In 2169, people are born genetically engineered with a digital clock on their forearm. When they turn 25 years old, they stop aging and their clock begins counting down from one year; when it reaches zero, that person "times out" and dies. Time has become the universal currency; it is used to pay for daily expenses and can be transferred between people or capsules. The country has been divided into "time zones" based on the wealth of the population. The film focuses on two specific zones: Dayton - a poor manufacturing area where people generally have 24 hours or less on their clock at any given time - and New Greenwich - the wealthiest time zone, where people have enough time on their clock to live for centuries.
Will Salas (Justin Timberlake) is a 28-year-old Dayton factory worker who lives with his 50-year-old mother Rachel (Olivia Wilde). One night at a local bar, he saves a drunken and suicidal 105-year-old man named Henry Hamilton (Matt Bomer) from an attempted robbery by 75-year-old local thief Fortis (Alex Pettyfer) and his gang; such criminal gangs are called "Minutemen" since they steal their victims' time. Later that night, in a secret location, Hamilton reveals to Will the truth about time wealth: there is plenty of time for everyone to live a long life. Hamilton explains that the people of New Greenwich hoard most of the time for themselves in order to live forever, while constantly increasing the cost of living in poorer districts to keep people dying. Hamilton gives a sleeping Will 116 years of his time, leaving himself with 5 minutes. After awakening to a message from Hamilton not to waste the time he was given, Will rushes to a nearby bridge that Hamilton is sitting on, but he arrives too late to stop Hamilton from timing out and falling dead into the water. Raymond Leon (Cillian Murphy), leader of the police-like Timekeepers, leads the investigation into Hamilton's death, and erroneously assumes that Will robbed and killed Hamilton.
Will visits his best friend Borel (Johnny Galecki) and shares ten years with him, one for each year of their friendship. Heeding Borel's warning that staying in Dayton with that much time will get him killed, Will tells Borel that he is going to use the time to move with his mom to New Greenwich. Meanwhile, Rachel uses all but 90 minutes of her time to pay off a 2-day loan and finds herself short for bus fare to get home since the fare has been increased. The uncaring driver forces her to run back to Dayton, but she arrives a few seconds too late for Will to save her and times out in his arms. The following morning, Will donates some of his time to a man who runs a Mission that distributes time to the poor to keep them alive. Will then decides to call a car service and head to New Greenwich, where he spends his first night in a hotel suite. The next day, he meets 110-year-old time-loaning businessman Philippe Weis (Vincent Kartheiser) and his 27-year-old daughter Sylvia (Amanda Seyfried) at a local casino. While playing poker with Weis, Will bets all of his time and wins 1,100 years in the hand. Afterward, Sylvia invites him to a party in the Weis mansion. Will buys a mid-1960's Jaguar XK-E and drives himself to the party, where the Timekeepers quickly apprehend him. After Will explains how he obtained the time he currently has, a skeptical Raymond arbitrarily confiscates all but two hours of Will's time, but Will manages to escape with Sylvia as hostage. En route to Dayton they are ambushed by Fortis and his gang, who take all but thirty minutes of their time. Will attempts to get some time back from Borel, but learns from his wife Greta (Yaya DaCosta) that he used his time todrink himself to death with nine years left on his clock. Sylvia is forced to pawn some jewelry to get time for herself and Will, and Will calls Weis to demand a 1,000 year ransom for her. When Weis refuses to pay, Will decides to release Sylvia, who calls Weis from a pay phone, but they are ambushed by Raymond, whom Sylvia shoots by accident.
Will and Sylvia decide to team up and begin robbing her father's time banks. A ten-year reward is offered for their capture, which leads Fortis and his gang to hunt them down in a local hotel room. After shooting the rest of the gang and then killing Fortis by winning a duel to the death, Will escapes with Sylvia. However, the pair realize they cannot steal enough time to effectively change things, as New Greenwich simply raises prices to compensate. They decide on a big score and rob her father's personal vault for one million years. Raymond chases them back to Dayton, but is too late to stop them from distributing the stolen time to the poor. Raymond chases them to the outskirts of the city where, after revealing that he also came from Dayton, he times out, having neglected to collect his daily time allotment. Will and Sylvia, each with just over a minute to live, race to Raymond's patrol car and Will collects Raymond's daily pay. In a scene reminiscent of his mother's death, Will and Sylvia run toward each other with seconds left; this time, he makes it in time to save her.
TV reports show factories in Dayton shutting down as everyone has enough time and abandons their jobs to go to New Greenwich. Will and Sylvia continue robbing banks as part of their efforts to crash the system, while the rich attempt to cope with the sudden surge of people infiltrating their zone.
Cast
Justin Timberlake as Will SalasAmanda Seyfried as Sylvia WeisCillian Murphy as Timekeeper Raymond LeonAlex Pettyfer as FortisVincent Kartheiser as Philippe WeisOlivia Wilde as Rachel SalasMatt Bomer as Henry HamiltonJohnny Galecki as BorelCollins Pennie as Timekeeper JaegerEthan Peck as ConstantinYaya DaCosta as Greta, Borel's wifeRachel Roberts as CarreraAugust Emerson as LeviSasha Pivovarova as Clara Weiss (Sylvia's grandmother)Jesse Lee Soffer as WebbBella Heathcote as Michele Weis (Sylvia's mother)Toby Hemingway as Timekeeper KorsMelissa Ordway as LeilaJessica Parker Kennedy as EdouardaChristoph Sanders as NixonJeff Staron as OrisMatt O'Leary as MoserNick Lashaway as EkmanRay Santiago as VictaKris Lemche as Markus
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