Time Trap (2017) Online

After reading a couple of reviews and being surprised by some negative ones and by the accusation of the good ones being paid, I decided to post my first one. Nobody is paying me to do this. I just watched the movie and the result is beyond my expectations. I'm giving it a 7, from a realistic point of view. If I take into account the budget, I should give it higher valuation.

My favourite movies are time traveling sci-fi movies and I believe this one is worth watching it. It's new, from all point of views, and is not a story we have already seen. At least not me.

Some dialogues could be better, yes. Increase your budget and hire Tarantino to write them. They are just normal, not ridiculous. And I have seen many movies, much more expensive and advertised than this one, that were absolutely ridiculous and not worth my time. It's not the case now.

Some other reviews talk about flaws... I haven't seen them. At least not important ones. Actually, any time travelling movie has more flaws or paradoxes than this one as here there is no time travelling, just the fact that time slows down at a very specific location. Taking this into account, everything makes sense.

To make a comparison. I recently watched 12 monkeys and I can say that, of course, there is better acting there but the plot is much more predictable from the begining. And I will not dare to criticize the actors from this movie. I have seen much worse acting, even from very well known actors.

If you like the idea of time relativity and enjoy adventure Sifi movies give this one a watch. It's not a high budget Hollywood affair however the makers and actors have really done very well. After watching the trailer I figured I had it worked out, however there are some small twists that expand and hold your attention. All in all, for a teens and 20s mostly cast they did well and the production value was on par for higher budget films. It's obvious The screen write and directing had heart and this film really does show that less is more. Unlike some big blockbuster films with too many hands in the mix. Enjoy

While not going into a lot of unnecessary detail, I, somewhat forcibly, have a lot of free time on my hands and not a lot of options about what to do with it. I know, sounds like fun. It isn't.

So I watch a lot of movies. Since great movies are fairly few, I end up watching a lot of trashy movies whether I like it or not. Low budgets, low-quality special-effects, low quality acting and etc. are a daily diet for me. I'm an expert on films where someone said, "Hey! Let's make a movie in the barn!"

TIME TRAP is a real rarity. While not a summer blockbuster or awards night darling, it somehow manages to be both cheap'n'cheesy and a really good, entertaining movie. It's proof that just because you have to make a movie with your allowance money doesn't mean the resulting flick has to be unwatchable.

Perforce, the plot is very simple. If you think about it, nature is full of surprisingly large-scale booby-traps. As examples: the La Brea tar pits have trapped countless thousands of animals for literally tens of thousands of years (and even one human girl). Whole valleys located near volcanically active areas have seen entire populations of animals wiped out by escaping poison fumes. Even whole large-scale dinosaur nesting sites, complete with nesting dinosaurs and eggs, have been wiped out en masse by some natural disaster or other. Sinkholes and caves with vertical walls have been treasure troves of ancient animal skeletons trapped over thousands of years.

And so on.

Similarly, in TIME TRAP, we have a cave system that, for some unexplained reason, has varying levels of time "bubbles" within which time is operating on different scales relative to the larger, outside world. Anyone venturing within the cave system becomes "trapped" in the sense that while they are inside the cave system they are like bugs trapped in amber, effectively frozen in time while the outside world races ahead in "normal" timescale. Technically, people CAN leave, but if they've been within the cave system for any length of time beyond a minute or so, the outside world will have changed beyond recognition when they return to it.

Many of the situations that you might imagine given such a plot description properly play out in the movie. Characters standing outside any time bubble (or within a "faster" time bubble) view other characters standing in other bubbles as either frozen statues or vanishing in an instant. Moving from one bubble to the next, characters who were looking like statues suddenly start moving. Throwing an object from one bubble to another sees that object suddenly freeze in midair. Standing inside a time bubble and looking out upon the outside world one sees the sun flashing by in streaks, very similar to what one sees in any time machine movie.

Fascinatingly, again like bugs caught in amber, over the eons, humans from different eras and different levels of evolution have become "trapped" within the system. The characters which represent the protagonists in the movie encounter everything from cavemen to people from the future. There's one particular scene which depicts an ongoing free-for-all brawl occurring within an especially slow-moving time bubble featuring and including people from many different eras. Wonderfully imaginative.

There are a few relative-time errors within the movie that the viewer has to turn a blind eye to in the name of poetic license. TIME TRAP is somewhat careful in laying out the speed of the time differential between the outside world and the main bubble that our protagonists are trapped within and then clearly violates those time relationships in order to play out some poignant scenes between some of the characters that know each other. Oh, well. Wink wink nudge nudge, give the makers a break. Considering how well they did with the rest of the picture, made with $1.95, I choose to let this one go. Most movies with these sorts of resource origins have too many screw-ups to count. All things considered, TIME TRAP does a pretty nice job with its premise.

I gave this movie a 9/10 which some people might interpret as my claiming that it's on a par with RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK or something, which is not my intent. I simply feel that a low-end movie that rises so far above its station should be well rewarded. TIME TRAP is what it is, and judged relative to the other movies in the bargain bin it comes from, it is a sort of RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK of the stand next to the checkout counter.

I went into this movie with low expectations, as a way to zone out for a few. Odd plot, nothing to realistic, so I thought I'll watch 5-10 mins and then turn off and go back to doing other stuff. The movie sucked me in though and had enough twists that I didn't expect to keep me interested until the end.

Is it a realistic movie? No, not really.

Is it a good science fiction movie? Yes.

Does it deserve a sequel and larger budget? Yes.

I was pleasantly surprised by this small movie. thought I would have to do a lot of fast forwarding or quit in the middle, but watched the whole thing and enjoyed it,

Long story short it's about a group descending into a cave and find themself trapped in some kind of a time babble. the story is very original, so is the execution. acting is ok, never really cared about acting unless it's very bad. it isn't.

If you wonder is this movie worth your time, I think it does.

Gave it a 8/10 in relation to it being a small budget film.

Ok, so this is a B-movie per se, but let's be fair, great directors an actors have come from such fodder. Yes it's sluggish and pondersome for the first 30 mins but obviously characters are trying to be shown and justified, also the film must have been made linear as the actors clearly start bonding later in the movie. So what gives it an eight in score, well for sci-fi it is something different and does try very hard, the vfx are good, the humour enough and in the end a happy marriage of actors which clearly had fun. Yes the usual questions arise in the storyline but only if you're being pedantic, it's sci-fi, it's not real life. Thusly sit back, relax and take it for what it is, plain fun. Happily, the main protagonists all deserve a decent chance in the future as do the technical side.

I really enjoyed this film, I was expecting a real B grade movie with lame graphics, however I was pleasantly surprised. The graphics are done really well, and the acting is good too. Totally worth the watch if you like time travel/ scifi stuff.

At first, I thought I had started a C-grade film. No news about it. No place to watch it online. Was this a dumb, made-for-TV movie?

Turns out the answer is no. The story is well done, and has some surprising twists as you watch. Sure, it drags at first, but gets better throughout. The acting and direction are also not bad, as others have stated.

The search for the 'Fountain of Youth' turns out to have extraordinary events tied to it. Not going to give away the details. Watch and see.

Would recommend to anyone who likes Sci-Fi.

As the title says. After a long day at work, this slice of sci-fi ticked a lot of boxes. Its fun, tense, thought provoking, and enjoyable. Thanks to all those involved.

Novice writer and director Mark Dennis came up with an amazing concept, but should have stopped at the writing and passed on the directing to someone more seasoned.

A director is not only responsible for camera shots, but also for directing his cast, and he failed directing C-grade actors that probably could have shown better scenes had they been directed to act better. The only convincing character, who was also the more seasoned B-grade actor was Andrew Wilson.

Granted this was a low budget film, but 3 million is not exactly small potatoes when 80% of the movie was filmed in a Texas cave. This seemed more like a 300k production. At 3m, the producers should have invested in better actors and a better director to give this film the glory it deserved.

Still very entertaining, and a great B-grade low budget adventure sci-fi, but when a novice film maker tries to wear too many hats for the extra credits to his resume, they usually miss the mark, as this film did for me.

Nevertheless, it's a well deserved 8/10, primarily for the original concept, but should have been a 10/10 had it been produced properly.

More than an adequate sci-fi mystery thriller right here. The plot is quite simple but there are definitely some unexpected twists throughout this movie and an ending I didn't see coming.

A professor is going off in search of an area that both his parents and his sister disappeared in decades ago only to go missing himself. A few of his students along with a sibling and a friend take it upon themselves to go in search of him and find themselves trapped within a cave with some mysterious properties. They soon discover that time passes much slower inside than outside and that years have passed on the outside. I can't say anymore without spoilers, but you probably won't see it coming.

This movie has a moderate budget and uses special FX sparingly, but when they do they're done well, and the set is put together quite well. The acting is mostly adequate, not spectacular, and some of the dialogue is delivered in a clunky way. One of the leading female actors is actually pretty annoying throughout much of it, screaming out her lines, but I'm not sure if it's due to the actress, the writing, or the direction. It's forgivable though.

I found it to be an enjoyable and easy to watch sci-fi flick. Recommended for sci-fi fans with moderate expectations.

Rarely does a movie start in one direction and leave you so unprepared for the direction it is going to take. And I mean that in a good way.

DON'T READ THE REVIEWS WITH SPOILERS!

This low budget movie is the epitome of a simple premise being twisted into a story line full of surprises and unique perspectives.

NOT YOUR USUAL TIME TRAVEL MOVIE AND NOW ONE OF MY FAVOURITE LOW BUDGET MOVIES OF ALL TIME.

" Well I did not see that coming " Was all my inner voice could say all the way through!

I am very disappointed on negative reviews about this movie. So i came back here just to write my review on this movie. Don't listen to the negative reviews...unless you're trying to look for something that is not in this movie. The acting, setting, special effects, story-line, idea behind the movie are all executed well but what really impressed me is the build up of the movie from beginning to end. I watched this movie two times trying to look for noticeable flaws but all seems great.

Yes, overall it could be better but it doesn't deserve a low rating...so I'm giving it a 10 stars to boost up the rating. Watch it to believe it.

At first I thought I'd be fast forwarding through parts of this movie but I didn't. Yes, it could have been better with a bigger budget, but with the budget they had I thought this was a very good movie. some of the acting was a bit off but on the whole I was quite impressed. As some others have said, a follow on movie or even a TV series could be a possibility, I for one would watch it. Overall this just proves that even low budget movies are sometimes worth a watch.

Firstly this movie was beyond any expectations in a positive way of course. I wish there was a sequel on the way. It's way better than most Hollywood movies i've seen and i've seen hundred of them at least. In any case totally worth watching!

MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD!!!

I liked this movie, it just made me very sad. The concep of this film that is falling-out -of-time is scary and heartbreaking. Just the idea of seconds passing in the cave while outside years were flying by, is heart wrenching when you think of all the characters' loved ones spent the rest of their lives till their death not knowing what happened. Other than that, only some characters lacked the proper emotinal reaction to this whole ordeal.

Watch it, it's worth it.

As a movie special effects veteran of over a decade, from mid 1990s to mid 2000s, I had the pleasure and the pain of contributing to many independent films. Some with micro budgets, some with millions. Every one was a joy to work on and the entire crew and cast was usually quite proud of their work.

Sometimes this was honest pride and sometimes you knew the film sucked but wanted it as an add to your resume, so you could go on to better movies and better pay. I can say to the crew and cast of "Time Trap", you did well on this film.

Good job, each and everyone of you. As a viewer, I found the time I took to watch this, well spent. As a ex-movie professional, you did an outstanding job crafting a good film. I look forward to the next project from this team.

Without giving away too much, to those that haven't watched this film, there is a temporal bubble, which surrounds a cave system. Enter it and time slows down, very down. For the four characters who accidentally enters this effect, it is strange and takes them some time to figure out. Points to the writer that they don't make it easy on them with an ultra wise character who knows all.

There is some problems and some things left unsaid in the end. I would have preferred some explanations of what was really happening BUT I would be wrong to want that.

Overall, Time Trap delivers a well put together film, worth the time to watch.

Makes a change on having a good science fiction movie for a change, different from the normal stuff out there, ok low budget, and the teen thing, but what a great idea on subject and the film is done in a way where you do not need tones of special affects. Lets hope there a second movie.

Ok let's start out by being honest here, I'm not rating the actors an this rating of 10 is based on what this movie is: small cast, low budget film. I'm rating this in perspective and not rating it the sand I would a new marvel film. That said, the actors are nothing to write home about and the film terribly broke a couple of it's own plot features but I'm ok with it. I've watched so many Netflix and original sci fi films with smaller casts and budgets and I really can't think of any that left an impression. So many are all the same: attempt to be cerebral, move the plot along at a snail's pace, then hopefully end the film with a big reveal that it's almost guaranteed to be predictable even when the writer attempts so do otherwise. This film had great plot milestones and honestly had some reveals or story arcs that were quite interesting.

For me to be able to ignore a few plot holes and get past some generic acting and still give the film a 10 on the b movie scale it means they did great with what they had. I hope the writer and/or director sticks with the genre and gets a real budget to try something bigger.

I wish movies were rated more based on their genre or at least in comparison to what they are trying to be .I didn't find this movie from watching big top dollar trailers to find out it was just a decent b movie at best. I found out about it from other reviews and comments about it actually pulling off a good story for being a low budget film and I agree. Let's reward films that are fed to us in an appropriate way that deserves it so that the writers and directors can go on to give us bigger and better. However if this was a marvel film or a studio attempted to hide the fact it was a low budget B movie by spending a ton on trailers and tricking us into the box office I would have rated it a 5 at best.

This is not a fake review, and I have no connection with the film. I'm a sci-fi buff, and I enjoyed this film.

It's quite original, and pretty well-done.

It wasn't perfect. My biggest complaint is that there were some places where the characters annoyed me by being a bit slow on the uptake. But, really, it's pretty good.

It's not anywhere near the level of "The Empire Strikes Back," of course. But it IS on the level of the disappointing-but-still-fairly-entertaining "The Last Jedi," despite having been produced on about 1½% of the budget.

I'm not a huge sci-fi guy so these types of movies usually start off with an immediate disadvantage especially considering the lack of budget and thought that normally goes into them.

Time Trap tells the story 5 youngster who go into an underground cave system in search of their missing lecturer only to discover that time works differently within its confines.

Immediatly I was struck by the concept, this was really quite original and they handled it very well. Sure the cast were instantly forgettable but I was gripped regardless as this was really quite fascinating stuff.

The sfx were oddly on point as well and because of this I had expectations that this really might be something special.

As the movie progresses it does go off the rails a tad, the plot gets a bit messy and when the credits roll you'll be left with an annoying quanity of unanswered questions.

Regardless this is really quite an entertaining sci-fi b-movie and well worth a watch.

The Good:

Very original

Looks good

The Bad:

Feels like a failed tv pilot

Not everything is explained

Things I Learnt From This Movie:

Cave systems are naturally illuminated

I'm not sure why people keep mentioning that this movie has bad acting and special effects since I found both to be satisfactory even if it was a higher budget film.

The concept if fairly fresh since I don't remember seeing a similar movie before so that's a big plus. The time travel mechanics seem logical at least from a layman's perspective, I'm sure some scientists would disagree.

Would the film be even better with more talented actors and a higher budget? Sure, but that would be a 10/10 movie then, right now I give it an 8/10.

I'm a sucker for time travel movie. If it's around time travel (in all the different forms) I've probably seen it or it's on my watchlist. Like the title of this review said, I didn't expect much. The last few low budget movie I've seen about time travel were very disappointing because of bad acting, script who wants to be more clever than their writer or just plainly bad. The story is simple enough but most of the time you don't know what will happen next. It's start slowly and almost cliché with a bunch of teenagers who decide to explore a cave (don't you watch the news people ?! :-) and then things start happening that I didn't expect. It's not easy to find a good, entertaining low budget sci-fi movie with a good enough cast and special effects, so kudos to everyone involve. Like others said, this need a sequel. I want to know more about the end !

I don't know why all the bad reviews, i liked the movie alot

Great SF movie, I loved how the story unfolds, it is pretty easy to understand, and the concepts are believable. The acting is not bad and although it seems to be a budget movie, it's one of the good ones out there. Good job.

On the minus part, the characters seem to be idiots. You don't need to be a genius to realize what the hell was going on and methods to defend themselves or survive. I guess blame it on them being teenagers?

Anyway, watch it, have fun.