Slipstream (2005)

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Siskoid
It's absolutely a B-movie, but the time travel comedy-thriller Slipstream nagged me by being too good for its bad parts. There's certainly some directorial flair on show, but then also some pretty terrible use of slow-motion. The characters are quirky and sometimes even funny, but they keep making stupid mistakes to keep the plot going. Rewind... What I think is actually the problem there is that the action choreography is simply horrendous, so people just stand there shooting and getting shot even when there's cover available, or don't know where to go or how to move or how to get to the next bit of plot without looking like deer in the headlights. But with Sean Astin in the lead, with Vinnie Jones (Snatch) and Ivana Miličević (Casino Royale) just as central, we have a likeable cast making the best of a silly script about a handheld time machine they hope can reverse a bungled bank robbery of which they were either victims or perpetrators. I had fun with it, even if some of that fun took the appearance of me shouting at the screen in frustration. 2 years 10 months ago