by Eden
CJ is an adorable teenage science nerd who, with her friend Sebastian, has figured out how to go back in time — but only for 10 minutes at a time. After her brother, Calvin, is shot dead by police, she makes it her mission to save him.
The Obituary of Tunde Johnson announces what it’s about immediately, even from the title. Tunde, a gay, Black teenager, is killed by police. We quickly meet Tunde, realize what he’s about, and then we see two laughing police officers shoot him during a traffic stop. (I admire how quickly this movie gets to starting the loop — there’s not a lot of set-up here.)
It’s a joke now that we’ve all been repeating the same day over and over for more than a year now. I had been thinking about this and also my unapologetic love of time loop movies. It’s maybe not exactly true, but I do say I will watch any movie with a time loop. It seemed as good of a time as any to combine the two.
Welcome to In the Loop, a project where I will write about time loop movies (and on occasion, TV shows) once a week.