Matt Damon outruns fate with love and a Trilby. After he meets a dancer, Emily Blunt, he falls in love in that Hollywood way. So does she. But a shady group of men that ensure people follow their destiny intervene because love isn't in their plan.
Frequently compared with Inception by lazy press who want to say "it's a little bit sci-fi" a much better comparison would be the much earlier A Matter Of Life And Death which also examines higher powers messing up and love blossoming.
I was surprised how much more romance and less thriller there was in the film. I also wonder if Philip K Dick kept the original short story short because while the idea was interresting, it was too limited for a full novel. This is a fun little diversion which raises more ideas than it explores but ironically for a film about dodging fate, the end is far too predictable.
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