Review of Time After Time (2011) by Aj V — 12 Dec 2010
When H.G Welles (Malcolm McDowell) shows his friends a time machine that he invented, he never imagined that one of them were in-fact Jack the Ripper (David Warner). Jack the Ripper takes the time machine to escape the police and H.G. must follow him to 1979 to stop him from killing once again.
While trying to find Jack the Ripper, H.G meets banker, Amy Robbins (Mary Steenburgen), who takes an interest in him right away. However, the closer the two get, the more danger Amy's life is in, since H.G has the key to time machine and Jack the Ripper wants it.
I actually never heard of this movie until recently and I wish I had, because it would've been on the top my favorite Sci-Fi movie list.Time After Time is clever, funny and about as good as Back the Future, even if the effects are a bit cheesy.
The acting is surprisingly superb as well. McDowell was a bit under-rated in his younger days because he always gave an interesting performance and he's especially fun to watch in this film. While, I never realized that Steenburgen was actually type-cast in Back to the Future 3 since she also fell in love with a time traveler in that film as well. But hey, she does a good job in both films never-less. David Warner is excellent as Jack the Ripper as well. Just give the movie a chance, I'm glad I did!
This review of Time After Time (2011) was written by Aj V on 12 Dec 2010.
Time After Time has generally received positive reviews.
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