Altered Hours (2016) Reviews

• Amazing take on time travel!

  hopeseekr2018-04-05

  I have -no- idea why this movie is ranked so poorly! For low-budget Sci-Fi films, this is top tier and has an engaging storyline, likable characters I can relate with, and doesn't dumb things down too much. It has great rewatchability. I wonder how all the nay-voters would rank Primer?? Especially the only other reviewer who said "the storyline is confusing." Um, this movie is **definitely** geared towards the genius spectrum.

• A mixed bag, but...

  Amadio2018-06-01

  For any story about time-travel there are going to be confusing and unclear parts. How these are handled somewhat defines the experience. Altered Hours uses the premise of drug-induced time-travel/viewing to avoid paradoxes such as those encountered in time-machine stories. While the concept is good, the actual film making is pretty woeful, indeed terrible in parts. The main protagonists' acting is bearable, but some of the supporting characters are appalling, really dire in places. However, the outcome of the story, the raison d'être for the behaviour of the characters is finally well explained. I was quite moved by the ending, indeed it was what saved the film for me. It's a clever story, poorly delivered. I look forward to the next story from these writers in the future - hopefully with a better budget and cast!

• Not too bad

  pietclausen2018-04-16

  The writers are new to making a full feature film and this is their first attempt, reading their biographies. The story is interesting but the putting it together in a good movie is much more difficult to achieve for this theme. Nevertheless I was able to follow what was happening and yes the future was changed and lives were saved. I somewhat liked it, but a lot of visual dreaming never came to fruition, which may confuse viewers. But if you understand the real timeline it never happened that way. Viewers will have to figure that out for themselves after having seen the movie, when it will make sense. A nice attempt for which I give it a rating of 4.

• Better than it gets credit for

  jjzstar332018-09-10

  I'm glad I gave it a shot. It's better than the reviews would lead you to believe. Lately I have started to bypass the reviews and watch based only on the description. This movie does require you to pay attention, or you may get confused. There are a lot of jumps in the story, like any good movie about time travel paradox. If you can put the iPad down and just enjoy the movie it's worth the watch.

• A must see work of art.

  temporalmonk2017-03-28

  If the "grandfather paradox" is when you travel back in time to kill your grandfather and so erase the ancestral conditions for your own existence in order that you may escape to a transcendental limbo beyond temporality, Bruce Wemple's The Tomorrow Paradox is an ethical call to responsibility in the face of past mistakes and a return to the work of being in history. Struggling with a past that haunts him and a future that seems determined, Will Parker relentlessly fights for his own free will and redemption in this epic sci-fi journey. The Tomorrow Paradox is a fresh reinvigoration of the consciousness time travel narrative that is simultaneously gripping, psychologically horrific, and emotional. Its non-linear structure isn't so jumbled that viewers are left wondering which way is up, yet, at the same time, it leaves audiences anxious to re-watch the film in order to pick up on those subtle details overlooked during a first viewing. One of my top science fiction picks for the year and a truly raw and beautiful work of art by an upcoming craftsman in the field.