USA 1989 86m Directed by: Howard R. Cohen. Starring: Wil Shriner, Ned Beatty, Kathleen Beller, Bridget Hoffman, Alex Hyde-White, Lee Bergere, Parley Baer, Robert Cornthwaite, Jan Merlin, Terrence Beasor, Mary Boessow, Christopher Judges, David Hooks. Music by: Parmer Fuller.
When an evil scientist steals his colleague's time machine his colleague's beautiful, brilliant daughter. Aided by an L.A. cop and a hapless admirer, she pursues her father's enemy back to twelfth century England, where, disguised as a damsel in distress, she enlists the help of a knight errant whose secret past holds the key to her future.
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Not bad as time travel movies go. But the sets were atrocious and the acting was weak. As with many time travel movies the plot was predictable. Probably the most disappointing prop was the time machine itself. It looked like they went down to the local hardware store and picked up a load of plywood and a few cans of spray paint. In fact the time machine prop resembled a backyard storage shed you can buy at your local Home depot. The actors appeared to be sleepwalking through most of their scenes. Ned Beatty did his best to provide us with a good performance, but he was unable to carry the movie by himself.
That being said, the movie deals with time travel as well, if not better, than most time travel movies. The fact the the writer at least tried to provide us with a reasonable flow of events and seemed to have more than a passing interest in providing us with a logical time travel tale increases my appreciation for this little low budget flick.
Review by runner-15 from the Internet Movie Database.