25
One redeeming feature of this picture is that it will make great fodder for those make-fun-of-the-movie TV shows.
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What are critics saying?
38
The cliché-laden dialogue, schlocky special effects and predictable plot are derivative; the movie is overwrought and lacks suspense.
20
The New York Times by Dana Stevens
This picture achieves a level of badness that is its own form of sublimity. You almost - please note that I said almost - have to see it to believe it.
38
New York Daily News by Elizabeth Weitzman
Burns doesn't even bother to disguise his New York accent, any more than he does his boredom.
50
ReelViews by James Berardinelli
The ending seems predestined, and the overlong, tepid journey getting to that point isn't worth the price of admission.
20
A clunky and cheesy disaster.
20
Los Angeles Times by Kevin Thomas
The picture looks as murky as its story line, the sound is tinny, much of the dialogue is flat or confoundingly technical or merely risible, and most everything on the screen looks patently fake.
20
The Hollywood Reporter by Kirk Honeycutt
A gloriously lead-footed excursion into time travel with all the accoutrements of 1950s science fiction: an absurd plot, cliched characters, corny effects and a race against time to save mankind.
20
TV Guide Magazine by Maitland McDonagh
The profoundly unconvincing CGI work only makes the sorry screenplay and lackluster performances look worse.
67
Seattle Post-Intelligencer by William Arnold
Though he tries hard for bravado, hero Edward Burns is terminally wooden.