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Clockstoppers | 22/03/04 DVD(R2) This film has a lovely premise - that of "hypertime", whereby a person wearing
a special watch can so accelerate the molecules in their body that time
apparantly stands still.
If you can suspend your disbelief for long enough to go with this (and some
major liberties are taken with it - such as still being able to drive a
car?!?), it's actually quite a fun film. The filmmakers are clearly not taking
things too seriously, but do (just) keep it from being too camp.
The plot is entirely by the numbers, although that said there are touches of
genius - mainly in the form of the lovely Francesca (Paula Garcés - who passes
convincingly as a high school kid at 28!!) who, for example, after knocking out
an antagonist by kicking his head with her foot, is asked: "karate?" - answer:
"ballet".
Perfect for the kids - plenty of goofball laughs, a bit of family/relationship
tension, some thrills and spills for younger members of the family, and the
less cynical just might not be able to predict the ending 5 minutes into the
film.
As for adults - it wouldn't be torture to sit through this with a young 'un
(especially as Francesca is really very cute - especially when she's wandering
around in just a towel AND I don't feel bad about fancying her now I know she's
my age - bonus!), but otherwise I'm not sure there's really enough to keep a
more mature audience engaged.
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