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Clockstoppers (2002)

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Reviews Counted:83

Fresh:23

Rotten:60

Average Rating:4.7/10

Consensus: A pleasant diversion for the young teens, but a waste of time for anyone older.

Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Synopsis: Zak Gibbs (Jesse Bradford) is a regular teenager who's only got girls and hot rods on his mind, but all that changes when he finds a watch developed by his scientist dad, Dr. George Gibbs (Robin... Zak Gibbs (Jesse Bradford) is a regular teenager who's only got girls and hot rods on his mind, but all that changes when he finds a watch developed by his scientist dad, Dr. George Gibbs (Robin Thomas). One day, while raking leaves with his friend Francesca (Paula Garces), he discovers the watch has special powers. It goes into "hypertime," speeding up the molecular structure of whoever's wearing it, so the rest of the world looks frozen, but is actually just moving much slower. At first Zak and Francesca have a lot of fun playing pranks on people while in hypertime, but soon they realize they are in grave danger. A corrupt corporate drone, Henry Gates (Michael Beihn), wants to use the watch for evil deeds and decides to kill Zak, his dad, and Francesca in the process. Gates kidnaps Dr. Gibbs and Zak and Francesca enlist the help of a kooky scientist, Dr. Earl Dopler (French Stewart, THIRD ROCK FROM THE SUN). The rest is high action camp; it's like THE MATRIX for teens. All the action takes place to a pounding soundtrack that includes artists Smashmouth, Blink 182, Sugar Ray, and Kool Keith. [More]

Starring: Jesse Bradford, Paula Garces, Gariyaki Mutambirwa, Robin Thomas

Starring: Jesse Bradford, Paula Garces, Gariyaki Mutambirwa, Robin Thomas, French Stewart, Michael Biehn

Director: Jonathan Frakes

Director: Jonathan Frakes
Screenwriter: Rob Hedden, J. David Stern, David N. Weiss
Producer: Gale Anne Hurd, Julia Pistor
Composer: Jamshied Sharifi
Studio: Paramount Pictures

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Matthew Turner

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Oct., 30 2002 08:23 AM

ViewLondon

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3/4

Ian Waldron-Mantgani

Light, silly, photographed with colour and depth, and rather a good time.

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Alexander Walker

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3/5

Pablo Villaca

Absurda, mas divertida, a premissa confere um certo grau de interesse ao filme, que ainda se beneficia do tom adolescente descompromissado.

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Zap2it.com

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Jeffrey Westhoff

However it may please those who love movies that blare with pop songs, young science fiction fans will stomp away in disgust.

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Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

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Robert Roten

Visually exciting sci-fi film which suffers from a lackluster screenplay.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Mar., 08 2003 11:24 AM

Laramie Movie Scope

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John R. McEwen

Director Frakes steps triumphantly into the ring of Hollywood mediocrity with this effort...

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Wesley Lovell

Each actor does his very best to portray the characters realistically and perhaps their relative inexperience is a factor.

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