Wow, just wow. I'm and avid fan of thriller movies, but this one give me goosebumps. Jose Coronado always steal the show since I see him for the first time in another great Spanish thriller, "El Cuerpo". For one moment, you think you have all the pieces of the puzzles but the director of this masterpiece persistently change the answers and the questions. By the way, the director and writer of "Contratiempo" is the same one of "El Cuerpo". That's not a coincidence, Mr. Oriol Paulo can write. If you're a fan of thriller movies and you're having a hard time trying to find a good movie, this is the one. I say it's better that the 85% of the Hollywood thrillers these days. Another Spanish film that beat a lot of Hollywood movies without the promo and a gigantic budget. What a masterpiece!

Have you seen the movie "Body"? The one that was made before that. It's a great movie and was just an exercise if you will or training session for this one. A much bigger scope, a constant guessing game and tension that is filled to much, that it almost burst through the screen. The characters are well drawn and this does warrant repeated viewing, just so you know what you might have missed.

Story wise I will not tell you anything other than it's about a murder. A "whodunnit" as they like to say. It's best watching this with as little pre-information as possible. Just let the movie work its magic on you. And it will be really good magic it has to offer, if thrillers are your thing that is of course

This was a cleverly written murder mystery that gets better with each new revelation by the accused, Adrian Doria (Mario Casas). When it starts out one can follow the story easily enough, but when retired legal counselor Virginia Goodman (Ana Wagener) arrives to prepare him for his defense testimony, a number of scenarios are presented to the viewer that are designed to question what, if anything is true. Hidden motives and questionable conduct come into play, and it can get a little hard to follow, but when the twist ending occurs, you realize than any of the alternate theories put forth by Adrian and Goodman become moot. I don't want to give it away, because the thrill is in the viewing and trying to figure out where the picture is going. Because this is a Spanish film, it's not surprising that it wasn't on many viewers' radar when it was released in 2016, but with a wider audience and kudos offered by IMDb viewers, it now makes the Top 250 list, and similar to Korean Oscar Winner "Parasite", I wouldn't be surprised if the film continues an upward climb in the viewer ratings. Once you've seen it, you'll probably give it a nudge yourself.