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Zach Avery's acting was like a cancer to this movie. Every time he was on screen it died a little more. Good god, how did he make it past the auditions?

Lyndsy Fonseca did a fine job with the sub-par lines and direction, so it may have been an fun, but throw-away average movie if it wasn't for Zach Screen Cancer Avery who did his best version of Lenny von Dohlen's "Miles" from Electric Dreams (circa 1984).

It's so bad, in fact, that it has prompted this, my first IMDB review.

Avoid.

Honestly, I don't understand the 1s (or the 10s), but it certainly wasn't as bad as the average reviews here insinuate. At the same time, it's far from a 10, and definitely a one and done kind of flick.

It's absolutely more thriller than sci-fi and relies heavily on the "mystery" of what's going on, which means nobody can just talk straight about anything. As a result, Fonseca is just frog-hopping from pad to pad, clue by clue, until she gets to one big reveal, which at least solves enough mystery to know who she can/can't trust and where to go next which ultimately leads her to the final reveal, which of course is not entirely what she had predicted. The problem with that method of storytelling is the supporting characters start to get frustrating fast. You'd think at least "government agent guy" would be a little more straightforward and less lackey villain in a suit, but unfortunately he comes across as the latter for a good 90% of the film. Also as others have pointed out in their reviews, the token ally character is both written as rather bland and definitely portrayed that way. However, the overall mystery is decent and does wrap up in the end, although yes, it does leave you with questions assuming you were engaged in the first place. Overall, not bad, just doesn't really add anything new in terms of story mechanics/plot formula for the genre(s). Lyndsy Fonseca was great in the lead though, it's just a shame she has to carry most of the other cast too. And Linda Hamilton's role is tragically short and almost pointless except to put her name in the credits.

Being into time travel movies I decided to give this one a go despite the number of bad reviews here. I was not disappointed. Yes, it's a low budget movie, there are no fantastic special effects and some of the acting is below par - but once the story grabs you it doesn't let go til the end credits roll. Not the best film I have seen this year but interesting enough to make me want to watch it to the end. And despite what other reviewers have said, the ending does make sense but only if you use your brain.

It was great to see a time travel movie with no idiotic special effects or implausible parallel universes. If we spend our time regretting the past and worrying about the future we can forget the paramount significance of now, the only time in which anything can be achieved. Fonseca is a brilliant actress and her character was consistent and convincing.

Pluses- the mystery and suspense, the sound effects and sound tracking, the camera work, some good thoughtful dialogue and the leads acting which holds together the movie Minuses- some wooden support acting, and the plot doesn't entirely make sense how it ends. Overall, work a watch if you don't mind more amateur indie sci-fi and don't expect too much, but if you expect something Hollywood polished, action driven, special fx driven or mindbendingly crafted, give it a miss.