Time After Time

"The future isn't what you thought...it's what I am." - Jack the Ripper

release year: 1979
genre: sci-fi/drama
viewing setting: home Bluray 8/25/25 and home VHS 9/1/97

synopsis: 1893...Jack the Ripper vanishes from London - and only one man knows how he did it: H.G. Wells, whose newly-invented time machine has been used by the maniac to escape...to the future...to 1979

impressions: This was a neat mix of various types of movies and characters. It's one of those movies that people know the idea of but can never name.

acting: Malcolm McDowell shines in one of his few non-villain roles, as an H.G. Wells who unexpectedly finds himself in the future. David Warner is sinister (something he does well) as Jack the Ripper. Mary Steenburgen is a novice actress here, and it shows.

final word: Neat little period piece.

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