Philadelphia Experiment II

When I saw the movie I enjoyed it. I think it was done well and overall it was a good movie, but I was a little disappointed when they didn't use the same actors for the lead part as was in the first movie. It would have made more sense because it is basically a continuation of the story.

I've watched all three of the Philadelphia Experiment movies recently. This one is a worthy installment. The story line is interesting, which keeps it afloat. The big issue with all three movies would be the direction and the production values. None of them are bad movies, but they're poorly made and it shows. The direction seems poor and the performances suffer. Had these been in line, this and the other films in the series would have faired far better.

The movie is not terrible but it is boring and has nothing special. Time paradoxes have been done before and the Nazis winning the war one has been done way too many times. Something else could have been done but sequels suck anyway. This just has nothing going for it.

OK, so this isn't a great movie. And it isn't really a sequel to the original Philadelphia Experiment movie. But once you get past the first 10 minutes or so, it's a decent "what if" alternate-universe story, with a fun performance by Gerrit Graham in a TRIPLE role, and some occasional wry humor. At least as good as the average episode of shows like Star Trek and Quantum Leap.

Some elements of the movie (the use of tattooed bar codes to track people, for example) are clever and thoughtful, while others verge on silly. But overall, it's pretty good. I'd rate it 6 out of 10. Give it a try; you probably won't be disappointed.

I am one of the biggest fans alive of the original "Philadelphia Experiment" and have watched it tens of times. Unfortunately this sequel really is a let down compared to it. The script really is pretty hopeless and confusing. There is no love element, little contact with the female sex, and little pleasure derived from the juxtaposition of two time periods that we saw in the first film or in Time after Time. The relationship between Herdeg and his son is not properly developed and far too much of the film is shot in grizzly dark night scenes with little view of the countryside. The film is a little too "scientific" without enough of the human and love elements. For a film of this type to be successful and last in the mind of the

spectator, their needs to be a good balance of love/science/humour/time logic/sets. This film is too gloomy for me and thus spoils what could have been a very good idea. Compare this film with another minor Time-travel film called "Tomorrow Man" and you will see that the latter has far more to offer than this one ! Sorry to be so negative on this one, but couldn't we have had just a little more romance and tenderness to counterbalance the grim scientific side of the film ??????