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Early Edition (1996)
Saw this a long time ago...
The idea is pretty neat and innovative but it's based on a movie from the 1940's...
It Happened Tomorrow http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036962/
An ambitious newspaper reporter (Dick Powell), eager to scoop the competition, wishes he could know the news before it happens. A mysterious old man (John Philliber) grants the reporter that power, even as he cautions against using it. Now able to predict the news 24 hours in advance, the reporter goes about scooping all the other papers, picking sure-fire winners at the race track, and enjoying life... until he learns -- in advance, of course -- of his own death. Our hero's problem: How can he keep the future from happening?
I have yet to see Early Edition in the UK but I look forward to it.
12:01 PM (1990)
A fantastic time loop movie
Following the main character through his trials and investigations you really get a feeling of the horror and turmoil the simple every man is going through.
I also came away from this film with the quote "Consciousness is an independent variable".
Of the two 12:01 movies I consider this the more impressive. As other reviewers have mentioned the film focuses on a 59 minute loop, and shows that if you only have one hour to live over and over again then you can't achieve very much.
If you've seen Groundhog day and seriously got into the time loop, wanting to know more about why the main character was stuck then this movie might appeal as you here some science.