Director-writer Andrew Niccol presents a world in which the aging gene has been engineered to switch off when our bodies fully mature at age 25.To avoid over-population, time itself has become the ultimate currency.The rich can live forever, while the rest struggle to survive.In this society of 'have' and 'have-nots', two lovers from opposite sides of the tracks are on the run from law enforcement officials known as "Timekeepers," after the couple is accused of a crime they didn't commit.