Rating: PG13
Genre:
Science Fiction
Theatrical Release: 03/08/2002(USA)
Release Date: 07/22/2002
Dubbed: English/French/Espanol
Sound: DD5.1/DS/DTS
Run Time: 96 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Questionable for Children
Distributor/Studio: DreamWorks
The classic
science fiction novel by
H.G. Wells becomes this big-budget
adventure directed by the author's great-grandson
Simon Wells.
Guy Pearce stars as
Alexander Hartdegen, a scientist, professor, and inventor in 1895 New York City who believes that time travel is possible. The sudden and unexpected death of his fiancée spurs
Alexander to build a time machine, which he hopes to use in an effort to change the past. When he is unable to change the past,
Alexander hurls himself more than 800,000 years into the future, seeking answers about the nature of time, but instead encountering a dystopian world where humanity has divided up into two races, the peaceful Eloi and the subterranean Morlocks. Befriending the beautiful Eloi woman
Mara (
pop singer
Samantha Mumba),
Alexander must set out to save her from the underground world of the Morlocks when she is captured by them. Along the way, he is aided by
Vox (
Orlando Jones), a bio-mechanical being from the 21st century. Ultimately,
Alexander makes a shocking discovery about the true nature of the Eloi and Morlocks and decides that the only way to change the future is to alter the present. Due to exhaustion, director
Wells was briefly replaced during the last few weeks of production by
Gore Verbinski, director of
The Mexican (2001).
The Time Machine co-stars
Jeremy Irons and
Mark Addy.
~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
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