Okay, so it’s got a terrible title and its premise isn’t exactly fresh off the boat, but REPEATERS is still looking like a nifty exercise in “what would you do?” wish fulfillment, with a bit of a nasty edge. Essentially, if you were living in a world where the same day repeats itself over and over again, how would you deal with it? What advantages are there to day in which there are no repercussions for your actions – because at the end of it, all your misdeeds will be erased? Bill Murray obviously used the repetition to better himself in GROUNDHOG DAY, but it looks like the folks in REPEATERS are up to no good… Hell, I probably would be to!
The official synopsis: REPEATERS is an aggressive, fast-paced thriller with an important moral question: what would you do if you knew that everyday you started over with a clean slate?
Sonia, Kyle and Weeks are three cynical outsiders fed up with the peer groups and the perceived injustices inflicted upon their early adult lives. Forced into mandatory rehab, the trio is given a day pass to attempt to complete step nine on the path to recovery – make direct amends with those they have wronged in the past.
The following morning, they begin to notice a strange, eerie repetitiveness to their day. The day’s events play out exactly like their memory of the previous day: people are carrying on the same conversations, and on the television, the morning news repeats the previous day’s broadcast. When the trio reconvene to discuss what happened to them the night before they realize that a shared experience is what is causing the day to repeat. They awake the next morning to find that their fear of reliving a same day over again is confirmed.
Upon acceptance of their predicament, the three begin to behave with more confidence and bravado because surely their misdeeds will be erased if the day continues to repeat itself. Accordingly, they set out pulling pranks and committing petty revenges, but things soon escalate, culminating in the torture and kidnapping of a rival.
REPEATERS, starring Dustin Milligan (just cast in SHARK NIGHT 3D), Amanda Crew, and Richard de Klerk, and directed by Carl Bessai, will be premiering at the Toronto Film Festival on September 14th.
Amanda Crew