Review of Aporia (2023) by Jluis_001 — 20 Aug 2023

Even when its concept doesn't sound so original anymore, especially when dealing with plots about grief and loss, Aporia tries, but its specific fantasy involving time travel just recites the same old trope where you know with absolute certainty that things are going to go wrong for the characters involved, so with such a well-worn plot device, you need a script that changes the concept a bit.

Does Aporia pull it off? No, not really. The sci-fi appeal doesn't require anything outlandish to work outside of the dramatic intentions the story seeks to develop. It departs from the complexities of similar reality-altering plots, its stakes are centered on moral quandaries. So, if you're expecting a more spectacularly inclined adventure, forget it, this film concentrates on drama, rather than delving into convoluted ramifications.

It never quite loses its grip so that it ends up falling apart into pieces, but its exploration of the consequences of tampering with time has been exhaustively probed, and the moral implications never change.