5/10
Dull with occasional interest
27 January 2009
Warning: Spoilers
Science Fiction sequel to the minor hit "The Philadelphia Experiment", again based on time travel but with quite a different plot. There isn't really a lot to recommend this movie but a few things livened it up to bearable:

  • The story is potentially interesting, with the same idea as The Man in the High Castle (Philip Dick).


  • some of the cinematography is somewhat interesting; it's way over the top for a direct-to-video C grader! Ronn Schmidt seems to have done a lot of other work and obviously let himself have some fun here. Unfortunately the blurry slow-motion at the end is quite bad and almost negates the good stuff.


  • Half Life! The scenes where the hero is running from the helicopter, are in some interesting industrial ruins that reminded me quite a bit of the game Half Life 2. Likewise, the machinery for the time/stealth machine.


However, this is all put together in the dreariest fashion imaginable, with a rather small budget, and the film contains quite long periods where nothing much happens. A good editor might do something with it, but then the movie is not very long as it stands.

In conclusion, not very good despite some potential.
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