Clockstoppers (2002)

Did you people see the same film I saw?

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

I was 8 when this movie came out. It was one of my favorites as a kid, and still a movie I will sit down and watch from time to time. Jesse Bradford played a solid part along with his co-star Paula Garces. Many people protest the issue of her having a Hispanic accent early on in the film then diminishing as it progressed. It could be her toying with Bradford and the self-absorbed DJ Ditto early on, or it could simply be bad acting... I digress.The special effects were well done and the soundtrack was appealing with music from Blink 182, Smash Mouth, and other popular bands (especially for the time period it was made). Overall a solid, feel-good, family movie that is sure to entertain.

I am a sucker for science fiction movies. One of my favorites (along with about a billion others) is 'Back To The Future.' As soon as I started watching 'Clockstoppers' I felt that it had a 'Back To The Future' feel to it. Watching the extras on the DVD, those in the movie thought so too. However there is no comparison. This movie uses a group of B-grade actors and a great, novel concept of certain persons becoming able to greatly speed up their time, rendering the world and people around comparatively in extremely slow motion. The problem starts right after that great concept is introduced, as the writer and director were not able to develop any substantial story line to go along with it. The result is a cute, mostly fun little movie that uses the hyper time mode for silly things, and when it is all over we realize the hyper time concept was the entire movie, with a silly script strapped on to make it look like a movie. I was highly entertained by the hyper time concept, I was mostly bored with the story surrounding it.SPOILERS -- We get the first glimpse that something is askew when a highly disguised Dr Doppler (great name!) is trying to get quickly onto a plane for Central America, only to get invisibly jerked off the tarmac platform right before boarding. Later we figure out that it was the two bad guys operating in hyper time, moving so fast they couldn't be seen. A professor had invented the circuitry, disguised as a watch, the government was realizing the hazard of this getting into enemy hands and not wanting to terminate the project, the bad guys need Dr Doppler to finish the design, because as it stood everyone operating in hyper time ages very rapidly, which defeats part of the purpose. The professor's son accidently gets the watch, figures out how to use it, helps his friend win a DJ contest, foils a bike theft, gets back at an over-eager meter maid, and various silly uses for such a fabulous technology. In the end, of course, the bad guys are foiled, and the professor's son drives away in his new Mustang, and goes into hyper time as the cops chase him. he had kept one of the watches!

from the beginning I didn't have the highest of expectations for clockstoppers; I knew it was going to be a fantastical fiction that was far from reality. I was simply hoping to sit down, turn off my brain, and be entertained. But come on, this is just insulting. The entire movie is riddled with so many plot holes, I am troubled to think that somebody actually sat down and wrote it. However the acting and special effects are all you could hope for from a Nick movie, and to be honest the ideas behind it are very entertaining. In short, not a bad movie to watch with a young kid, but if you find yourself constantly screaming, "Whhaaaaatt?!?" at your TV, don't say I didn't warn you.

I really enjoyed watching this film. Unique Storyline, great special effects, good actors. Michael Biehn made a brilliant villain, I wish he had been in more scenes in the film as he was the best actor in the film. I loved the special effects when time was slowed down, they were very convincing. Jonathon Frakes has done a great job of this film.