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Josh Hutcherson (The Hunger Games) and Academy Award® winner Morgan Freeman (Million Dollar Baby) star in this heart-racing action thriller. When a tech blogger discovers a time-altering device, he unleashes its power to rewrite the past and seek revenge against the ruthless corporate empire that destroyed his family. But his actions soon trigger a terrifying chain of events, propelling him into a pulse-pounding battle for survival where every second counts.

Rating: R (Violence and Language)

Genre: Action, Mystery & thriller, Sci-fi

Original Language: English

Director: Rusty Cundieff

Producer: Griff Furst , Thomas P. Vitale , Lori McCreary , Gary Lucchesi , Petr Jákl , Rob Mouton

Writer: Macon Blair , Rusty Cundieff

Release Date (Theaters): Sep 29, 2023  limited

Release Date (Streaming): Sep 29, 2023

Runtime: 1h 39m

Distributor: The Avenue

Production Co: Studio 507, BGG Capital, Revelations Entertainment, Dutch FilmWorks, Curmudgeon Films, Ashland Hill Media Finance

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Andrew Strahorn

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Nathan Furst

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Parents need to know that 57 Seconds is a sci-fi thriller about Franklin Fox (Josh Hutcherson), a man who finds a ring that allows him to travel 57 seconds back in time. He uses it to exact revenge on an evil pharmaceutical mogul who created a devastating drug. Mature content includes adult characters…

Positive Messages

Underhanded methods result in positive results, but the film also focuses on using courage and perseverance to achieve a common good.

Positive Role Models

Franklin is seeking revenge and uses time travel to deceive others, but he also demonstrates courage as he goes undercover, and he perseveres despite extreme hardship.

Diverse Representations

Lead character is a White man (Josh Hutcherson), but rest of cast is largely Black, in both main and supporting roles. Anton Burrell (Morgan Freeman) is a Black tech genius in his 80s who's working in STEM, which is positive representation, even though his ideas about preventive care can be scary and overbearing. Hutcherson and Black actress Lovie Simone play an interracial engaged couple. Simone's character is indirectly defined by her relationship with Hutcherson's, but she also has her own dreams and aspirations as an artist. She thinks independently, challenges Hutcherson's character to live within his morals.

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Gun violence, fighting, plane crash. Scene with a male character drugging another male character's drink, pushing him into having sex with women. The drugging and assault are then used as blackmail.

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Parents need to know that 57 Seconds is a sci-fi thriller about Franklin Fox ( Josh Hutcherson ), a man who finds a ring that allows him to travel 57 seconds back in time. He uses it to exact revenge on an evil pharmaceutical mogul who created a devastating drug. Mature content includes adult characters drinking alcohol and talking about drug overdoses. There's a scene involving sexual assault against a man, as well as swearing ("f--k," "s--t," and more), gun violence, a plane crash, and fighting. There's lots of Black representation, in both main and supporting roles, especially Morgan Freeman as a Black tech genius in his 80s who's working in STEM. To stay in the loop on more movies like this, you can sign up for weekly Family Movie Night emails .

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What's the story.

57 SECONDS follows Franklin Fox ( Josh Hutcherson ), a tech blogger who wants to interview tech innovator Anton Burrell ( Morgan Freeman ). Their encounter leads to Franklin finding a special ring that can alter time for 57 seconds. Franklin uses the ring to help his relationship with his girlfriend-turned-fiancée ( Lovie Simone ) -- and to exact revenge on a nefarious pharmaceutical executive ( Greg Germann ) who created a super-addictive drug that negatively affected Franklin's life.

Is It Any Good?

This engaging sci-fi ride puts a new twist on the time-travel conceit. In 57 Seconds , time travel is used more like a drug instead of a mathematical concept (which means that viewers who usually aren't interested in time travel stories might be able to watch without getting a headache). Hutcherson does a great job as Franklin, bringing empathy and humanity to a role that could have been seen as underbaked. The same goes for Freeman and Simone -- their characters aren't written deeply, especially Freeman's, but their acting ability adds depth to what was likely on the page. Freeman's character is very mysterious, but, thankfully, Freeman grounds the role with his own gravitas. Overall, 57 Seconds is a fine film to watch on a Friday night.

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Movie Details

  • In theaters : September 29, 2023
  • On DVD or streaming : November 14, 2023
  • Cast : Josh Hutcherson , Morgan Freeman , Lovie Simone , Greg Germann
  • Director : Rusty Cundieff
  • Inclusion Information : Black directors, Black actors, Female actors
  • Studio : The Avenue
  • Genre : Science Fiction
  • Character Strengths : Courage , Perseverance
  • Run time : 99 minutes
  • MPAA rating : R
  • MPAA explanation : violence and language
  • Last updated : December 5, 2023

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57 Seconds review: Time-travel film with good premise but terrible execution

The film could have benefited from a higher budget, tighter script and better direction.

Josh Hutcherson and Lovie Simone in 57 Seconds. Photo: Highland Film Group

Josh Hutcherson and Lovie Simone in 57 Seconds. Photo: Highland Film Group

Time-travel movies usually involve characters moving backwards or forwards in years so that they can experience a vastly different past or future to their own.

In 57 Seconds, Josh Hutcherson’s Franklin can travel, you guessed it, only 57 seconds into the past. But while you might think he’d be unable to create much chaos by repeating a minute, in a matter of weeks Franklin goes from being a lowly tech blogger to a rich insider at a pharmaceutical company.

Director: Rusty Cundieff Stars: Josh Hutcherson, Morgan Freeman, Greg Germann, Lovie Simone Rating: 2/5

Franklin is able to travel back in time after he thwarts the assassination of visionary tech guru Anton Burrell ( Morgan Freeman ). Backstage after the incident, Franklin finds a mysterious ring on the floor. When he presses the diamond on the ring it transports him back 57 seconds.

At first, Franklin uses the ring to help him on his date with Jala (Lovie Simone), a girl he met while he was waiting to interview Burrell. After his car gets towed away, the desperately poor Franklin goes to a casino where he’s able to amass thousands of dollars in just a few hours by playing the previous roulette numbers.

But Franklin also has his eyes set firmly on revenge. The reason he was trying to interview Burrell was because he wanted his help in exposing Sig Thorensen (Greg Germann), the evil head of the pharmaceutical company responsible for his twin sister’s drug overdose and subsequent death.

After getting close to his nemesis, Franklin’s ability to predict every detail of the immediate future results in him being brought into Thorensen’s inner circle. Franklin sees this as an opportunity to get not just a minor victory over Thorensen, but to instead bring down his whole company. But the longer Franklin stays with the pharmaceutical executive, the closer he gets to him, and the more he uses the ring, Jala becomes concerned that he’s actually addicted to the power of time travel instead.

There are certainly moments where you can see why such a bevy of talented actors were attracted to 57 Seconds . Whenever Franklin is using the ring, there’s an excitement and intrigue about how he’s going to redo the minute. There’s a goofy cheekiness to Hutcherson that allows viewers to be impressed by the character’s rise, without ever getting annoyed by him, too. Plus the mere presence of Freeman is enough to make any cinephile smile – the veteran screen star could make reading the phone book sound profound.

The problem with 57 Seconds , though, is that it’s so poorly shot and thinly plotted that you’re always aware of just how sub-par the film is. It doesn’t even take 57 seconds to realise that the film does not have the budget, script, or direction from Rusty Cundieff to match its premise.

As 57 Seconds gets going, Hutcherson’s nearly intelligible narration provides pointless exposition in a ham-fisted fashion. It then sporadically returns throughout the story whenever it’s verging on getting too complicated. Meanwhile, the motivations for most of the characters are either non-existent or bizarre, there’s zero suspense at moments where it's required, while you can’t help but laugh at the ridiculous plot developments.

The script’s lack of quality is especially surprising considering that Cundieff co-wrote it with Macon Blair, whose previous films I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore and Hold the Dark gathered strong reviews. The writing is so bad that at times it has more in common with a soap opera than a sci-fi thriller starring two bona-fide Hollywood stars .

All of which builds to a pathetic final action sequence, which is then followed by a predicable and lacklustre plot twist and reveal that immediately renders any lingering goodwill for the film moot.

Thankfully, the film’s stellar cast, its entertaining premise, and its swift hour-and-a-half running time are enough to make sure that 57 Seconds isn’t a complete disaster. But you can’t help but wonder how good it might have been if it had a bigger budget, tighter script and better direction.

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57 Seconds is a sci-fi B-movie starring Josh Hutcherson and Morgan Freeman that is about a very low-key version of time travel. Given how famously knotty movies involving that concept tend to be, it’s only right that we attempt to unpack the ending of 57 Seconds and explain, as best we can, what it all meant.

And 57 Seconds is worthy of explanation – not because it’s particularly complicated, you understand, but because in large part it doesn’t make much sense. So, let’s do that, though needless to say there will be major plot spoilers to follow.

57 Seconds imagines – rather easily, one supposes – a near-future dominated by Big Tech and Big Pharma, with two companies, one on each aisle, dominating public discourse and financial markets.

One is Sci-Trinity, a wellness brand fronted by Anton Burrell, who primarily develops wearables called Tri-Bands promoting better physical, mental, and spiritual health.

The other is Renson Pharmaceuticals, who have been mired in recent controversy thanks to their peddling of Zonastin, a highly addictive painkiller that they may or may not have pushed to market despite knowing about its risks.

Our protagonist is Franklin Fox, a tech blogger who moonlights as an activist taking scathing aim at Big Pharma, and particularly Sig Thorenson, the CEO of Renson. Franklin is particularly invested in this matter since his twin sister died from an addiction to Zonastin after being prescribed it for pain.

After sneaking into Burrell’s latest product launch and saving him from a would-be assassin, Franklin finds a ring on the stage that he quickly discovers allows him to rewind time by exactly 57 seconds. He uses this to seduce his colleague for the day, Jala, then to win big in casinos, and eventually to infiltrate Thorenson’s inner circle in the hopes of exposing his wrongdoing.

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How does the ring work?

It is never precisely explained how this ring works, but what we do know is that it is powered by quantum crystals, which Burrell discovered in the 60s while working on laser technology.

Burrell, being a Black man, thought it best to keep this discovery a secret. However, he used it to guide his technological development, including the Tri-Bands. He wants to use the same technology that powers the ring to create a means by which accidents, and thus the pain stemming from them, can be completely avoided.

No pain means no medication, which means no people like Thorenson.

The ring is also connected to the circuity of Ingram, Burrell’s assistant who seems to be a robot. His face is covered in glowing glyphs, and through him, Burrell is able to monitor Franklin’s use of the ring as a case study for the technology.

Why did Franklin’s nose glow during the presentation?

A very minor unexplained detail is that, while watching Burrell give his presentation on the Tri-Band 5, Franklin’s nose lit up with the same kind of glyph that Ingram has all over his face.

This occurs before Franklin finds the ring and is never mentioned again. The implication here might be that Franklin himself is similar in nature to Ingram, though the likelier explanation is probably just that it’s a continuity error or something that the writers originally intended to explain but never got around to.

How does Franklin expose Thorenson?

Franklin uses the ring to get a job within Thorenson’s inner circle, ostensibly to concoct a positive PR campaign that’ll restore the company’s reputation after the Zonastin scandal. However, what he’s really doing is looking for evidence that Thorenson knew that Zonastin was highly addictive and pushed it to market anyway.

Thorenson thinks Franklin is a plant of Burrell’s, so continuously tries to put him in compromising positions to blackmail him if necessary. He is eventually successful when he drugs Franklin and has multiple women rape him, which he films.

After breaking up with Jala when she discovers that he has been using the ring throughout the entirety of their relationship, Franklin uses it to loot Thorenson’s safe, which contains heaps of kompromat that Thorenson keeps on his employees. Among this is video proof that Thorenson had his right-hand man, Calvert, murder an employee named Susan Miller and stage her death to look like a suicide to keep concerns about Zonastin quiet.

Franklin has his friend Andy play this video at a big basketball game, exposing Thoreson.

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Why does Franklin turn Burrell down at the end of 57 Seconds ?

In response to being exposed, Thorenson kidnaps Franklin and Jala and attempts to take both of them away on his private plane. Jala is able to escape by using the ring, but Franklin is taken aboard.

As the plane is departing, the police – who saw Thorenson drag Franklin aboard, throwing a spanner in the works of his plan to force Franklin to denounce the video as a hoax – shoot one of the engines. After a scuffle, the plane crashes, killing Thorenson but leaving Franklin, Renee – thanks to Franklin – and Calvert alive.

Burrell and Ingram arrive on the scene to explain that Burrell knew Franklin had the ring all along and has been monitoring his choices to see how they were influenced by the tech. Burrell needs someone to help him develop the time travel technology, and he thinks Franklin would be a good fit.

However, Franklin rejects the offer and destroys the ring, claiming it’s just as addictive and dangerous as the drugs that killed his sister. Burrell thinks this is even more evidence that Franklin is just the right man to help him save the world, but Franklin counters that he has already done so by destroying the ring.

Franklin and Jala walk away hand in hand.

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Movie Review: “57 Seconds” – A Sci-Fi Adventure with Morgan Freeman and Josh Hutcherson

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In the realm of time-traveling adventures, “57 Seconds” emerges, starring the dynamic duo of Morgan Freeman and Josh Hutcherson. This sci-fi B-movie takes a familiar concept and gives it a unique twist, exploring a futuristic world where pharmaceutical CEOs wield unimaginable power and time-traveling jewelry holds the key to salvation, or perhaps, destruction.

Josh Hutcherson, known for his roles in iconic films like The Hunger Games and The Kids Are All Right, steps into the shoes of Franklin, an investigative journalist and blogger on a mission. His target: expose the dark truths behind the world’s most influential men. Guided by Hutcherson’s character, the audience delves into a plot where corporate greed, addictive painkillers, and a mysterious time-traveling ring converge.

Franklin, operating under an alias, weaves a web of intrigue and danger as he infiltrates the inner sanctums of powerful figures like Anton Burrell, portrayed by the incomparable Morgan Freeman, and Sig Thorenson (Greg Germann), a cunning pharmaceutical tycoon. Along the way, Franklin finds an unexpected ally in Jala, portrayed brilliantly by Lovie Simone, who adds depth and charisma to the narrative.

The film’s central premise revolves around a unique time-traveling device, a ring that allows its wearer to travel precisely 57 seconds back in time. Franklin’s journey takes unexpected turns, leading him to a casino, high-stakes gambling, and ultimately, a dangerous alliance with Sig. As the story unfolds, the film explores the moral quandaries of altering time and the consequences of greed and ambition.

While “57 Seconds” boasts moments of excitement and a lively soundtrack, it suffers from low-budget special effects, which may not meet the expectations of a modern audience. Some plot points raise questions about the characters’ intelligence and awareness, but the film’s brisk pace and upbeat tone keep the audience engaged despite these shortcomings.

Freeman and Hutcherson deliver solid performances, but it’s hard not to feel that they might be cashing paychecks in this venture. Despite the film’s flaws, “57 Seconds” offers a glimpse into a captivating sci-fi concept that could potentially be explored further in a franchise. As the credits roll, viewers are left wondering if there might be more to this world, making “57 Seconds” a mixed bag of entertainment and missed opportunities.

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57 Seconds is a Forgettable Time-Travel Parable

This new indie sci-fi has a lot of potential, but it wastes most of it.

Morgan Freeman as Anton Burrell and Josh Hutcherson as Franklin Fox in '57 Seconds'

It’s important to try and meet a film on its own terms. In the case of 57 Seconds , the new sci-fi thriller starring Josh Hutcherson and Morgan Freeman, the film was made with such a clearly limited budget that it feels unfair to criticize its obvious cheapness. From its basic TV lighting to its occasional VFX mistakes, the film looks and feels like a Disney Channel Original Movie from the 2000s. That isn’t necessarily a knock against it, so much as it’s a component that’s worth addressing, especially for a film that feels, at times, like a truly independent sci-fi gamble .

In our current era of ballooning blockbuster budgets and industrywide disinterest in original genre properties, making a film like 57 Seconds has never been harder than it is now. In that sense, the movie is a bit of a miracle, though its redeeming qualities begin and end with the spirit behind its creation. Its clear budgetary constraints and elementary style aside, 57 Seconds falls flat because it’s duller than it should be. It’s a film that has some genuinely interesting sci-fi ideas at the center of them, but it fails to explore them as deeply as it could — and arguably should — have.

Based on a story by E.C. Tubb, 57 Seconds revolves around Franklin Fox (Hutcherson), a tech blogger with a personal interest in the potential that advanced AI technology has to cure or mitigate everyday health issues. His obsession with the fusion between the tech and health industries is what leads him to sneak backstage at a conference hosted by Anton Burrell (Freeman), the powerful CEO responsible for the creation of armbands that can track their users’ health habits and assist them in living a healthier lifestyle.

Franklin wants to interview Anton, but when an unexpected attack on the latter brings Hutcherson’s activist blogger even further into his idol’s orbit than he expected, he finds himself in possession of a mysterious ring that has the power to send its wearer 57 seconds back in time. Before long, Franklin has used the ring to not only jumpstart his relationship with the unaware Jala (Lovie Simone) but also turn his entire financial life around. When he’s eventually offered a job by Sig Thorensen (a scene-chewing Greg Germann), one of Anton’s rivals and the executive responsible for a secretly addictive pharmaceutical drug, he concocts a plan to use his time travel abilities to finally expose the billionaire CEO’s many crimes.

What follows is an unexpectedly moralistic story about how quickly money and power can derail someone from their chosen path. Over the course of its runtime, 57 Seconds follows Hutcherson’s Franklin as he uses his quantum abilities for both good and bad and gets drawn deeper and deeper into his rich mark’s toxic lifestyle. For the majority of its story, the film even goes so far as to position Germann’s Sig as the devil on Franklin’s shoulder and Freeman’s Anton as the holier, more angelic figure watching from afar.

Josh Hutcherson as Franklin Fox in '57 Seconds'

57 Seconds offers a surprising new take on time travel, but it doesn’t explore its own concept as thoroughly as it should have.

57 Seconds ’ ideas about the potentially addictive qualities of short-range time travel are interesting, as is its decision to thematically link those ideas to the corrupt nature of America’s pharmaceutical industry. The film never takes its ideas far enough, though. None of the decisions Franklin makes are particularly surprising, nor are many of them heinous or heroic enough to add any dramatic weight to 57 Seconds ’ oversized climax. The drama’s script counts director Rusty Cundieff ( Tales from the Hood ) and Macon Blair ( I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore ) as its co-writers, but the latter’s well-honed, prickly sense of humor is completely absent from 57 Seconds .

There are a few refreshingly brutal bursts of violence scattered throughout the film, including one darkly funny mishap involving a gun and a container of thumbtacks that is the only instance in which Blair’s fingerprints are at all apparent. For the most part, however, the film is dramatically tedious and inert, a fact that only further emphasizes Cundieff’s dreary direction and John Quinn’s lethargic editing. Hutcherson’s performance, meanwhile, is too muted to sell Franklin’s spiritual crisis. The actor’s shockingly bad voice-over narration throughout the film doesn’t help his performance, either.

Morgan Freeman, Kenneth Kynt Bryan, Josh Hutcherson, and Lovie Simone in '57 Seconds'

57 Seconds doesn’t have the budget or substance to emerge as the sci-fi hit it so desperately wants to be.

In the end, 57 Seconds is far too thin and straightforward for its own good. The film has lofty ideas and even loftier ambitions, but neither the drive nor the ability to truly reach as far as it wants. It’s a sci-fi drama full of odd details — like Anton’s inexplicably AI-based henchman (played by Kenneth Kynt Bryan) — and half-finished concepts that only make the shallowness of the film itself all the more apparent. It’s not the kind of unmitigated disaster that’ll necessarily leave you desperate to get the 99 minutes you spent watching it back, but there are far, far better ways to spend your time.

57 Seconds hits theaters and VOD on Friday, September 29.

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Rusty Cundieff spoke to MovieWeb about working with Josh Hutcherson and his past collaborations with Dave Chappelle.

Time travel is in these days. What would you do if you stumbled upon a ring that could take you back to the past? Don't get too excited, it'd only be 57 seconds. But apparently the possibilities are virtually endless, as demonstrated by Franklin (Josh Hutcherson), the protagonist in Rusty Cundieff 's new feature. 57 Seconds also stars Oscar-winner Morgan Freeman as a sort of futuristic Steve Jobs in the medical tech industry. Franklin stumbles upon a daring piece of jewelry that allows him to manipulate scenarios for the good of humanity (or just for fun in a casino) by traveling back just under a minute.

We recently caught up with director Cundieff ( Christmas in Harmony ) to learn more about bringing an intriguing tale to life on the big screen, what it's been like working with Hollywood heavy-hitters.

Bringing a Short Story to Life

Hutcherson and Freeman hold the screen well during their occasional scenes together in 57 Seconds . Cundieff commented on the perks of directing seasoned performers, both on and off set. "Both are super professional, but at the same time, fun to be around and to work with. Morgan has a great sense of humor that, probably, I don't know how many people know that, outside the people that work with him. But he's a fun person to talk to and be around."

Both of these guys have so many stories of jobs that they've done and things, so it's just fun talking to them about their careers in the business. And when they show up on the set, they just bring it.

If the premise of 57 Seconds sounds familiar, that might be because you read Lucifer , the short story by E.C. Tubbs, back in the day. Macon Blair (who directed the new Toxic Avenger movie ) wrote the first draft of the film adaptation, Cundieff explained, and then he came in to help out with the script:

"My job, when I came on board, was just to try and figure out if there was a way to make the protagonist someone that you could root for. And that's kind of what I did. I added the stuff about the drug company, I added in the kind of other side with Morgan's character so that you saw that Josh had something that he was fighting for."

"The original story is a more personal look at a human being who was going directly into hell, which I guess is why it's called Lucifer , and a harder thing to sell. So that's kind of what I brought to the brought to the table with this," continued Cundieff. "And like I said, I really enjoyed Macon's first draft quite a bit. I've liked dark stories, and I like seeing people sent directly into hell. But everything in the business is about how you can sell something and who's going to buy it."

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What's that famous line popularized by Stan Lee in Spider-Man ? 'With great power comes great responsibility.' One can't help but think of those words when watching certain parts of 57 Seconds . "Overall, that's kind of what the framework and the theme of the movie is. You kind of see it in Greg Germann's character. Thorenson, who has these drugs that he's making. They can be helpful, but also not," explained Cundieff. "And then on the other side, Morgan's character has this bracelet that he's saying is going to be good. And we find out his connection to the ring. Everyone in this has a certain amount of power. And the question is, are they using it in the best way, or are they taking advantage of it in some sort of way?"

Exploring 'How Society Works'

57 Seconds also joins the ranks of the plethora of other films hitting the masses these days that come off as an unorthodox blend of different genres. In Cundieff's film, we see shades of sci-fi, of course, but also romance, thriller, and drama. It also seems to be making a statement about the real-life world we live in. Says Cundieff:

"I'm really interested in how society works. I've got a political thing that I'm often dealing with, social issues that I'm often dealing with. And being able to address some of that within the film, in terms of how technology is working in Franklin's life, how drugs affect us, what it kind of relates back to, with what we're going through with social media now, with AI, with all these things that are kind of have percolated up. They've become so important to how we view the world for good or for bad, and how people can manipulate what our view of the world is."

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"So that's something that I've kind of played around with in some ways in other films," added Cundieff. "And that's generally what connects me to any story that I'm really super interested in it, because I have a real thing about how people interact with other people, for good or for bad, and how your worldview affects that."

Rusty Cundieff's Future and Dave Chappelle

Cundieff also noted a few challenges he faced while directing his new film, down to scheduling. "When I first joined the film, they said, 'Oh, you might have 28 days.' It turned out we had 18, which is very short to do a film of this scale," Cundieff told us. And when asked about his future projects, he noted how "crazy" his career has been. "It's comedy and Chappelle to horror, sci-fi," he said. "I'm working on a rom-com now, that Cristina Milian is the lead in. She's the sweetest person ever. I think it comes out sometime in 2024, if I'm not mistaken."

And speaking of Chappelle, Cundieff has directed dozens of Chappelle's Show episodes from back in the day. I myself grew up watching the sketch comedy classic , which have recently reentered the spotlight after they landed on Netflix. "He's easily one of the smartest people that I've worked with," Cundieff told us about Chappelle. "He's much more well-read than probably a lot of people might realize. And he'll play it down, but he's super f***ing smart. And he's a very decent human being, too."

From The Avenue, 57 Seconds is now in theaters and on digital.

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A trailer for 57 Seconds shows Morgan Freeman and Josh Hutcherson teaming up to seek justice against an evil corporation in the time-travel thriller.

  • Morgan Freeman and Josh Hutcherson team up in the sci-fi thriller 57 Seconds, which follows a blogger seeking revenge after his family is destroyed.
  • The film is based on Edwin Charles Tubb's "Fallen Angel" and introduces a time-altering device for the protagonist's quest for justice.
  • The official trailer, unveiled on IGN, gives a glimpse into the action-packed and suspenseful experience, featuring an unexpected pairing of actors and a storyline involving time travel and a pharmaceutical company.

The 57 Seconds trailer reveals an unexpected team-up between Morgan Freeman and Josh Hutcherson. Directed by Rusty Cundieff, the sci-fi thriller is based on the story "Fallen Angel" by Edwin Charles Tubb and follows a tech blogger who discovers a time-altering device and uses it to seek revenge against those responsible for destroying his family. Other than the pairing of The Hunger Games ' Josh Hutcherson and Academy Award winner Morgan Freeman, the cast also includes Lovie Simone, Greg Germann, and Sammi Rotibi.

On Tuesday, the official trailer for 57 Seconds was unveiled via IGN . Watch it below:

Running for 120 seconds, the 57 Seconds trailer introduces Hutcherson as a blogger named Franklin Fausti who, after thwarting an attack against Anton Burrell (played by Freeman), finds a ring dropped by the celebrated tech guru which allows the user to travel back in time 57 seconds. The two eventually team up to use the time-travel technology to seek justice against the CEO of the pharmaceutical company responsible for the death of Franklin's twin sister.

How 57 Seconds Will Handle Time Travel

Time travel is a theoretical concept that has been mined for many great sci-fi movies, including blockbusters like Back to the Future and Terminator and smaller independent films like Primer and Looper . In 57 Seconds , Hutcherson's main character uses a mysterious ring that allows him to travel back in time for the eponymous amount of time. Overall, the main premise involving the magical ring comes across as gimmicky and cheesy compared to some of the great time travel films. The plot involving the unethical pharmaceutical company, which could be topical if handled well, also seems shoehorned into the movie.

Related: 8 Time Travel Movies That Actually Make Sense

Though 57 Seconds is based on an acclaimed story, it's undergone some changes in its adaptation to the screen by The Toxic Avenger reboot's Macon Blair to the point that it's unrecognizable. Freeman also reportedly wrote parts of the script, though he, while being an Oscar-winning actor, has no official writing credits over the course of his illustrious 60-year career. 57 Seconds is set to release simultaneously in select theaters and on digital on September 29. Hopefully, its two recognizable stars can elevate the project above its familiar concept.

Source: IGN

Josh Hutcherson and Morgan Freeman Bend Time in First '57 Seconds' Trailer

The time traveling feature will also star Lovie Simone, Greg Germann, and Sammi Rotibi.

The Big Picture

  • The trailer for Rusty Cundieff's 57 Seconds introduces us to a mind-bending time-traveling tale with a twist, involving personal gain and revenge.
  • The story follows Franklin, played by Josh Hutcherson, who interviews tech mogul Anton Burrell, played by Morgan Freeman, and stumbles upon a ring that can take him 57 seconds back in time.
  • As Franklin seeks revenge against a pharmaceutical company, the time travel starts affecting his relationships and triggers a thrilling battle for survival where every second counts.

The first trailer of Rusty Cundieff ’s 57 Seconds is out and its mind-bending. The sci-fi thriller led by Josh Hutcherson and Morgan Freeman is a time-traveling tale with a twist, and is based on the short story Lucifer by author E.C. Tubb . Interestingly, while recent time travel stories used the concept to explore the multiverse in the superhero or drama genre , Cundieff’s tale seems to be focused on the hero traveling back to the past for personal gain, as well as a quest for revenge.

The trailer introduces us to Hutcherson’s Franklin who has been given a chance to interview Freeman’s tech mogul Anton Burrell. Though with a turn of events he ends up thwarting an attack on Burrell and finds a ring accidentally dropped by him. This ring is capable of taking a person 57 seconds back in time, with Burrell’s help, Franklin decides to take revenge against the pharmaceutical company that was responsible for his sister's death and that of many others.

What’s 57 Seconds About?

The feature looks thrilling and action-packed. The tale of a tech blogger taking down a pharmaceutical company with the help of a tech genius provides ample opportunity for the story to take its own twists and turns however, things don’t go as planned as the time travel starts taking a toll on Franklin’s relationships and things take a downturn when he triggers a terrifying chain of events, “propelling him into a pulse-pounding battle for survival where every second counts.”

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Cundieff has several horror and comedy credits like Tales from the Hood franchise , Fear of a Black Hat , and Chappelle's Show making him the right fit to help the thriller. Speaking of the project previously he shared, "Today we have tools at our fingertips that allow us to respond to events at the moment, short-circuiting our time to be thoughtful and consider the consequences. 57 Seconds examines how emotions influence the innate human desire to solve things quickly via technology, be it a gun, pill or compute.”

He co-wrote the screenplay with Macon Blair and the feature is rated R for its depiction of violence. Along with the aforementioned star cast the movie also features Lovie Simone , Greg Germann , Bevin Bru , Sammi Rotibi , Mark Jacobson , D.A. Obahor , David Kallaway , AJ Rome , Kenneth Kynt Bryan , Matthew Jayson Cwern and Marcus Brown . With amazing talents behind the in front of the camera 57 Seconds is one feature to watch out for.

57 Seconds will make its digital and theatrical debut on September 29. You can check out the trailer below:

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57 Seconds: Release Date, Trailer, Songs, Cast

  • Release Date in US September 2023
  • Language English
  • Genre Sci-Fi, Thriller
  • Cast Josh Hutcherson, Morgan Freeman, Lovie Simone, Greg Germann, Bevin Bru, Sammi Rotibi, Mark Jacobson, D.A. Obahor, David Kallaway, AJ Rome, Kenneth Kynt Bryan, Matthew Jayson Cwern, Marcus Brown
  • Director Rusty Cundieff
  • Writer Macon Blair, Rusty Cundieff
  • Cinematography Andrew Strahorn
  • Music Nathan Furst
  • Producer Griff Furst, Thomas P. Vitale, Lori McCreary, Gary Lucchesi, Petr Jákl, Joshua Harris
  • Production R.U. Robot Studios, Highland Film Group, Revelations Entertainment

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After finding a mysterious ring of Burrell (Morgan Freeman), Blogger Franklin (Josh Hutcherson) discovers it allows its user to travel 57 seconds back in time, and decides to use it to take revenge against the pharmaceutical company that was responsible for his sister's death

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