Time After Time

Starring: McDowell, Malcolm and Warner, David

London 1893 is home to a killer with a macabre nickname and also to a visionary genius who would write The Time Machine. But what if H.G. Wells' invention wasn't fiction? And what if Jack the Ripper escaped capture, fleeing his own time to take refuge in ours -- with Wells himself in pursuit? From writer/director Nicholas Meyer, Time After Time is a marvelous entertainment of shivery suspense and sly social comment. In modern-day San Francisco, the Ripper (David Warner) finds our violent age to his liking. Wells (Malcolm McDowell) dislikes the brave new world of fast food and television, far from the utopia he envisioned. But he is cheered by the emancipation of women, particularly one irresistible banker (Mary Steenburgen). For mystery, romance and excitement, Time After Time is time well spent.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 085392201723
• Release Date: January 2002
• Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Publisher: Warner Home Video
• Director: Meyer, Nicholas
• Starring: McDowell, Malcolm, Warner, David
• Runtime: 1 hour, 52 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: closed-captioned
• Weight: 0.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 5.4"

Customer Reviews

A plausibly good ripping tale.

Seems that H.G. Wells (Malcolm McDowell) does not just write about inventions; you see, he has the time machine and is showing it off to Dr. John Leslie Stevenson (David Warner). John has a little secret. Looks like the police are on to him. There is only one way out. Exit London of 1893. Enter San Francisco of 1979. Herbert, supplying the instrument of John’s escape, feels obliged to retrieve him. Both men come across the same bank teller, Amy Robbins (Mary Steenburgen), in their travels. One thinks she is a little cut-up. The other thinks of “Free Love”; she sees herself as Susan B. Antony. Other than exceptionally good acting, the fun is in seeing the time travelers having to learn to navigate through their new environment. How will this all end, or will it end?