Mel Gibson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Elijah Wood

A 1939 test pilot asks his best friend to use him as a guinea pig for a cryogenics experiment. Daniel McCormick wants to be frozen for a year so that he doesn't have to watch his love lying in a coma....( read more  read more... ) The next thing Daniel knows is that he's been awoken in 1992.

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PG, 102 min.

Directed by: Steve Miner

Release Date: December 16, 1992

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DVD Release Date: August 27, 1997

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  • September 29, 2009
    A sweet film that falls into the ?Light entertainment? category.
  • July 2, 2008
    a good romance story.
  • June 15, 2008
    I love this tale about a man who gets his body frozen as he doesn't want to see his love die. Jamie is really good in this too.
  • February 3, 2008
    Pending Review...

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  • October 1, 2007
    okay
  • October 26, 2009
    Cheesy it was but sorta cute (so was Elijah Wood the kid then), amusing & entertaining.
  • October 24, 2009
    This is sort of a romance story mixed with some sci-fi and comedy. The film stars Mel Gibson as a test pilot from the 30's. When the love of his life goes into a coma he ask a friend of his to put him in a cryogenic sleep so he does not have to watch the women he loves die. He ge...( read more)ts woken in the early 90's. With the culture shock and adjusting to this new world makes for some funny moments. Also the film has those tender moments. A nice mix of the love story with the sci-fi and comedy. Mel Gibson gives a solid performance. Worth a watch.
  • October 2, 2009
    The story start's in 1939 in 2nd world war and finish after 50 years. Good watching film not something special with good cast but not so good perfomances the movie has a realy a novel idea but the direction dosen't hepl it very much.
  • September 21, 2009
    Not a typical Mel Gibson film and it is rather far fetched. It is however enjoyable none the less.
  • September 17, 2009
    When Daniel McCormick decides to become the subject of a cryogenics experiment in the 1930s, it is supposed to be only for a year. He re-emerges in 1992, and begins a search for his friend, with the help of a boy he meets (Elijah Wood),in order to find out why he hadn't been wok...( read more)en after a year. As he begins to age rapidly, he only wants one more thing - to find the woman he loved in the 1930s, after he finds out from his friend's daughter that she is still alive.

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  • terris85017
    November 18, 2007
    (1992 Director: Steve Miner) This movie keeps it alive...war torn....shell shocked Mel Gibson reunites with his former lover I think I remember..
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  • QueenOfSparta
    May 29, 2007
    love this movie as well...definately one of my favorite.

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