10 Essential Time Travel Movies
10. Time After Time (dir. Nicholas Meyer, 1979)
Time After Time is at the appealingly silly end of the sub-genre. Based on Kurt Alexanders novel, it was directed by Nicholas Meyer, who later helmed Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (or Star Trek Into Darkness, as its now known). It conceives of a world in which H. G. Wells (played by Malcolm McDowell) actually has a working time machine, using it to pursue Jack the Ripper (David Warner) in a race through time. The pair end up in San Francisco in the late-1970s, where all manner of chaos ensues along with an unintentional foreshadowing of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. While its not the most adeptly-directed film, Time After Time is a lot of fun so long as you dont take it too seriously. Its internal logic is sound and it does raise of couple of interesting ideas about the changing nature of crime and societys position towards violence. David Warner gets a number of really juicy lines as the Ripper, proclaiming at one point: Ninety years ago, I was a freak. Now Im an amateur. McDowall, fresh from playing the title role in the infamous Caligula, gives as good as he gets and is very convincing.
Time After Time is at the appealingly silly end of the sub-genre. Based on Kurt Alexanders novel, it was directed by Nicholas Meyer, who later helmed Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (or Star Trek Into Darkness, as its now known). It conceives of a world in which H. G. Wells (played by Malcolm McDowell) actually has a working time machine, using it to pursue Jack the Ripper (David Warner) in a race through time. The pair end up in San Francisco in the late-1970s, where all manner of chaos ensues along with an unintentional foreshadowing of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. While its not the most adeptly-directed film, Time After Time is a lot of fun so long as you dont take it too seriously. Its internal logic is sound and it does raise of couple of interesting ideas about the changing nature of crime and societys position towards violence. David Warner gets a number of really juicy lines as the Ripper, proclaiming at one point: Ninety years ago, I was a freak. Now Im an amateur. McDowall, fresh from playing the title role in the infamous Caligula, gives as good as he gets and is very convincing. 