part, however, the film is dramatically tedious and inert, a fact that only further emphasizes Cundieff’s dreary direction and John Quinn’s lethargic editing. Hutcherson’s performance, meanwhile, is too muted to sell Franklin’s spiritual crisis. The actor’s shockingly bad voice-over narration throughout the film doesn’t help his performance, either.

57 Seconds doesn’t have the budget or substance to emerge as the sci-fi hit it so desperately wants to be.

In the end, 57 Seconds is far too thin and straightforward for its own good. The film has lofty ideas and even loftier ambitions, but neither the drive nor the ability to truly reach as far as it wants. It’s a sci-fi drama full of odd details — like Anton’s inexplicably AI-based henchman (played by Kenneth Kynt Bryan) — and half-finished concepts that only make the shallowness of the film itself all the more apparent. It’s not the kind of unmitigated disaster that’ll necessarily leave you desperate to get the 99 minutes you spent watching it back, but there are far, far better ways to spend your time.

57 Seconds hits theaters and VOD on Friday, September 29.

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Rusty Cundieff spoke to MovieWeb about working with Josh Hutcherson and his past collaborations with Dave Chappelle.

Time travel is in these days. What would you do if you stumbled upon a ring that could take you back to the past? Don't get too excited, it'd only be 57 seconds. But apparently the possibilities are virtually endless, as demonstrated by Franklin (Josh Hutcherson), the protagonist in Rusty Cundieff 's new feature. 57 Seconds also stars Oscar-winner Morgan Freeman as a sort of futuristic Steve Jobs in the medical tech industry. Franklin stumbles upon a daring piece of jewelry that allows him to manipulate scenarios for the good of humanity (or just for fun in a casino) by traveling back just under a minute.

We recently caught up with director Cundieff ( Christmas in Harmony ) to learn more about bringing an intriguing tale to life on the big screen, what it's been like working with Hollywood heavy-hitters.

Bringing a Short Story to Life

Hutcherson and Freeman hold the screen well during their occasional scenes together in 57 Seconds . Cundieff commented on the perks of directing seasoned performers, both on and off set. "Both are super professional, but at the same time, fun to be around and to work with. Morgan has a great sense of humor that, probably, I don't know how many people know that, outside the people that work with him. But he's a fun person to talk to and be around."

Both of these guys have so many stories of jobs that they've done and things, so it's just fun talking to them about their careers in the business. And when they show up on the set, they just bring it.

If the premise of 57 Seconds sounds familiar, that might be because you read Lucifer , the short story by E.C. Tubbs, back in the day. Macon Blair (who directed the new Toxic Avenger movie ) wrote the first draft of the film adaptation, Cundieff explained, and then he came in to help out with the script:

"My job, when I came on board, was just to try and figure out if there was a way to make the protagonist someone that you could root for. And that's kind of what I did. I added the stuff about the drug company, I added in the kind of other side with Morgan's character so that you saw that Josh had something that he was fighting for."

"The original story is a more personal look at a human being who was going directly into hell, which I guess is why it's called Lucifer , and a harder thing to sell. So that's kind of what I brought to the brought to the table with this," continued Cundieff. "And like I said, I really enjoyed Macon's first draft quite a bit. I've liked dark stories, and I like seeing people sent directly into hell. But everything in the business is about how you can sell something and who's going to buy it."

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What's that famous line popularized by Stan Lee in Spider-Man ? 'With great power comes great responsibility.' One can't help but think of those words when watching certain parts of 57 Seconds . "Overall, that's kind of what the framework and the theme of the movie is. You kind of see it in Greg Germann's character. Thorenson, who has these drugs that he's making. They can be helpful, but also not," explained Cundieff. "And then on the other side, Morgan's character has this bracelet that he's saying is going to be good. And we find out his connection to the ring. Everyone in this has a certain amount of power. And the question is, are they using it in the best way, or are they taking advantage of it in some sort of way?"

Exploring 'How Society Works'

57 Seconds also joins the ranks of the plethora of other films hitting the masses these days that come off as an unorthodox blend of different genres. In Cundieff's film, we see shades of sci-fi, of course, but also romance, thriller, and drama. It also seems to be making a statement about the real-life world we live in. Says Cundieff:

"I'm really interested in how society works. I've got a political thing that I'm often dealing with, social issues that I'm often dealing with. And being able to address some of that within the film, in terms of how technology is working in Franklin's life, how drugs affect us, what it kind of relates back to, with what we're going through with social media now, with AI, with all these things that are kind of have percolated up. They've become so important to how we view the world for good or for bad, and how people can manipulate what our view of the world is."

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"So that's something that I've kind of played around with in some ways in other films," added Cundieff. "And that's generally what connects me to any story that I'm really super interested in it, because I have a real thing about how people interact with other people, for good or for bad, and how your worldview affects that."

Rusty Cundieff's Future and Dave Chappelle

Cundieff also noted a few challenges he faced while directing his new film, down to scheduling. "When I first joined the film, they said, 'Oh, you might have 28 days.' It turned out we had 18, which is very short to do a film of this scale," Cundieff told us. And when asked about his future projects, he noted how "crazy" his career has been. "It's comedy and Chappelle to horror, sci-fi," he said. "I'm working on a rom-com now, that Cristina Milian is the lead in. She's the sweetest person ever. I think it comes out sometime in 2024, if I'm not mistaken."

And speaking of Chappelle, Cundieff has directed dozens of Chappelle's Show episodes from back in the day. I myself grew up watching the sketch comedy classic , which have recently reentered the spotlight after they landed on Netflix. "He's easily one of the smartest people that I've worked with," Cundieff told us about Chappelle. "He's much more well-read than probably a lot of people might realize. And he'll play it down, but he's super f***ing smart. And he's a very decent human being, too."

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57 Seconds: Release Date, Trailer, Songs, Cast

• Release Date in US September 2023
• Language English
• Genre Sci-Fi, Thriller
• Cast Josh Hutcherson, Morgan Freeman, Lovie Simone, Greg Germann, Bevin Bru, Sammi Rotibi, Mark Jacobson, D.A. Obahor, David Kallaway, AJ Rome, Kenneth Kynt Bryan, Matthew Jayson Cwern, Marcus Brown
• Director Rusty Cundieff
• Writer Macon Blair, Rusty Cundieff
• Cinematography Andrew Strahorn
• Music Nathan Furst
• Producer Griff Furst, Thomas P. Vitale, Lori McCreary, Gary Lucchesi, Petr Jákl, Joshua Harris
• Production R.U. Robot Studios, Highland Film Group, Revelations Entertainment

About 57 Seconds Movie

After finding a mysterious ring of Burrell (Morgan Freeman), Blogger Franklin (Josh Hutcherson) discovers it allows its user to travel 57 seconds back in time, and decides to use it to take revenge against the pharmaceutical company that was responsible for his sister's death

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57 Seconds Streaming: Watch & Stream Online via Starz

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The sci-fi thriller film, 57 Seconds has an intriguing mix of thrill, adventures, and unpredictability making it a perfect option for thriller fans. It follows the dilemma of a blogger who stumbles upon a magical ring that bears the ability to transport the viewers 57 seconds back to the past. Directed by Rusty Cundieff, the movie received mixed reviews from critics.

Here’s how you can watch and stream 57 Seconds via streaming services such as Starz.

Is 57 Seconds available to watch via streaming?

Yes, 57 Seconds is available to watch via streaming on Starz.

Meet Franklin, a blogger and journalist whose life takes an unexpected turn the moment he takes the action of protecting an interviewee, a tech expert Anton Burrell from an attack. Franklin stumbles upon a ring that has the power to make its users go 57 seconds into the past. Intrigued by this newfound discovery and aware of its power, he decides to use to seek vengeance for his sister’s death and mend his relationship with his ex.

The movie stars Josh Hutcherson (who plays Franklin), Greg Germann, Morgan Freeman, Sammi Rotibi, and Lovie Simon.

Watch 57 Seconds streaming via Starz

57 Seconds is available to watch on Starz.

Starz is a subscription-based streaming platform that houses a vast range of popular movies, shows, reality series, and more. It caters to diverse interests and offers numerous subscription plans for those who wish to avail of its facilities.

You can watch via Starz by following these steps:

• Go to Starz.com’s sign-up page .
• The standard rate for the six-month plan is $46, excluding any special offers
• The standard for the monthly plan is $9.99 per month, excluding any special offers

Starz is also available as a Prime Video Channel, meaning that subscribers to the Amazon Prime Video service can also receive discounted access to Starz. The discounts offered vary throughout the year. You can sign up here .

57 Seconds’ synopsis is as follows:

“When a tech blogger lands an interview with a tech guru and stops an attack on him, he finds a mysterious ring that takes him back 57 seconds into the past.”

NOTE: The streaming services listed above are subject to change. The information provided was correct at the time of writing.

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57 Seconds Streaming: Watch & Stream Online via Starz

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The sci-fi thriller film, 57 Seconds has an intriguing mix of thrill, adventures, and unpredictability making it a perfect option for thriller fans. It follows the dilemma of a blogger who stumbles upon a magical ring that bears the ability to transport the viewers 57 seconds back to the past. Directed by Rusty Cundieff, the movie received mixed reviews from critics.

Here’s how you can watch and stream 57 Seconds via streaming services such as Starz.

Is 57 Seconds available to watch via streaming?

Yes, 57 Seconds is available to watch via streaming on Starz.

Meet Franklin, a blogger and journalist whose life takes an unexpected turn the moment he takes the action of protecting an interviewee, a tech expert Anton Burrell from an attack. Franklin stumbles upon a ring that has the power to make its users go 57 seconds into the past. Intrigued by this newfound discovery and aware of its power, he decides to use to seek vengeance for his sister’s death and mend his relationship with his ex.

The movie stars Josh Hutcherson (who plays Franklin), Greg Germann, Morgan Freeman, Sammi Rotibi, and Lovie Simon.

Watch 57 Seconds streaming via Starz

57 Seconds is available to watch on Starz.

Starz is a subscription-based streaming platform that houses a vast range of popular movies, shows, reality series, and more. It caters to diverse interests and offers numerous subscription plans for those who wish to avail of its facilities.

You can watch via Starz by following these steps:

Go to Starz.com’s sign-up page .

Select either the six-month plan or the monthly plan

The standard rate for the six-month plan is $46, excluding any special offers

The standard for the monthly plan is $9.99 per month, excluding any special offers

Starz is also available as a Prime Video Channel, meaning that subscribers to the Amazon Prime Video service can also receive discounted access to Starz. The discounts offered vary throughout the year. You can sign up here .

57 Seconds’ synopsis is as follows:

“When a tech blogger lands an interview with a tech guru and stops an attack on him, he finds a mysterious ring that takes him back 57 seconds into the past.”

NOTE: The streaming services listed above are subject to change. The information provided was correct at the time of writing.

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