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Predestination - Profound. Perplexing. Paradoxical.

Warning! Predestination , regardless of its inferred quality, is a film best experienced without spoilers or much of any kind of priming. Whether ultimately deemed good or bad, it’s without question an original experience that will leave any viewer spinning with curiosity and clambering for discussion. All that being said, if you care to know a little more, please proceed.  “A man can do what he wills, but he cannot will what he wills.” These thought-provoking words of Arthur Schopenhaur churned within me as I watched the credits roll on the thrilling cat-and-mouse time caper known as Predestination . Written by Michael and Peter Spierberg, they have crafted a mind-warping tale that follows a temporal agent ( Ethan Hawk ) as he travels back in time to make one last attempt at thwarting a mysterious and elusive mad bomber responsible for the deaths of masses upon masses of innocent lives. The question is, can the temporal agent succeed in altering this tragic past or is he mer...