A group of scientists
open up a time portal that allows them to travel over a hundred years into the
future. When the portal closes, they
find themselves trapped in a barren wasteland where the humans live in caves
and try to keep out mutants who wish to cause them harm. The scientists of the future are working on a
spaceship that will send them to a new Earth-like planet, and the arrival of the
scientists from the past ruffles some feathers.
Reluctantly, they decide to help our heroes find a way home.
The Time Travelers
has a colorful, mod production design that evokes the best work of Irwin
Allen and The Planet of the Apes movies.
The scenes of the creepy robot factory (they look like a cross between
Trumpy and C-3PO) are pretty cool too, and the some of the futuristic touches
(like the hula dancing machine that looks like the prototype for Dance Dance
Revolution) are neat. Too bad the
unsatisfying ending is a complete washout.
The film was written
and directed by Ib Melchior, who also wrote Reptilicus. Like that flick, the movie is at its best
when the scientists are working together and trying to solve their problems. However, the conflict with the futuristic
scientists is predictable and dull, and the pacing slows down considerably
during the second act. The scenes of the
nude women (well, they have their naughty bits hidden from the camera) add
to the cheeky fun though.
AKA: Depths of the Unknown. AKA:
The Return of the Time Travelers.
AKA: This Time Tomorrow. AKA:
Time Trap.
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