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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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)

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.

Aug 21, 2018

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Jonathan Romney

Observer (UK)

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.

Rated: 4/5

Feb 22, 2015

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Wendy Ide

The Times (UK)

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

Rated: 3/5

Feb 20, 2015

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

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

Rated: 3/4

Jul 12, 2022

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James Croot

The Post NZ

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.

Rated: 4/5

Mar 15, 2021

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Nathalia Aryani

The MovieMaven

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.

Nov 3, 2020

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Leaburn O

Well isn’t that an excellent mind bending film. It unravels at a pace you can follow and it is really enjoyable unravelling a puzzle you half suspect all along. The picture becomes less blurry as we progress and the story is ultimately very rewarding. It is very well directed. Watched on DVD.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

11/24/25

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D B

So a time traveler takes a hermaphrodite back in time to have a kid with the man when he was a woman is the most messed up thing I have seen. The woman learns she has both man and woman parts after giving birth, turns into a man after then travels back in time to do it with his old girl self as a man. Then the time traveler steels the baby the guy had with himself and took it back in time and placed it in the orphanage making the baby the hermaphrodite. So the baby is the person. WOW bad just bad

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

11/22/25

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Sávio S

ethan hawke é um ator magnifico, sempre consegue navegar em atuações distintas, o filme é uma viagem no tempo de conceitos diferentes e isso capta a atenção de quem assiste, viagem no tempo e linhas cronológicas que batem em um ciclo infinito é extremamente bom.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

11/13/25

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Dennis E

How did I miss this one.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

10/30/25

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VITALII H

Where to begin I don't even know. This one is very tricky. Creators: "Plot twists? Yes" You guys, let me put it this way. If you like Sci-Fi/Time Travel movies, then it's one of the best movies from the genre you'll ever watch if you didn't yet. It can be very confusing but it's all worth it. Ethan and Sarah ate these roles up, bravo! I am so impressed.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

10/26/25

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Spencer R

I really don't get the hype, garbage of the highest order, unless you like time travelling incest, 'go f*** yourself' has never rang so true, if that's a spoiler sorry but your not missing much. I agree with another reviewer too, waste of a good cast. Go watch an indie film like primer, low budget but far better.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

09/23/25

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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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