Overhyped

Rating: 4/10 (28 December 2019)

I think the good cast and excessive budget has blinded a lot of people to the empty plot and dialogue. The presentation of the global response is ridiculous (China is a military dictatorship and the rest of the world is irrelevant with Russia being just more China.) The characters were as deep as kiddy pools. There was no basis for the actions which developed the plot (e.g the armed rebellion and bombing on the base which was excused with a single line from the doctor) Smarmy comments like the Sanskrit war verse and the Kangaroo line show that the researchers talked to one and no more than one actual linguist. This is not a sci-fi film because the connection between language and time manipulation is the opposite of scienctifically valid.
Not bad for a B-film, trash for what it claims to be.