Some crime movies are cool and hip and make you want to join in the fun, looking on with envy. This is definitely not in that category, because this one is all about making the absolute worst choices you can possibly imagine, while racing through the streets of New York with sweat pouring out of you. This isn’t a flashy movie and there’s nothing pretty to look at, it’s just anxiety wrapped inside suffering. We highly recommend it!
Good Time is streaming for free this month on Fawesome. Directed by Josh Safdie and Benny Safdie, the film follows Connie Nikas, a small-time crook who tries to get his brother out of jail after a botched bank robbery. Over one night that keeps getting worse and worse, Connie traipses through Queens looking for money, leverage, and any way to get out — leaving emotional damage everywhere he goes. And it barely lets you breathe. The whole thing is a panic attack with a plot, pushing Connie from one terrible situation into another. Every choice he makes is a bad one. In fact, Josh Safdie described it as a “heist movie on acid”.
The cast includes Robert Pattinson (The Batman, The Lighthouse) as Connie Nikas, Benny Safdie (Oppenheimer, The Odyssey) as Nick Nikas, Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight, Anomalisa) as Corey, Buddy Duress (Heaven Knows What, Person to Person) as Ray, Taliah Webster as Crystal, Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips, Blade Runner 2049) as Dash, and Necro (The Super) as Caliph.
Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Survival Quiz Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive? The Matrix · Mad Max · Blade Runner · Dune · Star Wars
Five universes. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Only one of them is the world your instincts were built for. Eight questions will figure out which dystopia, galaxy, or desert wasteland you’d actually make it out of alive.
💊The Matrix
🔥Mad Max
🌧️Blade Runner
🏜️Dune
🚀Star Wars
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You sense something is deeply wrong with the world around you. What do you do? The first instinct is often the truest one.
02
In a world of scarcity, what resource do you guard most fiercely? What we protect reveals what we believe survival actually requires.
03
What kind of threat keeps you up at night? Fear is useful data — if you’re honest about what you’re actually afraid of.
04
How do you deal with authority you don’t trust? Every dystopia has a power structure. Your approach to it determines everything.
05
Which environment could you actually endure long-term? Survival isn’t just tactical — it’s physical, psychological, and very much about where you are.
06
Who do you want in your corner when things fall apart? The company you keep is the clearest signal of who you actually are.
07
Where do you draw the line — if you draw one at all? Every survivor eventually faces a moment that tests what they’re actually made of.
08
What would actually make survival worth it? Staying alive is one thing. Having a reason to is another.
Your Fate Has Been Calculated You’d Survive In…
Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.
The Resistance, Zion
The Matrix
You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.
You’re drawn to understanding how the system works before figuring out how to break it.
You’d find the Resistance, or it would find you — your instinct for spotting constructed realities is the machines’ worst nightmare.
You function best when you have access to information and the freedom to act on it.
The Matrix built an airtight prison. You’d be the one probing the walls for the door.
The Wasteland
Mad Max
The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.
You don’t need comfort, community, or a cause larger than the next horizon.
You need a vehicle, a clear threat, and enough fuel to outrun it — and you’re good at all three.
You are unsentimental enough to survive that world, and decent enough — just barely — to be something more than another raider.
In the wasteland, that distinction is everything.
Los Angeles, 2049
Blade Runner
You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
You read people accurately, keep your circle small, and ask the questions others prefer not to answer.
In a city where humanity is a legal designation rather than a feeling, you hold onto something that keeps you functional.
You’re not a hero. But you’re not lost, either.
In Blade Runner’s world, that distinction is everything.
Arrakis
Dune
Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
Patience, discipline, and political awareness are your core strengths — and on Arrakis, they’re survival tools.
You understand that the long game matters more than any single victory.
Others come to Dune and are consumed by it. You’d learn its logic and earn its respect.
In time, you wouldn’t just survive Arrakis — you’d begin to reshape it.
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
You find meaning in being part of something larger than yourself — a cause, a crew, a rebellion.
You’d gravitate toward the Rebellion, or the fringes, or whatever pocket of the galaxy still believes the Empire’s grip can be broken.
You fight — not because you have to, but because standing aside isn’t something you’re capable of.
In Star Wars, that willingness is what makes all the difference.
Was ‘Good Time’ a Success?
Critically, it’s fair to say that Good Time was a smash hit. It currently holds a 91% critics’ score on Rotten Tomatoes, with the consensus praising it as “a singularly distinctive crime drama” and highlighting Pattinson’s performance as a career best, at least up until that point. For those who like their review scores to be slightly more discerning, Metacritic scored it 80/100, which points to strong reviews overall. Financially, it did fine, but it wasn’t a huge hit. Good Time cost around $2 million to make and grossed about $4.1 million worldwide. But this is the kind of movie that wasn’t made to make a huge profit; it was a showcase for its star and directors and on that front, it was a home run.
Good Time is streaming for free this month on Fawesome.
