Los cronocrímenes (Timecrimes), Nacho Vigalondo, 2007

Vigalondo's is that most unfortunate type of film that prizes ingenuity and structural wit over genuine character development and narrative engagement. The film's neo sci-fi plot incites a framework of infinite regression that quickly commandeers any sense of dramatic tension and dulls the emotional impact of its machinations entirely. In short, this is movie-as-logic-proof filmmaking at its most uninspiring.