TimeQuest
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Movie Reviews of TimeQuest
Movie Review: Timequest - If Only.....
Summary: 5 Stars
Great film not produced by any of the major film production studios. With Bruce Campbell, Ralph Waite, and Larry Drake as FBI chief J Edgar Hoover.How many times have you ever thought What if...? This film portrays what may have occured if President Kennedy was not assassinated in Dallas in 1963. Hints at how this nation's history may have changed from sending a man to the moon and the Vietnam war. Mixes real facts with a portrayal of what could have occurred.
I came away from this film thinking that if only events had occured as was portrayed, perhaps we would be better off than we are now with the threat of nuclear war, clandestine operations of goverment organizations, and a program which remains stagnant due to political involvement and constant budget cuts.
This film gave a real vision of what this country could have become - and still can without the antics of our current political climate.
Movie Review: A well thought-out "what if" movie
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this movie used because (a) I love time travel movies and (b) it was cheap. What I didn't expect was it being so damn good! Love the way it was cut especially the different looks (i.e. the news broadcasts of 1963 and 2001). I thought the asides were cool too. Dan Rather still an obsure local newsman, John Lennon and The Beatles virtually forgotten, RKF and MLK the future president and vice president respectively, and Bill Clinton a racy book author. Would love to see other movies of this type with the altered timelines themes. Reminiscent of the original Star Trek episode of time travel/altered timelines, "City on the Edge of Forever".Movie Review: This movie just blew me away!
Summary: 5 Stars
I just want to say that this movie is so good that it stayed with me for a few days afterwards. Its main pluses are that it is very realistic about what may have happened if JFK lived-it shows the power exerted by major players and doesn't present any sugar-coated hollywood fantasy. It does have some drawbacks to some people in that it skips around in time a bit, and is not very action-driven, but is rather plot-driven and character-driven, but i view this as a big plus.
It is one of the best and most grittily realistic time travel movies that I have seen. Very recommended for fans of the genre.
Movie Review: Flash forward and backward, you need to see it the 2nd time to see what's happening.
Summary: 5 Stars
This isn't a fancy typical hollywood movie but it keeps me very much engaged. The bits and pieces of the short segments make absolute no sense until the very last. I like it how the movie is pulling different events from different times and weaved them into a chronological logical time line in order to preserved the mysteries and tell the stories in a very intriguing fashion.Movie Review: An Interesting Answer To One Of The Most Profound "What-Ifs" Of The Last Century
Summary: 4 Stars
As anyone who makes the mistake of watching the Sci-Fi Channel on weekends can tell you the term "low-budget science fiction movie" is almost an oxymoron. Here though is a film that proves to be far from it. In fact Timequest is a good exercise in how to make a movie on a low budget without looking (entirely) like it is low budget.
Timequest has a pretty good cast. True some of them may not be greatest physical look-a-likes in the world but they manage to catch the spirit of the real-life people they portray. This is true of the three leads (Victor Slezak as JFK, Caprice Benedetti as Jackie, Vince Grant as RFK) and especially of Slezak. Slezak makes you believe he is JFK in his appearances especially with his speech at Rice University and the sequence that follows it (which sells this film the best in my opinion). Then there's Bruce Campbell as Oliver Stone like director William Roberts. Now I'm not a Bruce Campbell fan by any means (far from it in fact) but I found his short appearances to be enjoyable none the less. While it is true the cast has a few misfires (Jeffery Steiger as Oswald and Dan Miller as Dan Rather both come to mind instantly) but for the most part it is a fine cast all things considered.
The main selling point of this film isn't the cast though but the story. Writer / director Robert Dyke has crafted a good alternate history film based around one of the most profound "what-ifs" of the last century: what if JFK had lived past November 22nd, 1963? The world that Dyke and the film shows us is perhaps a bit too optimistic for some but it seriously makes one wonder. The film also finds time to poke fun at some of the conspiracy theories regarding the JFK assassination in some of the most unexpected places which is fun for anyone who has a good knowledge of the subject.
That said the film does have some problems. The first of such is the time-travelers' motive for his journey (which is the one cringe-worthy moment of the film to say the least). But perhaps the biggest problem is the fact that the film viewpoint of the world is perhaps too optimistic (yes that is both a plus and minus sadly). There is also the matter of the jumping around in time which I've had people I've shown the film to tell me is confusing (especially in the first third or so of the film). For once though as the production values are excellent for the most part. The low budget nature of the film isn't an issue in a science-fiction film.
Yet outside of these problems there is a rather good film sitting here. From a fine cast to a well crafted "what-if" story, Timequest shows that that the term "low-budget science fiction movie" is not an oxymoron when done right. Here is an intelligent, well thought out, and well produced film that gives an interesting answer to one of the most profound "what-ifs" of the last century: what if JFK had lived? Here is a (perhaps too optimistic) answer and a good one at that.