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Up-and-coming advertising employee Jim Ferguson (Alex Hyde-White) is inexplicably transported back in time to the dangerous front lines of World War I. Struggling to understand what's happening to him...( read more 
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MCT:May 2, 2008The movie BIGGLES:ADVENTURES IN TIME is a rather odd movie to try and review. All logic says that the movie should be soundly panned - a low budget time travel movie about two "time twins" who bounce back and forward between 1980s New York and London and the Western Front in the French trenches of World War I whenever the other is in mortal peril.
Though the movie has plenty moments that make you cringe - the `old boy attitude' of the British flyers in WWI, the dated fashions of the 1980s and some of the most awe inspiringly terrible dialogue and dialogue deliveries in recent years. Yet in spite of it all this movie also has a certain amount of charm and there are a number of times in which you cannot help but feel seduced by the Boy's Own adventure of it all.
Drawing its inspiration from a series of Biggles novels by British author Capt. W.E. Johns, the movie is really the story of American celebrity dinners CEO Jim Ferguson (played by Alex Hyde-White). Following a visit from a mysterious elderly Englishman (played by Peter Cushing in his last movie), Ferguson finds himself transported back to World War One France where he meets British flying ace Biggles, whose Sopwith Camel bi-plane crashes nearby.
It becomes apparent that Ferguson must help Biggles complete his mission to destroy a German sound machine, a technology that could lead to Germany winning the war (one wonders why Germany didn't simply build more than one). The young cast are quite good in their roles, the music is serviceable and there is some very nice biplane dogfight scenes between Biggles and his archenemy Von Stalhein.
Faithful only in spirit to the Johns books, this movie was obviously meant to be the start of a franchise as evidenced by the ending, but that never transpired. This movie has its moments and for time-travel fans it will fill a nice couple of hours, but it's a movie where its parts are better than the whole. A true guilty pleasure. -
MCT:October 25, 2007
Somewhat ridiculas family adventure. Bringing to life Uk school boy world war one hero biggles with a mix of a side kick of a rather silly new york advertising business men, straight from the snoby 80s. It does'nt always work and looks dated, but the...(read more)re is a originality which keeps it fun.
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MCT:March 5, 2007
Biggles fans will probably hate this movie. It's a terrible movie. The acting is not great and the plot is okay. But even though I realize this I still can't help but be in love with it. I mean, if all you do is stare at Biggles all the way through and sing along to the music that's okay. But you have to appreciate how bad this movie is, especially the ending which was left open for a possible sequel. Very hopeful indeed.
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MCT:September 24, 2006Based on the fictional literary WWI fighter pilot, this film promised much but delivered only a little. The acting was okay and the casting of Biggles himself was fine, with the plummy English accent done well. However, I didn't like the plot where some American guy from the present day (well, the 80s) kept being trasported back in time to WWI and helped fight against a German sound weapon.
The action was okay and the WWI parts were good, but the sections in modern London was more than a little cheesy. "When you can fly a Sopwith Camel, you can fly anything," Biggles says as he hops into a helicopter. No you can't. You will crash. Trust me.
Oops - now there's a helicopter flying about in WWI era France...
If this film was based solely in WWI, I think it would have been a hit, but the writer must have watched Doctor Who or something before putting pen to paper. -
MCT:June 19, 2006just a feel good film for all the family, just another blast from the past. I like watching this one now and again
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MCT:April 19, 2006
Fun rubbish. Would probably be less of a travesty if it wasn't practically the only Biggles film around. I'm sure it drove people to the books who then wondered why he never travelled in time.
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