"Timecrimes" *1/2 (out of four): Low-budget Spanish thriller about a guy that stumbles hours into the past and winds up trying to correct his last few mistakes can't survive its contrived plot contortions, non-characters, or "well, duh" obviousness.

I love a good time travel story. And I don't just mean the cute-but-don't-make-any-sense variety like "Terminator" or "Back to the Future", though those certainly have their place. I'll humor anything temporal from "Star Trek" to Stephen Hawking. The folks that made "Timecrimes" - a low-budget Spanish thriller about a guy that stumbles hours into the past and winds up trying to correct his last few mistakes - are clearly kindred spirits. And, though its title sounds far better in its native language ("Los Cronocrímenes"), that doesn't change the film's contrived plot contortions or "well, duh" obviousness.

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