A World War One soldier accidentally time travels to present day Los Angeles and struggles to find a way back to his wife in 1918.A World War One soldier accidentally time travels to present day Los Angeles and struggles to find a way back to his wife in 1918.A World War One soldier accidentally time travels to present day Los Angeles and struggles to find a way back to his wife in 1918.
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I was expecting the usual American rubbish with the fake British accents thrown in for good measure but I was pleasantly surprised. OK it was unrealistic but all time travel films are unrealistic (how could you go back if you could kill your own parents etc.). However having overlooked this and the fact a British soldier transported from WW1 happens to land in LA and not outer Mongolia, where presumably there are no audience dollars, it is almost credible. The Yorkshire accent is good and the reactions of the Americans he meets are just about believable too. I also liked the concentration on a good plot rather than special effects and furthermore give the producers credit for mostly eschewing the woke agenda and not risibly shoe horning in some fictitious ethnic minorities from WW1 to appease the BLM crowd (as the film 1917 did).
I found this film oddly comforting. I don't know why or how, but I felt peaceful at the end. The story is completely farcical, or is it? If you have even a basic understanding of relativity and are okay watching low budget 1970's cheesy science fiction...you'll be entertained.
I've been scorching underwhelming time travel films lately while hoping to find a good one.
Finally. All I can say is an emotional thank you to Guy and Annie for this wonderful, sentimental labor of love.
And thanks you to those who fell on the fields of France during those terrible years.
I will include the three names.....Willie Walton, Robert Birtwhistle, Fred Booth.
A wonderful little film...superbly acted, well scripted...makes one want to believe in time travel. Nothing too ambitious, just a small tale very well told...a soldier is launched forward in time, and desperately wishes to get home to a wife he is certain is waiting for him. Although some characters doubt his sanity and veracity, watching this one wants to believe him...all in all a lovely bit of cinema, and one of the few documentary style movies that actually delivers...bravo all...
This movie is always viewed from the angle of the camera man... but, it's not hokey and jerky like found footages are known to be. I had never heard of this movie before... and, with me loving the odd, thought impossible, unexplainable topics, I jumped in! I was not disappointed!! It doesn't move along fast, and maybe there's a couple of "say whut?!!" moments, but I found the movie very entertaining and pretty satisfying!! I loved the story, the acting and the emotions it put out there... both between the characters and for myself. Movies don't have to be Oscar winners to have what it takes to entertain and have merit! Just sayin'.....
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- GoofsOne of the simplest and easiest ways to determine if Alistair was telling the truth, which the main characters never think to do, would have been to ask him about local government and politics during his time. Such as who was the British Prime Minister, who represented Alistair's town in parliament, and who was the name of the local parish priest. It is doubtful a mentally ill man from the present would have known these things, and this would have confirmed Alistair's knowledge of the past to a much higher degree.
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