This movie was one which I watched immediately after “The Human Centipede (First Sequence)” to flush out all of the terrible images in my head that were making me sick. To my relief, it worked quite a bit. This is probably the first Nickelodeon movie that I watched (the second was most likely “Hey Arnold!: The Movie”), and I wasn’t disappointed when I saw it again recently. I remembered why I liked it in the first place and it brought back fond memories. The only thing that bothered me was that there were a couple of incongruencies with how the characters interacted with the so-called ‘hypertime,’ but more on that later.
The story begins with the NSA shutting down a company that is developing a technology meant to be used in warfare. It super-speeds the molecules inside the body of a person, which makes them move faster than their surroundings. This means that the world appears close to total stillness and whoever is using the technology becomes basically invisible to the average passerby because of the speed in which they are moving—it is called ‘hypertime’. The people developing the technology decides that they are too close to completion to stop and decide to send their whole laboratory into ‘hypertime’ to give themselves as much time as possible before the time when the NSA said they would be back to shut down the lab. ‘Hypertime’ is also enabled because the state has one drawback: it makes people age faster than normal. Enter Dr. Earl Dopler (French Stewart). He is the person that has to work out the kink in the technology before the NSA makes it to the lab, so the company can usurp power and rule the world. Unfortunately for them, he needed help, so he sent one of the prototypes to his old college professor, Dr. Gibbs (Robin Thomas), who has a son named Zak Gibbs (Jesse Bradford). One day, Dr. Gibbs leaves the watch in a box and Zak finds it. As he is attempting to make the watch work when he is hanging out with his love interest, Franchesca (Paula Garcés), he inadvertently sends himself into ‘hypertime’. After many shenanigans, he is drawn into the criminal world of the organization when they kidnap his father to complete the project.
The movie has quite a lot of cool quirks and funny moments. It is a children’s movie, after all, so the script and acting aren’t all that great, but it’s all in good fun. The plotline, though not very original, is helped by a premise that is incredibly original. The cinematography itself is not that amazing except for the way that the characters enter and exit ‘hypertime’. The only thing that bothered me (as I had mentioned before) is that sometimes the characters’ interactions with non-‘hypertime’ characters produced a quick change, and other times, the interactions (even though they were moving relatively fast in hypertime) produced a slow change in the non-‘hypertime’ world. But, overall, the movie is a fun time that most people can enjoy. This movie is like watching paint dry…which won’t take too long if you are in ‘hypertime’.
By Kulguy
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