Out of Time

I saw the rating on IMDB, and decided to check this movie out. Acting was good, and the storyline intriguing. Kept my attention throughout.

I'll dump a crap film at any point if I feel it's unwatchable. This was obviously a B low budg film, but really not too bad. Acting is OK, writing is OK, plot is OK (actually better than Avengers End Game). I actually liked it and that's saying something these days.

OK I appreciate that some of these reviews are from members of the cast, and that it's not a 9 star movie. Honest review - The acting is generally pretty bad, that said, last acting I did was in the nativity play over 40 years ago, so who am I to judge. It might be the script that makes the actors seem Hammy which is more than possible as some of the dialogue is atrocious but I agree with some reviewers that if you get past 12 minutes it's not that bad. I think the ideas shown in this movie are great, the film just needs some heavy polishing.

I enjoyed this film and -- despite a few people claiming it's terrible -- I found nothing really awful in it. Effects were about what you'd expect from the original Star Trek series. However, it's not a special effects film. All-in-all, they were in keeping with what was happening in the film.

The film has a distinct low-budget feel, but as it progressed I noticed that the camera angles and scene staging gave the impression that the director knew what he was doing. I looked up his previous efforts and found that he had directed a few well-reviewed shorts as well as having his hand in the film business in a variety of roles.

A few people pointed out that the dialog seemed wooden. I agree. I think the script could have used another re-write to smooth things out a bit. However, I was grateful that the film was devoid of the usual pile of idiots who are blind to the obvious. In other words, the types of characters that have to do certain things to move plot points: 1) see alien/strange behavior yet ignore it 2) do something nobody sane would do ("I'm going to give the terrorists what they want. Surely they will let us go then") 3) panics needlessly. I suppose that list could grow longer. Fortunately for my sanity, our time traveler at least tried to keep that to himself knowing the incredulity he'd face. And the incredulous tended to wise up when they saw the evidence.

Okay, this was definitely a B movie, but it was kind of fun. The leads were okay, but the rest were not great actors. If you have nothing else to watch, go for it.