A good movie

By now, I have seen all the movies directed by Gregory Hoblit. Hoblit's features are what you could call 'guilty pleasures' in the sense that they are never really good (even 'Primal Fear' is rather overrated in my opinion) but they are always entertaining and the guy sure knows how to direct a thriller. However, I genuinely liked this flick which is, by far, his best one. The weird thing is that it actually deals with time-travel so you really wonder how it turned out to be so good. Indeed, the biggest issue with movies dealing with time-travel is that, you know it from the start even before the movie begins, the whole thing won't make any sense. So, it is a huge obstacle and there are only a few movies dealing with this subject which manage to make you forget the absurdity of this concept. This movie is definitely one of them though. As said before, when you think about it, the story was just plain ridiculous but the actors (James Caviezel, Dennis Quaid) gave such compelling performances, they were so convincing, that, as a result, the whole thing was quite spellbinding to watch. Furthermore, I really enjoyed the directing which managed to mix drama, SF, action, thriller elements together and they made it all work. To conclude, even though it is a rather preposterous story, it is easily one of the most entertaining time-travel flick I have ever seen. It is obviously an underrated and unknown gem and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

7/10