TimeQuest

Description

Get ready for a dazzling mix of science fiction and political intrigue that will capture you with the question of, ...What if? What if President John F. Kennedy had never been assassinated? Timequest delivers an answer that will surprise and thrill! When a time-traveler from the future journeys to the past to stop the assassination of JFK, the world embarks on an extraordinary new course of history. Bobby Kennedy seeks out those who attempted to kill his brother, Jackie Kennedy begins her own quest to learn the true identity of the man who saved her husbands life, and John F. Kennedy leads the country and the world into a new frontier... outward towards the stars. What could have been comes alive in this unforgettable film experience that will reshape your views of reality in ways you never thought possible!

Customer Reviews:

break your heart with a view of how it could have been...........2007-06-08

JFK may not have been the best man for the job, but who could have done in those days? We have since placed him on an impossible pedestal and now that LBJ is the latest villain of that day in November this film has even more resonance. Superb casting has the best RFK ever, a Really Creepy Hoover. This film works best for those of us who were there and know the players.
When Mick Jagger sings that it was you and me who did the deed, I need to refer you to another 5 star film, "Interview with the Assassin" (2002).

Good low budget movie for time travel junkies.......2007-06-01

First off all, I don't even remember Bruce Campbell in the movie, but if he was, so what? Honestly, what is with these Bruce Campbell junkies? Yes, I thoroughly enjoyed The Adventures of Brisco County Jr and wish it continued, but the fact that he had a small part in this movie doesn't really matter.

I'm a time travel junkie. I love stories about time travel. And almost every movie or novel gets it wrong by involving impossible paradoxes. This movie didn't. For that it gets an automatic 3 stars.

The plot is the dad from The Waltons comes back in time and warns JFK and RFK about JFK's upcoming untimely death. A lot of the movie is spent dealing with their need to be convinced that this is for real. However, once convinced, can they actually stop it from happening?

I don't want to give too much of the plot away, other than to say, I liked the follow up after the immediate issues are dealt with. I enjoyed finding out what happened to the then young future time traveller in a few year's time.

The actor who played RFK nailed it. As I recall, the JFK actor did a terrible job. Must not have been much budget left after hiring Ralph Waite and Bruce Campbell. Would like to see again to catch more details.

JFK.......2007-05-25

It was an interesting twist on things. The actor portraying Dan Rather however sounded rather chppy and did a bad job on his acting. A lot of it was art. It had certain twists with it too.

remarkable in its lack of imagination and energy .......2007-05-22

In customer reviews there is excessive use of hyperbole and exaggeration when reviewing films. Way, way too many times the phrase "Worst Film Ever" or "worst film I have ever seen" is casually and capriciously used, even though the latter claim is most likely inaccurate and the first one almost certainly is inaccurate.

However, this film may well merit some of the more scathing aspersions. The general premise is not all that bad, although hugely farfetched (a time-traveller goes back in time to stop the JFK assassination). I am a HUGE fan of alternate/counterfactual history (as confirmed by my book buying patterns). I was intrigued by the storyline of this film and had very high hopes for it being an interesting and fascinating movie. Done well, it could have been an intriguing and maybe even a great film. Yet a lack of budget and an ENORMOUS lack of imagination made this a weak community stock theater version of an English composition essay. Besides the very conspicuous lack of even a vague reference to any scientific or sci-fi explanation, Papa Walton shows up in a diver's suit (the old fashioned kind like you see in fish aquariums) in the middle of JFK's supposedly secure hotel suite, then dodderingly proceeds to explain that he went back in time to prevent the assassination (no scientific mumbo-jumbo included).

Although the film does make an attempt to present an alternative to what might have been in history (the consequences of JFK's more unethical side catches up with him), mainly it is an embarrassingly bad soliloquy to a time-traveling stalker's love for Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy. An awkwardly large part of the film was Ralph Waite's character talking about his love for the First Lady (telling her directly), then asking for a slow dance with her as a reward for saving the President's life - I kid you not!

The acting was sluggish and palpably uninspired. I was literally embarrassed for the actors at a few points in the film. I swear it is as if the cast was using body language as if to say, "how did I get talked into this film, and when OH DEAR GOD when will it end?". Seriously, the actors playing the first couple were listless and seemed to be uncomfortable, although that part is understandable. Ralph Waite's performance or character was just plain creepy and off-putting, combining near-senility with a stalker's eeriness. Even Bruce Campbell (yes, I am a fan), who can generally be counted on to add some energy and interest to a film with his appearances, is both underused and poorly directed.

This is way too much like a story written by some marginally skilled Kennedyphile who pines for the days of Camelot, complete with the embellished and exaggerated notions of virtue that were all too often imputed to it. If those who rave about this film can be honest with themselves, the notion that all of America's problems being solved as a result of an unabridged JFK (and later RFK) administration are a little on the ridiculous side, though he no doubt would have made some accomplishments. Overall, JFK did a good job as President, but this film did not really do him justice as a portrayal.

Political leanings aside, you don't have to be a conservative or Republican to dislike this movie, which had an interesting and promising idea but became a weak and lazy result full of poor writing and acting. Do not be mislead by the inaccurate reviews that tell you otherwise. If you want a good film to make you feel good about the Kennedy presidency, watch THIRTEEN DAYS (although too much of that is focused on Kevin Costner's character).

Some good, some strange........2007-05-15

I gave this dvd as a gift and was told by the receiver that: the JFK what-if thing was cool, it was at times strangely presented, and the Bruce Campbell character was not in the movie that much. He (the gift receiver) is a huge Campbell fan! Passing on this movie is probably a good idea. I will watch it myself through Blockbuster-Online in the future.

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