3 Short Paragraphs: Time Trap

2017, Mark Dennis, Ben Foster (Strings) -- Netflix

I think it's well established that I am a fan of time travel movies. THIS blog started as a back of the streetcar argument nee raving about a time travel movie. Well, at least it did in the previous timeline, as the evidence doesn't match up with my actual recollection. How did Kent do his post in May, mine was in July and the first actual posts were in MARCH ?!?! I think some agents of time have been having some hijinx at my expense. But even the time bureau cannot wipe away my enjoyment of time travel fiction, especially thought indie level, where the idea is often more important than the executio or budget.

That said, I think the execution of this lofty idea (ok, not really that lofty, but I imagine the back of the streetcar pitch was lofty) is decent enough, if rather low key. The movie begins with Hopper, the archaeology prof bringing his students into the desert with him for his pet obsession -- the trail of some missing hippies from times past. There is something about going into the desert to discover a mystery that lends itself to indie scifi creators. But nevermind that, in the entrance to a cave the Prof finds a man frozen mid-stride. And like a fool, he follows. Days later, the students, who he had sent away are returning with their own group of friends, and tag-alongs, to find out what happened to Prof. Inside the caves, they discover something inexplicable, something that changes their lives forever.

There is no point in going into this movie without spoiling everything. If you don't want to know how it goes, just let me tell you it was a fun, twisty flick, a little naive at times, a little lofty (i already said that) at other times and one that solidifies that time related movies never truly leave their cast untouched. You see, what they find is a cave system where time travels faster, or slower, in many different parts of the system. They are not the first who were trapped in here, and trapped they definitely are having gazed up through a chimney to see flashes of light, strobes of night and day moving by at breakneck pace, showing them exactly how much time is passing them by. By the time (pun intended) they have an idea of what is going on, they start running into others investigating the same phenomena, people who are also out of time, and who are seeking to break the power this place has. Oh, and cave folks.