Timeline (2003)

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Is anybody familiar with the movie Timeline (2003), which was based on the novel by Michael Crichton and was directed by Richard Donner? Not only was this a critical (12% on Rotten Tomatoes) and a box office disaster ($43 million worldwide on a budget of $80 million), it was also the last book of Crichton's that was made to the big screen before his death in 2008.

 

It also has a surprisingly large cast from the likes of Paul Walker, Gerard Butler, Frances O'Connor, Billy Connolly, David Thewlis, Ethan Embry, Anna Friel and Michael Sheen! It's amazing that Butler's career managed to survive before he made 300 a few years later and not even some decent actors can save this from becoming a cheesefest. Here's the trailer if you want to view it.

 

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Now with Congo getting reviewed next week, this one has to be looked at as this contains a few crazy moments, most notably when a team of soldiers were killed by a bunch of arrows and were brought back to the present, and suddenly their grenades destroyed the time machine even though they weren't supposed to bring any modern weapons to medieval France! What is it with that?

[Ofcoursemyhorse 1043]

This movie is pretty bonkers, and the cast is amazing for how goofy it all is.

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I looked at the IMDb trivia section for this and apparently, Michael Crichton was so disappointed in Timeline, that he would not allow any further adaptations of his novels before his death. Looks like he wasn't the only one bummed out by it!

[SaraK 1980]

I just rewatched this movie with a friend this weekend and immediately came on here to see if was recommended. It was a fun disaster

[IRONicmerMAN 391]

As far as time travel films go, this makes Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure look like a master class production.

[Ofcoursemyhorse 1043]

Gerard Butler is pretty darn good in this despite its overall mediocrity.