TIME LAPSE (2014)

Artist Finn (Matt O'Leary), his writer girlfriend Callie (Danielle Panabaker), and Finn's gambling addict friend Jasper (George Finn) share an apartment, Finn acting as manager of the small complex they live in.  When their elderly neighbor seems to have gone missing, Callie goes over to investigate - and the three discover a huge (about the size of a small car), weird-looking camera that, they learn, takes Polaroids of what will happen 24 hours in the future ... and is trained (bolted to the floor) right on their apartment's front window. When Jasper talks his roommates into using the camera to win at the dog races, the trio soon find themselves caught up in something more sinister, becoming slaves to whatever the camera projects.  A totally compelling premise ... that gets lost more in the real world of greed than in any supernatural doings, with no satisfactory explanation, in the end, of why, where or how the camera came to be in this mildly interesting thriller.  George Finn, in the pivotal role of Jasper, is particularly weak. (not rated)  C

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