This is a truly independent film, made for only $7,000. It looks raw but the story is where it shines. If I understood the tech jargon correctly, the two protagonists, while using their garage to perfect a new way to manufacture circuitry, create a small box that facilitates time travel. They make bigger boxes and begin time traveling themselves. At first they just want to make money in the stock market, but eventually they decide to change the course of some events. Things get out of control and they create loop inside loop within the true time-line. Eventually they can no longer tell what is part of the true timeline.

There is some cinematic magic going on in this movie. Not visually, its pretty bland looking actually. There is something unique in the way the two players communicate and the off screen story that is never fully revealed to the audience. It practically dares you to keep watching while only giving you 10% of what you need to keep moving forward. When, towards the end of the movie, you finally get a clue as to whats going on, its like Keanu Reeves waking up from the Matrix ....into another Matrix

If you are a movie lover, you will spend days and maybe multiple viewings picking this apart. If you are a casual viewer, you probably wont want to make the investment needed to fully understand this movie.

I can't believe that Shane Carruth, the writer, director, co-star has not done ANYTHING since this was released in 2004. It won the Sundance Grand Jury Prize.