this unique and interesting film be actually more of a suspense thriller than a science fiction and although i think fan of both genre will be please . dennis quaid play a heroic firefighter who be kill try to rescue a runaway from a burning warehouse during the day of the amazing mets world series victory in october 1969. jim caviezel ( the thin red line ) play his son and now a cop and thirty year later . through some quirk of physic involve abnormal solar activity and the aurora borealis and the two make contact with each other across the 30 year span over a ham radio . the son be able to prevent his father death and but change the past also turn out to have unexpected consequence with which the two must deal . the film really work on all level with good action sequence and suspense and a nice dose of humor and some very touching exchange between father and son . it explore the what if scenario of one be present with the opportunity to change an event in the past and the way in which those affect must deal with the consequence in a very intelligent and think provoke manner . the acting be uniformly strong and with quaid very appeal a the courageous firefighter and love father who have an almost childlike love for baseball ( he even pull off a brooklyn accent nicely . ) while caviezel be equally good a the present day version of quaid character son . caviezel bring a subtle sadness to the character and a quality one might expect from someone whose life hasn not quite work out quite as well a it might have and possibly due to a void create by the absence of his father . one of the strong aspect of caviezel performance be a subtle shift in personality follow the changing of event in the past ( a change which leave him with memory both of his father death and of time spend with his father in the intervening year ) . i have a good feeling about this film and think it have a chance to be a real surprise hit . it certainly one of the best film of the year thus far .