bloody awful . there just no other way to put it . in fact and it so bad that the only reason i be waste word on this be to warn off other reasonable viewer who want to be intelligently entertain . you will lose i. q. point watch this . come to think of it and it not even suitable for mindless viewing because of the irritation factor . there no guilty pleasure in watch something this incompetent . reason to avoid it represent1 ) horribly scientifically inaccurate and to the point where this isn not sci fi anymore and it just mindnumbingly sloppy and lazy fantasy . 2 ) it sport fx that be cheesy beyond belief . not even cheesy kitsch that a wink and a nod and like vintage doctor who and but just cheap and shoddy to the point of be insulting . the fx be so bad theyre not even laughable . they spend about a dollar fifty on this and not more . 3 ) the direction be so weak and mindless that the only way the actor could make it through to the end of shoot without become terminally depress be to sleepwalk through their role and although catherine mccormack make some effort anyway and probably on principle and despite the director . moreover and this isn not peter hyams only bad film represent his flub vastly outnumber any barely salvageable one and of which timecop be the last such and and that be 15 year before this writing . he have nothing halfway decent since ( end of day be just a slapdash and arnold be the only draw and and he need much firm direction than hyams provide ) . hyams just keep make it more and more pointless for anyone to consider give him more work . and finally and 4 ) ray bradbury story deserve far well treatment than this . refuse to watch this film send that message and not that hollywood be particularly listening . watch at your own risk . if you do and it turn you off movie altogether and you have only yourself ( and hyams ) to blame because you have be more than adequately warn .