Timeline (2003)

Release date: 2003-11-26
Country: USA
Language: English|French
Director: Richard Donner
Production Co: Paramount Pictures, Mutual Film Company, Donners' Company
Genre: Action, Adventure, War, Science Fiction
Rating: 5.6/10
Length: 1h 56min

Storyline

A group of archaeologists and combat experts led by Chris Johnston (Paul Walker) and Kate Ericson (Frances O'Connor) use a "3-D fax machine" to time-travel back to France in 1357, in hopes of retrieving Chris' father, Professor Edward Johnston (Sir Billy Connolly), and returning safely to the present. No such luck. Fending for themselves against marauding hordes of medieval French warriors at war with the invading British, these semi-intrepid travellers find their body count rising, and the deadline for their return home is rapidly approaching.

Plot Keywords

time machine, fight, death, murder, scientific research, teacher, archeological dig, surrealism, one word title, shot with an arrow, love, kiss, deception, bow and arrow, arrow, teacher student relationship, horse riding, horse, subtitled scene, falling from height

Short Review

This big-budget adventure is based on a recent Michael Crichton thriller, though its premise is too stale to instill the sense of wonder critical to great sci-fi.