Timeline Reviews

Honestly, since this movie had some rather low ratings, I wasn’t expecting much but anything directed by Richard Donner is worth a look in my book. Indeed, back in the 80's and 90's , Richard Donner was one of the most successful action directors in the world but, unfortunately, we don't hear much about him nowadays and it is not with such movies that he will be back on the A list (on the other hand, at 80 years old, it might be time for him to retire). Anyway, even though I thought this movie would really stink, it was actually not that bad. First of all, there was an interesting cast (Paul Walker, Frances O'Connor, Gerard Butler, Billy Connolly, David Thewlis, Anna Friel, Michael Sheen, Lambert Wilson), even though Paul Walker was not really the best choice to portray the main character (Except for the ‘Fast and Furious’ franchise, the guy never really had much success and he definitely never convinced anyone about his leading man potential). The main issue was actually with the story itself. Indeed, it was just a really pedestrian and routine time-travel tale and the whole thing was not really thrilling whatsoever. To conclude, even though it was not a very bad movie, it was still pretty damned average and it is not really worth a look, I’m afraid.