Monday, March 24, 2025
Omni Loop
It’s “Groundhog Day”/“Edge of Tomorrow”/“Happy Death Day” meets “The Incredible Shrinking Man” when Zoya (Mary-Louise Parker), a quantum mechanics textbook author tries to avoid her eminent death by time traveling back to save herself. When she was just 12 years old, she found this bottle of pills that would allow her to travel back in time 5 days. Ever since, for her whole life she would used these pills as her do-over plan to correct her mistakes & improve her quality of life. Now she is threatened by a growing black hole in her chest threatening to consume her body. She hopes to unlock the secrets of her found pills & perhaps extend her time traveling periods to possibly years. One day during one of her many recent repeats, she runs into a research student Paula who she begins to collaborate with researching solutions. Eventually, Zoya becomes frustrated with her endless dead ends & having to relive her last 5 days over & over. In the end, Zoya considers another possible direction & finds some peace of mind. “Omni Loop” is actually the name of the Miami transportation system use in the film & not a reference to a time loop. This film is less of a sci-fi story & more of person dealing with their own mortality & value of their life.
Alien gives it 2½ “birthday present” stars out of 4.
