Genre: Fantasy, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Time Travel, Space, Fantasy, Revenge, Mad Scientists
Tagline: This fall you're history
Plot: In the heart of the beautiful and historically rich Dordogne Valley of France, a team of archaeology students and their professor diligently work to uncover the ruins of a l4th-century castle. For Professor Edward Johnston (Billy Connolly), the project is the culmination of a lifelong dream. Aided by assistant professor Andre Marek (Gerard Butler), his son Chris (Paul Walker) and students Kate (Frances O’Connor), Stern (Ethan Embry) and Francois (Rossif Sutherland), Johnston has made major strides in unearthing not only La Roque Castle but also a monastery and structures from the surrounding village of Castlegard.But things are about to go haywire.... Suspicious of the dig’s benefactor, International Technology Corporation (ITC) and the man who runs it, Robert Doniger (David Thewlis). Professor Johnston heads to ITC headquarters in New Mexico to get some answers, and while he’s away, his students discover a chamber that has been sealed for more than 600 years. Marek and Kate descend into the unstable room, and just before a near disastrous cave-in, they make two startling discoveries a bifocal lens, which couldn’t have been invented before the chamber was sealed, and even more intriguing, a handwritten plea for help dated April 2, 1357 from Professor Johnston! Determined to
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 Adapted from the daffiest of Michael Crichton's "what if" novels, "Timeline" is an instant contender for cult status on the midnight-movie circuit, where lines like "Do we look like quantum wormhole specialists?" will be given the respect they deserve.  --Jack Mathews (New York Daily News)
I felt too much of the movie consisted of groups of characters I didn't care about, running down passageways and fighting off enemies and trying to get back to the present before the window of time slams shut  --Roger Ebert (Chicago Sun-Times)
The usually reliable Richard Donner drops the ball with this blurry medieval/time travel/adventure film. Hiring a trio of bad actors, namely the abominable Paul Walker, doesn’t help the veteran director much either.--Brian Orndorf (FilmJerk.com)
Still, Timeline is a decent adventure with plenty of tense moments and good action, with a finale that is a pyromaniac's wet dream. The acting and directing is good and the story is quickly paced, even if it is at times downright predictable. 6/10--Nate Anderson (Movie-Vault.com)
Shallow characters, bad writing and unrealistic action prevent you from being engaged by the story. Then the low budget means no shallow enjoyment either  --Carl Lazarevic (MovieWeb)
Timeline is the kind of brain-dead romp that's so unintentionally hilarious, you're likely to crack a rib guffawing.  --Jamie Russell (BBC Films)
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Paul Walker
The Fast and the Furious, She's All That, 2 Fast 2 Furious |
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 | Gerard Butler
The Phantom of the Opera, Reign of Fire, Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life |
 | Billy Connolly
The Last Samurai, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, The Boondock Saints |
 | Anna Friel
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Goal!, Rogue Trader |
 | Neal McDonough
Minority Report, Star Trek: First Contact, Walking Tall |
 | Matt Craven
A Few Good Men, Crimson Tide, The Life of David Gale |
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