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The Time Shifters

1999 · 88 min

A busy, earnest TV-movie thrill ride about cheating disasters, with constant forward momentum and a few clever time-loop turns.

Directed by: Mario Azzopardi
Genres: Science fiction, Thriller, Action
Starring: Casper Van Dien, Catherine Bell, Theresa Saldana

Tagline: If you could change the past would you?
Overview: Tom Merrick gets caught up in a time-traveling conspiracy and must set the timeline right before it is irrevocably altered.

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Directed by: Mario Azzopardi
Genres: Science fiction, Thriller, Action
Starring: Casper Van Dien, Catherine Bell, Theresa Saldana

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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: fate
survival
grief
conspiracy
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Horror	1
Humour	1
Realism	5
Romance	3
Tension	6
Darkness	5
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: science fiction, thriller, action
Directed by: Mario Azzopardi
Written by: Gay Walch, Kurt Inderbitzin
Starring: Casper Van Dien, Catherine Bell, Theresa Saldana, Peter Outerbridge, Julian Richings, Catherine Oxenberg, Lawrence Dane, Mimi Kuzyk
Cinematography: Derick V. Underschultz
Runtime: 88 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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