Clockstoppers Movie Review 2002

Amusing kid fare has heroes Zak (Bradford) and Venezuelan exchange student Francesca (Garces) zipping around in speeded-up "hypertime" to rescue Zak's scientists dad Dr. Gibbs (Thomas) from time-traveling baddies, headed by corporate bigwig Henry Gates (Biehn). It seems the wristwatch/time machine Gibbs invented needs tweaking, so Gibbs and top grad student Dopler (Stewart) are kidnaped to fix the snag by the evil QT corporation, which wants to use the device to, what else, conquer the world. The teen duo must do their rescuing, however, before they all prematurely age in hypertime (one of the snags). No stranger to sci-fi, director Frakes (Riker on "Star Trek: Next Generation") makes the most of the inherent FX.

Distribution

Paramount Home Video, 5555 Melrose Ave., 5555 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90038, Phone: (323)956-5000, URL: http://www.paramount.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 94 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Comedy Sci-Fi, Family Ties, Mad Scientists, Teen Angst

Screenplay

Rob Hedden, J. David Stem, David N. Weiss

Cast

Jesse Bradford, French Stewart, Michael Biehn, Paula Garces, Robin Thomas, Julia Sweeney, Linda Kim, Garikayi Mutambirwa

Cinematography

Tim Suhrstedt

Director

Jonathan Frakes

Music

Jamshield Sharifi

Other

James Steube, Peter E. Berger, Kevin Kavanaugh, Deborah Everton, Marek Dobrowolski

Producer

Gale Anne Hurd, Julia Pistor, Nickelodeon, Valhalla Motion Pictures, Paramount Pictures