Game of Love

The perfect ingredients for a functional teen movie, in Time Is Up 2 - Game of Love, are all there: a breathtaking setting, contrasts between the protagonists and a new love on the horizon. All according to plan then, at least on the theoretical level. In practice, however, what appears to be a mere re-proposition of narrative and directorial schemes seen continuously on screen, turns into a story that unfortunately does not convince immediately: too many forcing, a series of flashbacks that in a short time have already exhausted their sense of existing, a mystery that was already revealed at the origin. The entire film is therefore based on a plot twist that the spectators, even the most inattentive, have grasped from the beginning and this inevitably compromises the functionality of the plot. Unfortunately, it is not the only obstacle that can be noticed within the narrative: the plot, which in addition to the main characters involves new entries among which Anna (Alma Noce) and Tony (Simone Coppo) stand out, always seems to remain in the same point without ever leaving a comfort zone which, we repeat, is not so solid as to guarantee effective development, even if derivative.