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The time loop in Timecrimes ( Los Cronocrimenes ) is different from the one in Groundhog Day . Oh, just watched the former and the latter is on now. The time loop in Timecrimes invites a discussion of predestination. Groundhog Day does not. Of course, really, predestination generally involves the concept of fate, something meant to happen, and thinking about the time loop in Timecrimes in such terms would be misleading... Let me back up a bit. Assume SPOILERS. And, watch Timecrimes anyway, if you want to, because knowing what’s going to happen won’t ruin the story. That’s kind of the point. The basic gist: Hector (Karra Elejalde) gets himself into a bit of a situation after spying a topless girl in the woods near his house. He finds himself in what turns out to be a time machine, heading about an hour and half back in time, only to be (arguably) stuck interacting with his past self in the same manner a stranger with a bandaged head interacted with him before. Stranger is ...