Having lost both his wife and his son, a history professor refuses to remarry. Instead he pours all of his energy into his job and his hobby, both of which betray an enduring interest in the Wild West. While attending an auction of Wild West memorabilia, he buys some pieces of luggage. The luggage contains a most intriguing find...
"Timestalkers" is an agreeable science fiction movie of the time travel variety. Some time travel movies delight in intellectual games about topics such as paradoxes or the unravelling of Time itself, but here the emphasis lies on emotion, suspense and action. The plot flits to and fro between the past, the present and the future. The respective evocation of the past and the present is well done, but the evocation of the future lacks in imagination. More thought could have been spent on the creation of a society that looked and sounded really different. Thanks to advances in computer technology and the like, some of the visual and special effects look dated anno Domini 2023. Still, this may constitute part of the charm for those who enjoy 1980's and 1990's science fiction movies.
Klaus Kinski, as the malevolent villain, seems to be enjoying himself hugely. (I hope that he got to take that duster home after production was wrapped, it looked a million dollars on him.) However, it is hard to shake the impression that the villain is going to a lot of superfluous trouble in order to achieve his aims. Presumably he's one of those insanely complicated souls who, when asked to cross the English Channel, start building a life-sized replica of an Elizabethan galleon out of matchsticks.
"Timestalkers" is an agreeable science fiction movie of the time travel variety. Some time travel movies delight in intellectual games about topics such as paradoxes or the unravelling of Time itself, but here the emphasis lies on emotion, suspense and action. The plot flits to and fro between the past, the present and the future. The respective evocation of the past and the present is well done, but the evocation of the future lacks in imagination. More thought could have been spent on the creation of a society that looked and sounded really different. Thanks to advances in computer technology and the like, some of the visual and special effects look dated anno Domini 2023. Still, this may constitute part of the charm for those who enjoy 1980's and 1990's science fiction movies.
Klaus Kinski, as the malevolent villain, seems to be enjoying himself hugely. (I hope that he got to take that duster home after production was wrapped, it looked a million dollars on him.) However, it is hard to shake the impression that the villain is going to a lot of superfluous trouble in order to achieve his aims. Presumably he's one of those insanely complicated souls who, when asked to cross the English Channel, start building a life-sized replica of an Elizabethan galleon out of matchsticks.