Time Tracers

While Jefferey Combs may not be known for high art, this flick is beyond a doubt the worst movie I have ever seen him in and that says a lot right there. Seriously, if you've ever seen J. R. Bookwalter's "Galaxy of The Dinosaurs" and were then told that his flick was the sequel, there's a pretty good chance you'd believe it because this thing is just that cheap, boring, and crappy.

The plot is your typical time travel nonsense where they go back in time (but are still somehow able to communicate with the present time!?!?!) and create a "ripple" and problems ensue which, unfortunately, you don't really get to until practically the end of the movie, having to suffer through an hour and fifteen minutes of mind-melting, illogical drivel just to get there. The ending is also unbelievably lame, but I'm not going to give it away, although I'll say it's up there with the ultra-lame "it was all just a dream" shtick as a means of tying everything together and putting an end to the mess.

Picture the lamest, cheapest SyFy channel made-for-TV crapola you can think of and then consider that this film makes any one of those films look like a Hollywood blockbuster by comparison-it's that bad. This flick isn't so bad it's good or even fun to hate on-it's just pitiful. Avoid.

I was looking for this movie for years!!! I gave 5 out of nostalgia...

Seems like they intended to make a porn, but changed idea mid production (there is no nude nor sex scene, but you know a porn movie when you watch that goofy characters, conversations, low value and bad acting...

So, about the movie, the idea is brilliant! Just Horribly executed!! Sometimes the acting is so ridiculous that you laugh out loud (I did).

I wish they made a movie with this story, just well done this time... Imagine a Sound of thunder, but better done, maybe JJ Abrams...

dinos, time travel, and goofiness... what you need more?

If I could compare this movie to a vehicle, "Time Tracers" is a rusted-out clunker Volkswagen bug with shattered windows. It tries to run on its own power. Oh, it tries. But the path is filled with disastrous execution. The dialogue is so choppy and abhorrent, it's like plowing through deep potholes. Stilted. Paltry. Full of groaners. One character even steals a famous line from "Dirty Harry" with his weapon. The special effects, cheap and moribund. Add a scantily dressed brunette and a dumb blonde to this show, and you can see the wreck coming.

It's such a shame, too, because the premise is intriguing. Archaeologists unearth an ancient experimental device designed to send humans through time. They call it the Kronos experiment. A team is sent to experience the Civil War, then to battle dinosaurs, transmitting all images back to the present. (How is this even possible through millions of years?) I've heard they had to borrow the stilted dinosaur videos from another movie. The characters are so unlikeable, you almost cheer for the dinosaurs. And, wait for it: a "DinoMan" (picture Gorn from "Star Trek") shows up to derange our heroes.

So pinheaded is this team, they ignore the first rule of time of travel: do NOT touch anything. Little do they know, they have a huge surprise waiting for them when they return.

If "Mystery Science Theater 3000" hasn't parodied this movie, they should. I can hear them laughing now.

Time tracers/time trap is a quirky time travel movie. some interesting time travel concepts are explored within the limits of their budget. a good effort that is worth a look.