Pleasant surprise - bad title
Whoever came up with the title to this film should be taken to one side and taught a thing or two about movies. There is no getting away from the fact that the title is BAD! The title suggests that you are about to watch every bad sci-fi movie you have ever seen, but what lies behind the title is an entertaining time travel film which is actually quite good.
James Belushi is quite good as the bad guy and Kylie Travis plays the feisty female cop well.
There is great pleasure in watching the main characters failing miserably at changing their situation as they travel back again and again to fix things, when it seems all manage to do is make a bad situation worse. The ending is surprisingly downbeat and refreshingly rewarding, which makes a change for Hollywood these days.
All in all not the best of films ever made, but if you just leave you critical faculties and high expectations at home you will be pleasantly surprised.
James Belushi is quite good as the bad guy and Kylie Travis plays the feisty female cop well.
There is great pleasure in watching the main characters failing miserably at changing their situation as they travel back again and again to fix things, when it seems all manage to do is make a bad situation worse. The ending is surprisingly downbeat and refreshingly rewarding, which makes a change for Hollywood these days.
All in all not the best of films ever made, but if you just leave you critical faculties and high expectations at home you will be pleasantly surprised.
- PMR-4
- Jun 21, 1999