This movie was supremely awful! Regardless of the film's budget, the storyline was disjointed and nonsensical in its presentation. I felt like I was watching a patchwork of what remained on the cutting room floor!! I can't believe Ben Kingsley and Catherine McCormack (a stage actress of much laud and acclaim) would have anything to do with this. Whereas the root of the story is an interesting concept, the tree which sprung forth is most twisted and incomprehensible.
Every so called theoretical result of their violation of causality was perfectly understood by the constantly ranting scientist, Sonia Rand, who knew exactly what to expect and exactly how to resolve these events that presumably nobody had ever dealt with before. As they were navigating through this world which was being altered from simple plant life on up with each pass of a "time wave", racing against the inevitable change of themselves (because humans were apparently the "last species to evolve" in our time), they were constantly being harried by beasts reminiscent of Ray Harryhausen films. There was also this pathetic scene where Edward Burns, easily talked into leaving an injured man behind, watches on as the man (regressing to what seemed to be a conversation he had with someone when he was a little boy) quickly proceeds to get devoured by mutant reptilian baboons. However, all the while Dr Rand faced every challenge with the savvy of a seasoned pro, understanding the physics of it all with a clarity that the audience unfortunately were left to envy. (One quick question: how are there dinosaur-like sea creatures and reptilian baboons, which sleep suspended like bats, in this causality-altered world? Did their violation of the past extend even so far as to obliterate the asteroid in space that ended the Age of the Reptiles 65 million years ago???) The film resolves and ends with all the grace of a walk off a plank! Oh yeah, and Edward Burns seems to have an incredible knowledge of (completely alien) animal behavior, structural engineering, and fluid dynamics which I can tell you, got them out of more than a few jams.
I would only suggest you see this film if you are fanatically faithful to Ben Kingsley or Catherine McCormack, or if you are a MSTie who needs the satisfying fix of a perfect film atrocity! This movie should be dissected and studied by film students for years to try to gain a formulaic insight as to what ingredients add up to the worst possible movie.
Every so called theoretical result of their violation of causality was perfectly understood by the constantly ranting scientist, Sonia Rand, who knew exactly what to expect and exactly how to resolve these events that presumably nobody had ever dealt with before. As they were navigating through this world which was being altered from simple plant life on up with each pass of a "time wave", racing against the inevitable change of themselves (because humans were apparently the "last species to evolve" in our time), they were constantly being harried by beasts reminiscent of Ray Harryhausen films. There was also this pathetic scene where Edward Burns, easily talked into leaving an injured man behind, watches on as the man (regressing to what seemed to be a conversation he had with someone when he was a little boy) quickly proceeds to get devoured by mutant reptilian baboons. However, all the while Dr Rand faced every challenge with the savvy of a seasoned pro, understanding the physics of it all with a clarity that the audience unfortunately were left to envy. (One quick question: how are there dinosaur-like sea creatures and reptilian baboons, which sleep suspended like bats, in this causality-altered world? Did their violation of the past extend even so far as to obliterate the asteroid in space that ended the Age of the Reptiles 65 million years ago???) The film resolves and ends with all the grace of a walk off a plank! Oh yeah, and Edward Burns seems to have an incredible knowledge of (completely alien) animal behavior, structural engineering, and fluid dynamics which I can tell you, got them out of more than a few jams.
I would only suggest you see this film if you are fanatically faithful to Ben Kingsley or Catherine McCormack, or if you are a MSTie who needs the satisfying fix of a perfect film atrocity! This movie should be dissected and studied by film students for years to try to gain a formulaic insight as to what ingredients add up to the worst possible movie.