Kelso acts "serious".

Rating: 6/10 (21 January 2004)

Got a sneak preview of this flick on January 21st. Seeing it for free never hurts the review.

This movie is good. The performances for the most part are pretty strong. With the one exception towards the end of the movie when Ashton asks the doctor for his notebooks in an intense voice but doesn't pull it off and just sounds like goofy kelso acting angry. For the most part, Ashton's acting wasn't that bad. To be honest I expected much worse and therefore wasn't that disappointed.

The movie also started to get ridiculous when Ashton started using his time travel power capriciously. All he needed to do was be able to just see his old writing on a piece of paper and BAM he was instantly in a trance and into time travel mode. This was a little silly in the jail sequence when he runs into the cell, grabs the notebook, reads a few words as the goons are chasing and BAM, like a magic spell he is warped out of there.....
So in short, the screenplay is average with some pieces of the plot a bit too contrived.
The director did a great job. The camera work and editing and sound effects were excellent. Simple conversations that turned really intense shocked the viewers as they should.
And the acting is good, with Ashton doing a decent job and the rest of the cast doing very well I might add (the guy who played Tommy needs a bit more polish to be believable).
So overall, a good but not great movie.