Out of Time

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.

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

This is a very low budget film, especially the first ten minutes or so. As such I was prepared to nap my way through it but surprisingly it really picks up about twenty minutes in. From then on it's a perfectly good little movie that I quite enjoyed. There's no reason for the negative reviews. If anything it's a bit above average for its budget and genre.

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.

It's not a completely original story; it starts out almost exactly like The Hidden (1987), only with three bad body-hopping aliens pursued by one time-traveler posing as an FBI agent, along with a reluctant local cop who has to be convinced these are aliens, instead of one bad body-hopping alien pursued by one good body-hopped alien posing as an FBI agent, also along with a reluctant local cop who has to be convinced, etc. (Also note that the FBI agent here is named "Cooper," which was Kyle MacLachlan's character's name in "Twin Peaks"; MacLachlan played the FBI agent in The Hidden.) Also, the idea of a time-traveling good-guy and/or cop from the past chasing one or more bad guys into the future was used in the movie Time After Time (1979), among others, and more recently in the TV series Continuum (2012-15), and probably a few others whose titles I can't remember.

That said, it's a good movie, considering the low budget. The supporting cast could be better, but the two main characters are well-acted enough. The special effects and dialogue are probably the biggest weaknesses, and there are plenty of cliches involved, but overall it's worth seeing, and maybe even fun in spots.