Well done low budget sci-fi film with good acting and clever plot. A different take on the "groundhog day" concept. The ending is a little weak, but a lot of these films that rely on building a sense of mystery and raising a lot of questions have a hard time coming up with something that ties everything together and provides a satisfying solution. Still worth seeing.

First it was original TV shows, then documentaries, and now Netflix is making it's own feature films. ARQ is the companies first foray into science fiction and it hasn't gotten great reviews, due to the fact that it takes place in a time loop. I love science fiction and my favorite type of sci-fi is anything that features the manipulation of time, time travel, alternate history, time displacement, and yes, even time loops. In an apocalyptic futuristic world, Renton (Robbie Amell) has created a new form of energy, one that can possibly turn the tide and save the world. Renton wants to give this gift to all of humanity, but his former employer has other ideas and decides to steal the technology in a violent home invasion, where Renton is killed. After being killed, Renton reawakens starting his day all over again, with a complete memory of what happened. He soon discovers, the longer he lives, the more he learns, but will it be enough to figure out how to escape his current predicament, as well as the unusual time loop he seems to be caught in? Science Fiction fans love this type of film, because it gives us a chance to figure out things at the same time as the main character. It also gives us the chance to think about what we'd do in that situation and see if the character agrees or has some other wildly innovative idea that we didn't even think of. These films also tend to have a lot of noir type twists and turns and can be really thought provoking. The flip side of that, is that you can see some of the same scenes as many as ten times, and if you've never seen anything like this before and aren't a fan of the genre, it can be extremely confusing. That being said, I thought ARQ was exceptionally well written and done to near perfection, some of the twists just blew my mind. On a side note, as a fan of the film Saint Ralph, I was shocked to see Adam Butcher all grown up, playing a hired gun, I really got a kick out of that. ARQ isn't for general audiences, it is genre specific for fans of science fiction. If sci-fi isn't you thing, obviously you're not going to get it and you're not going to like it. If you are a fan, this was really well done, in particular the writing was fantastic, this film will keep guessing right up until the very end, which in and of itself was shocking.

I give this movie 10 because it deserves it and to help the overall score goes up and also because I usually skip every movie below 7 but since I ran out of movies worth watching so I try this one and it blew me away. It also comes with some twists like every other great titles out there. I hope you guys who agree will do the same because this movie is great and the score should be at least 7 to attract more viewers.I am always interested in a time loop movie. I remember watching one with Drew Barrymore in it, also Edge of tomorrow with Tom Cruise, Looper, Predestination.....(I am writing those titles with the help of Wikipedia about time loop movies to help me remember the titles, and pick the ones I remember I have watched. Damn turns out there are a lot more, I am going to pick more to watch after this :D) I also like the movie because when I thought about the plot and a what if question came to mind then BAM, it happened a few minutes later. So satisfying. :D I really want to write down what it is but it would be a spoiler. So I'll just keep it to myself.Go watch it and experience it for yourself.

Time loop movie. Does it make sense overall or rather are there holes? There probably are some, but upon first viewing I couldn't find big ones that would take the fun out of watching the movie. So if you are into Science Fiction and movies with a tight idea, than this is one to watch and enjoy.Twists and turns are coming accordingly of course and some are very neat and sweet indeed. The acting is OK for a genre movie and the characters are "acting" appropriately. There is action, there is tension and everything is playing at one location. So while it may seem easy (logistically speaking, also wardrobe), it isn't easy to keep the tension high for the viewer and making it fresh every time around. The movie achieves that on a tight budget