Time After Time is one of those films that is best described as high concept. Imagine if you will, that H.G. Wells actually created a time machine. He planned to go into the future to see his utopia that he knows exists. However, when his doctor friend is revealed to be Jack The Ripper, the famous serial killer escapes in Wells' time machine to 1979. Wells decides to chase the ripper there in order to catch him and bring him to justice. Sounds really cool doesn't it? Well, in many ways it is. Malcolm McDowell is great as Wells and David Warner brings a chilling air to Jack. The script moves along a fairly good pace and there seem to be few plot holes. My problem is that it is just not exciting. With a concept like that I should be hanging off my seat wondering what will happen next instead of predicting the plot and wondering how long till its done. This is definitely a film that could benefit from a redux as the ideas are there but it just needed a stronger hand to guide them.
Review of Time After Time
