The dialogue is awful, especially as delivered by Paul Walker. How in the heck he was chosen for this film, and why he's even given star billing when he's on screen so little time is beyond me. I kept waiting for this to turn into one of those low-brow teen comedies... that's what Walker brought to this movie. I mean who wrote this thing? (Here's a bad omen for Ocean's 12: one of the co-writers of Timeline wrote the screenplay for the upcoming presumed blockbuster.)
The gang has less than 6 hours to find and retrieve Connolly, they're captured, go through all kinds of trials, and Walker's character's main fixation is on the girl. What happened to the heirarchy of "life in danger, sex can wait"? Man....
The music was lame, which made what were supposed to be exciting scenes fall flat. Never have I been so bored by large scale battles. Never. Did I mention this was boring?
What else... an ex-Marine acting like a self-serving wuss, the other ex-marines brought to protect the poor defenseless travelers are done in within minutes of arrival, people who are historians letting their feelings and self-preservation overrule the possibility of totally screwing up the timeline, etc.
The plot holes are really just too numerous to mention. They run the gamut from coincidences beyond belief, down to the last second timing, and here is one of my favorites: They all wear a tiny pendent on a necklace which is their only method of getting back. Now I ask you, if you had something which your life depended upon, would you wear this on the outside of all your clothing or would you tuck it under everything and have it hanging against your chest? Of course! You'd wear it on the outside where it could be lost, stolen, grabbed from your neck, or whatever.
It hurts my head to even write this review because it means I have to think about the movie again.
You have been warned.
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