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| Clockstoppers [2002] | ![Clockstoppers [2002]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51NABC8744L._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Jonathan Frakes
Actors: Jesse Bradford, French Stewart, Paula Garces, Michael Biehn, Robin Thomas
Studio: Paramount Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (7 reviews)
Sales Rank: 39232
Format: Anamorphic, Pal, Widescreen
Languages: English (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired), English (Original Language)
Rating: Parental Guidance
Media: DVD
Running Time: 90 minutes
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Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
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Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5014437824332
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Release Date: May 5, 2003
Theatrical Release Date: March 29, 2002
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 clockstoppers October 28, 2005
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Very good! I thought that from the cover it looked a bit trashy. Yet, I found it quite enjoyable. Its about a special watch which can freeze time. This watch is precious and everyone wants it. There is many chases which are actually well choreographed. The bike stunts are very good and it also has some quite good humour in this film.
 Fair afternoon special February 26, 2005
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The concept is not original. You have seen this before many times from Twilight Zones to "The Girl, The Gold Watch Everything" (1980). Some do it well as in "Timestalkers" (1987) and then there is this movie.pStandard premise, misunderstood youth know better than parents. Yep and of course has to save sire from the evil bad guy that has gone amuck. Zack has Henry's (Michael Biehm) molecular watch and he wants it back. On the side father of Zack can be useful in completing project. So will Zack save his dad or will Francesca runoff to Tahiti with the bad guy?pOne plus is the presents of French Stewart; I guess they needed one actor in the movie. And for distraction purposes Paula Garces.
Fair afternoon special February 26, 2005
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The concept is not original. You have seen this before many times from Twilight Zones to "The Girl, The Gold Watch Everything" (1980). Some do it well as in "Timestalkers" (1987) and then there is this movie.pStandard premise, misunderstood youth know better than parents. Yep and of course has to save sire from the evil bad guy that has gone amuck. Zack has Henry's (Michael Biehm) molecular watch and he wants it back. On the side father of Zack can be useful in completing project. So will Zack save his dad or will Francesca runoff to Tahiti with the bad guy?pOne plus is the presents of French Stewart; I guess they needed one actor in the movie. And for distraction purposes Paula Garces.
A good idea that goes nowhere (especially in hyper-time) January 5, 2004
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
The idea is attractive: what if you could move so quickly that everybody else would look like they were frozen? You would not be stopping everybody in their place, as in the old "Twilight Zone" episode, but rather you would be going at living in hyper-time. Dr. George Gibbs (Robin Thomas) has invented a way of making this work and put it in a witch, which ends up in the hands of his teenage son, Zak (Jesse Bradford). Of course, Zak sees this as a great way of impressing the new girl at school, Francesca (Paula Garces), but there is also the problem bad people in the employee of millionaire Henry Gate (Michael Biehn) are after Zac for the watch. To make things worse, Zac gets help from Dr. Earl Dopler (French Stewart), who has been trapped in hyper-time and aged by the process, and his father is kidnapped by the bad people. pThe movie has one problem, but it is big and ultimately undermines the entire film. Given this incredibly neat premise, script writers Rob Hedden, Andy Hedden, J. David Stem and David N. Weiss fail to exploit the comic potential to its fullest. The guy with the nose ring trying to steal the bicycle gets a nice comeuppance, but everything else is rather lame. Come this with what happens to Jim Carey's character in "Bruce Almighty," who is given divine powers and knows immediately what is on his "things to do" list when granted divine powers. We should all have our lists for what we should do if we become a god, can turn invisible, or move at super speed. At least Zac's girlfriend enjoys exploring the sense of wonder over their newfound ability. pMost of "Clockstoppers" is not about using the hyper-time device but rather about getting control of the it, which means they come up with this great idea and then make it a minor plot device. Maybe the special effects budget was not big enough, but this is a film where the gimmick has to be at the core of the film. Then again, even without big money you should be able to come up with some good routines provided you have the IMAGINATION to think them up in the first place. Besides, thinking through the plot possibilities here was clearly too much. It turns out you do not have to be wearing the watch to be affected, you just have to be touching the person wearing the watch when they turn it on. I might buy warp drive and transporter beams because of what they do to facilitate the telling of a story, but this is too much for me to accept. pGranted, there is one good joke at the expense of director Jonathan Frakes, but even the Nickelodeon age audience is going to figure out that the idea of "Clockstoppers" is much better than the execution. This is another one of those movies where all the best bits are in the trailer. Too bad the writers could not spend a couple of months in hyper-time coming up with better ways of exploiting their basic premise.
 hyper disappointment! September 21, 2003
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
OK, well, I first saw clips of this movie when it came out and thought it looked pretty cool, but I didnt actually see it until some time after it was released! This could have been a great movie - but it isn't. The premise of a watch that effectively stops time dead, is a great idea - but is totallt underused! The amount of needless cheesey tackiness throughout the film is also totally pointless and the film would have benefited from leaving all the 'radical dude' BMX riding, and DJ contests OUT! pTruth is, the plot is pointless, no twists, no real emphasis on anything - just kinda pointless. The magic watch may as well not even be in the film, because it becomes second fiddle to nickelodeon style rubbish!pLastly, to call this a 'Back to the Future' for a new generation is an insult to BTTF! This is nothing more than glorified children's television. If you want to see a great movie about manipulating time - watch Back to The Future...
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