Clockstoppers

2002 Sci Fi

Frequent Star Trek actor and director Jonathan Frakes gets behind the camera again for this teen-sci-fi/action-drama in the Back to the Future (1985) mold. Jesse Bradford stars as Zak Gibbs, a teenager who discovers the latest invention to spring from the mind of his scientist father (Robin Thomas) and a research team that includes his dad's eccentric colleague Dr. Earl Dopler (French Stewart). It seems that they have developed a wristwatch that manipulates "hypertime," speeding up the passage of regular time 25 times for the wearer and those near him, making it appear that the rest of the world has become essentially "frozen" in time. Zak is delighted with the ability that he initially treats as the ultimate gag and superpower, until the National Security Agency begins pursuing both him and the device, intending to confiscate it for nefarious political purposes. Clockwatchers (2002) co-stars Michael Biehn, Paula Garces, and Julia Sweeney. more..

Director: Jonathan Frakes

Starring: Jesse Bradford, French Stewart, Paula Garces, Michael Biehn, Robin Thomas

 30 Reviews

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  • Exceptionally user-friendly for the technologically challenged among us and rides over its less inspired patches on a wave of cheeky humor.

    Jan Stuart - Los Angeles Times

    19 January 2013

  • The movie has been produced by Nickelodeon, and will no doubt satisfy its intended audience enormously. It does not cross over into the post-Nickelodeon universe.

    Roger Ebert - The Chicago Sun-Times

    19 January 2013

  • They may not have made another "Back to the Future," but to their credit, the makers of Clockstoppers don't patronize or underestimate their pre-teen audience nearly as much as has become customary.

    Jonathan Foreman - New York Post

    19 January 2013

  • A competent, unpretentious entertainment destined to fill the after-school slot at shopping mall theaters across the country.

    Dave Kehr - The New York Times

    19 January 2013

  • The result is mixed bag, an intermittently pleasing but mostly routine effort.

    Mick LaSalle - The San Francisco Chronicle

    19 January 2013

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