Review – Time After Time

As high concept goes, this is one of the highest. H.G. Wells (Malcolm McDowell) actually manages to construct a working time machine. But it’s just his bad luck that one of his dinner guests turns out to be Jack the Ripper (David Warner) in desperate need of a fast getaway. Further plot twists find both men transported to 1979, where the killer goes back to work while the author tries to catch him and drag him back to the 19th century. One of the more interesting moments in sci fi history occurs when protagonist and antagonist meet face-to-face in the latter’s hotel room and they discuss how closely their respective outlooks on life coincide with the future into which they’ve been thrust. The rest is an entertaining action movie and not much more. Mildly amusing