Now where did it go wrong... It starts of very nicely in a beautiful victorian setting. The character(s) get a proper introduction and about ten minutes later, he's sitting in the timemachine and gung-ho's through space and time to get an answer to his burning question. Mr. Hartdegen stumbles from one idea to the next, without really knowing, how he got there in the first place. Guy Pearce has the easy job to look astounded and bewildered.
The original story is still visible through all the added scenes but mostly missing in the last 30 minutes, where the film's rushing from point A to B in a neckbreaking speed and BOOOM the film's over. As soon as the lights go on you realize the tons of possibilities, how this could have been a fun and thrilling night out ("The Mummy" pulled that of, didn't it?). Sadly it's just OKish...
What really bugged me is the esoterical soundtrack and one of the most boring fight-scenes I EVER saw in cinema (not the boss-fight, that is...)
The original story is still visible through all the added scenes but mostly missing in the last 30 minutes, where the film's rushing from point A to B in a neckbreaking speed and BOOOM the film's over. As soon as the lights go on you realize the tons of possibilities, how this could have been a fun and thrilling night out ("The Mummy" pulled that of, didn't it?). Sadly it's just OKish...
What really bugged me is the esoterical soundtrack and one of the most boring fight-scenes I EVER saw in cinema (not the boss-fight, that is...)