This film is amazing in it's own special way. To begin with, the fight scenes were good, definitely above average. If only the rest of the film were like that!
The characters are one dimensional cliches, and often do ludicrous and stupid things for no real reason apart from being able to thrust a certain prop at the audience, just to make sure even the chairs understand what happened/will happen. Forget the decades of knowledge about how to do that in a subtle, non-insulting way! This would be fine in a comedy film, but the film gives no indication that it's trying to play that angle meaning the audience laughs at the film, not with it.
Time travel films have a habit of eventually running into plot holes, but this one has a plot canyon, with occasional bits of continuity sticking out of it. The entire plot unravels at several points if examined too closely, largely due to no one trying to come up with a consistent set of rules for time travel before writing.
The special effects are mixed. The practical effects are either okay or good, either way the create the desired effect. However, this was still in the early days of CGI, like Lawnmower Man, so any computer animated effects look anywhere between dated and terrifyingly jarring. That said, there is the excuse that CGI was still in its infancy.
Overall, it was fun to watch, mainly for how bizarre and unintentionally funny it became in places. 2/10
The characters are one dimensional cliches, and often do ludicrous and stupid things for no real reason apart from being able to thrust a certain prop at the audience, just to make sure even the chairs understand what happened/will happen. Forget the decades of knowledge about how to do that in a subtle, non-insulting way! This would be fine in a comedy film, but the film gives no indication that it's trying to play that angle meaning the audience laughs at the film, not with it.
Time travel films have a habit of eventually running into plot holes, but this one has a plot canyon, with occasional bits of continuity sticking out of it. The entire plot unravels at several points if examined too closely, largely due to no one trying to come up with a consistent set of rules for time travel before writing.
The special effects are mixed. The practical effects are either okay or good, either way the create the desired effect. However, this was still in the early days of CGI, like Lawnmower Man, so any computer animated effects look anywhere between dated and terrifyingly jarring. That said, there is the excuse that CGI was still in its infancy.
Overall, it was fun to watch, mainly for how bizarre and unintentionally funny it became in places. 2/10