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Cheryl Ladd, Daniel J. Travanti, Kris Kristofferson

Time-hoppers from the future, led by Cheryl Ladd, are abducting airline passengers about to crash, and transporting them a millennium hence in order to reseed a future blighted by environmental disast...( read more  read more... )er. This is a dangerous business, plagued by the specter of accidentally creating time paradoxes, which could throw the future out of whack. Unfortunately, they've lost a couple of the stunners they use to subdue troublesome passengers, and these fall into the hands of a curious physicist (Daniel J. Travanti) and an investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board (Kris Kristofferson). Cheryl Ladd must retrieve these devices before a time paradox wipes out her world, but manages to complicate things by developing a romance with Kristofferson. All of which is very intriguing, having come from the short story, "Air Raid," by science fiction luminary John Varley, who also is credited with the screenplay. The part about airline abductions to save the disastrous future is straight from the original story, and the rest is expanded (you wouldn't say extrapolated) from it. The results are not very happy. About a third of the film is maddeningly wasted by repeating action from a different point of view. Seems natural when there are disparate timelines to deal with, but here nothing is added by the conceit. Only Travanti turns in a creditable performance as the physicist, bent on proving his theories about the future. He seems hungry for discovery, which is one of the things you want from a science fiction story, that sense of awe. But here it's just, "Aw, shucks!" --Jim Gay

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PG-13, 108 min.

Directed by: Michael Anderson

Release Date: August 25, 1989

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DVD Release Date: March 15, 2000

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  • YosemiteSamFan
    August 4, 2007
    YosemiteSamFan
    Somewhat interesting concepts of time travel. Kris Kristofferson is a bit flat, but Cheryl Ladd brings spark to the scenes.
  • davodd
    June 2, 2007
    davodd
    Completely unsatisfying adaptation of a terrific John Varley science fiction gem.
  • ktravis
    October 13, 2006
    ktravis
    for the fan of futuristic cheese, this is the movie to see! lol... honestly, it really WAS a good movie, if you can sit through an 80's movie without scoffing and walking out. Kris, as always, brings out some good acting and Cheryl really knows how to support. Two thumbs up for ...( read more)80's movies!!
  • Soundsofmadness
    February 18, 2009
    Soundsofmadness
    No thankyou - Not interested
  • chabala
    January 10, 2009
    chabala
    Interesting, yet hokey
  • xcalibr377
    June 15, 2008
    xcalibr377
    I wonder if the producers of LOST saw this.
  • superclerk25
    May 8, 2008
    superclerk25
    A good time travel flick.
  • MECreviews
    March 21, 2008
    MECreviews
    This movie is ok. Nothing that spectacular though.
  • jimcaerleon
    January 11, 2008
    jimcaerleon
    Mediocre treatment of a good book and an interesting premise.
  • tommyrulz
    December 7, 2007
    tommyrulz
    haven't seen it but looks good

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