The 5th Dimension

A 7.2/10 star rating? Are you kidding me? I only gave it one star because I can't give it zero stars. My friends and I made better movies on an ancient VHS camcorder when we were 12 years old. What a piece of crap. Save yourself. Run away. Far away.

My God this movie was annoying. From the scattergun opening sequence to the predictable ending. The characters, particularly the male ones, were unlikeable and obnoxious.

And, as I have found with many of these low budget found footage movies, absolutely nothing of interest happens until the last 10 minutes. Most of the movie is taken up with the characters arguing and shouting at each other and making bad decisions.

The opening premise of the story involves a group of scientists researching the possibility of time travel, particularly involving the Philadelphia Experiment and the HMS Eldridge.

However, this is mostly forgotten as they head off on a trip to a remote government research facility in an attempt to save their funding. All in all, a waste of time.

As a physicist and found-footage fan, I was naturally curious about this film. What a dire disappointment then this was.

A title card which gives two highly misleading definitions of physics terms is followed by a jumbled sequence of pictures and video snippets which I guess is supposed to convey a sense of chaos, doom and dread. That is, in turn, followed by a hokey voice-over narration covering late 20th century events that mixes fact and fiction.

Once the film proper begins, it is hard to believe the atrocious dialogue and amateur cinematography. Physicists would never talk like these characters, and I suspect the film-makers did not consult with real physics students, let alone physicists. I gather they just wanted to have another excuse for some kind of monster story that could be given the veneer of physics.

This is one of very few movies (out of thousands) I could not finish, because I could find nothing redeemable in it.

Avoid.