Sulle tracce del passato

This was very bad. Vry bad. Very bad.

The only worthwhile actor in this was Dina Meyer - and luckily for her, hopefully she got paid.

The script was stupid with too many unbelieveabilities and incompetent moves.

Very bad continuity and story structure.

It also featured a lead actor - William McNamara who looked like he was going to bust out in tears at any moment.

When your lead character looks like they are about to cry all the time, maybe it's time to get another actor who won't shed tears after they read the script.

But then, anybody reading this script would probably want to cry - it's that bad.

Dina, no doubt had bills to pay - so sadly she took it, but it is so far beneath her.

This gets two stars - just for having Dina Meyer in the film - anything aside of that is not worth the second star.

Well, yes there were a lot of bangs, blasts, and flashbacks. But since it was up against the State of the Union address, it gets plus points for being more in touch with reality.

Scheider appeared infrequently in the film, telegraphing in his performance from wherever he was mentally. He has done some really incredible films in the past... its sad to see him waste his time on this one. The female lead was easy on the eyes, and probably gave the most from her reserves of acting juice. The hunk/hero had less emotion than the beer bottle I was looking at him through.

I watched it because it was the least objectionable thing on TV for that time slot, and thats not saying much.

The story line might be interesting. But the acting is pretty awful. Not worth the renting money. It's surprising to see Roy Sheider in such an average movie. He's probably the only reason people would rent this movie. This movie is below average, I rated it 4 out of 10.

Time Lapse isn't a great gen or anything but its still a fun little action thriller, the type that stocked up the shelves at your local Blockbuster video store.

I searched this one out because I'm a huge Roy Scheider fan & have been checking out his later in career low-budget B-movies & he's always great on screen. Later in Cheif Brody's career he starred in many low-budget B-movies & usually as a bad guy or as the president of the United States. Here the sun kissed-leather faced legend of Cult Cinema plays a shady government agent type who is working with a deep undercover agent played by a wired faced William Mcnamara (a guy I've never seen before) & this guy is a strange action hero, because he looks so bizarre his face lol. Anyway this guy is undercover & all of a sudden blows the situation & doesn't know why? This flick is about a loss of time & shady corrupted people. Roy Scheider is the best part of the film but 2nd is definitely having the beautiful & underrated actress DINA MEYER (Bats, Starship Troopers, D-Tox) in a decent role as our memory lost heroe's ex-wife. Anyway it's a basic memory loss action thriller made on a small budget but it's entertaining & filmed really well. As said, Time Lapse is no long lost Gem but its a fun little B-movie with action & thrills around every corner.

I like many B-movies & i liked Time Lapse & always enjoy Roy Scheider on screen.

Riddle: how do you make a good movie on a shoestring budget, with a worthless story line, an even worse screenplay adaptation, second class actors prompted to give third class performances, on surplus celluloid with no resolution or ability to render better than a gritty soundtrack of totally uninspired so-called music, with direction that totally misses what's going on, gets the sound wrong, the acting so totally inadequate and unbelievable - and which can still star Roy Scheider? Well Roy's the easy part: here's a talented actor who keeps getting these 'aces' and for all we know it's these turkeys he's got known for by now so he can't get any better.

But seriously: you know the feeling of fingernails on a blackboard? You've heard that one? Can you imagine what it feels like? The almost embarrassing discomfort of this Thanksgiving feast is far worse. You feel so sad for everyone and above all feel sorry for the total ineptitude of whoever the talentless people were who put this together.

Avoid this one at all costs and if your video outlet carries it - boycott them. No one should be subjected to this tripe.

Poor Roy. Poor everyone.