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Being into time travel movies I decided to give this one a go despite the number of bad reviews here. I was not disappointed. Yes, it's a low budget movie, there are no fantastic special effects and some of the acting is below par - but once the story grabs you it doesn't let go til the end credits roll. Not the best film I have seen this year but interesting enough to make me want to watch it to the end. And despite what other reviewers have said, the ending does make sense but only if you use your brain.

It's an exciting mystery where there's always something we don't know. At the end, I'm not even sure we got all the answers.

There is one scene that is too long and too depressing, complete with terrible new age music. I was worried the whole movie would be like this because I didn't bother to read the summary.

But then things change drastically, and for the better. First there is more new age music with what I would describe as footage from those science movies we watched in school.

Helen is on the run, and the movie just got more fun. The new age music has changed to what was probably called "space music" in the 60s.

During an exciting car chase, someone got really creative with camera work when a vehicle rolled over. But it's like that Schwarznegger movie where he somehow ended up in the real world and discovered pain for the first time. The characters don't seem to feel pain or get hurt.

Speaking of Schwarznegger, one of his best-known co-stars, Linda Hamilton, plays a college professor. Yes, Helen's a science and math nerd. Too pretty to be one, but when she and Alex start doing complicated math puzzles she gets so excited. Lyndsy Fonseca gives a good performance, going from depressed to frightened to excited. And she shows a lot of determination.

There are serious moral questions. Someone wants revenge and we have an explosion, but I'm not sure why.

There are flashbacks and scenes involving science experiments that I didn't quite understand.

Other than her, I don't know that there's anything special with the acting.

Is it family friendly? As usual for movies like this, the sound goes out and a character's mouth is blurry in many cases. Other than that, I don't know that there's anything to be too concerned about.

I would compare this to a TV-movie or an episode of a TV series, but it's entertaining enough.

I love Time Travel movies but this film was a disappointing let down. I was amazed at the good actors( with the exception of Zach Avery), good camera work, good atmosphere and special effects which were wasted on this poor script and poorly paced film. Lyndsy Fonseca, Glenn Morshower, Noah Bean and Alex Lanipekun did the best with what they had to work with. For the life of me I can't see how Zach Avery got an "And Zach Avery" billing in the credits.

Zach Avery's acting was like a cancer to this movie. Every time he was on screen it died a little more. Good god, how did he make it past the auditions?

Lyndsy Fonseca did a fine job with the sub-par lines and direction, so it may have been an fun, but throw-away average movie if it wasn't for Zach Screen Cancer Avery who did his best version of Lenny von Dohlen's "Miles" from Electric Dreams (circa 1984).

It's so bad, in fact, that it has prompted this, my first IMDB review.

Avoid.

Pluses- the mystery and suspense, the sound effects and sound tracking, the camera work, some good thoughtful dialogue and the leads acting which holds together the movie Minuses- some wooden support acting, and the plot doesn't entirely make sense how it ends. Overall, work a watch if you don't mind more amateur indie sci-fi and don't expect too much, but if you expect something Hollywood polished, action driven, special fx driven or mindbendingly crafted, give it a miss.