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Synopsis: A group of young scientists are working on a secret project that may allow them to travel ahead in time. They test it by sending one of their own ahead one hour. He returns pleading with them to shut it down, explaining that within that hour, they will all die.
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Director(s): Michael Hurst
Production: Parkside Pictures
 
IMDB:
4.6
TV-MA
Year:
2016
90 min
167 Views


-It actually worked.

-What did you expect?

Fires, explosions,

chaos... death.

The clock is ticking.

Make your time count.

I'm ready.

You don't look ready.

It's that one of those like

it's my last night parties.

Or by your standards, a Friday.

Good.

Change of plan.

Wait, what? Me?

What, him? Come on.

No. Landau, come on.

Yes, sir.

The power's out for 40 blocks.

Call your guys. I need

a tactical team here ASAP.

I'm on it.

Jim.

Jim, are you in here?

Where are you?

Jim.

Jim, are you in here?

Yeah, over here.

Hey.

What are you doing in here?

The same as the computers.

Thinking.

I'm sorry about this morning.

I was making way too big

a deal out of it.

Yeah, best to clear the air before

I get sucked up into a black hole.

Or turned up fossilized

in dinosaur sh*t.

Exactly.

Okay, then.

The others are having a meeting.

Bill's upset. We agreed

that he would go first.

Yeah, so did I.

I had no idea

Landau was gonna pull this sh*t.

You can't just throw this in

at the last minute.

Yeah, I mean seriously, he's been

training... for a long time.

Mr. Landau, with all due

respect, just listen to the guy.

He deserves

to at least go first.

-Seriously.

-Why Jim?

It's f***ing bullshit. You can't

just take this away from me.

I have made my decision.

He's glorified tech support.

No, what he is, is the most

talented computer engineer at MIT.

No, he's a f***ing

scholarship kid.

He's just here

to fill some kinda quota.

You know, this was my dad's?

No. This little thing?

Guy never had more than

a couple of fives in it.

Just kept it to remind myself

never to be like him.

-This is you?

-Only place he ever took me.

The track.

Next horse and the next race

was always the sure thing.

Last time I saw him...

before he died...

I told him that

I was gonna get into MIT.

I said you could bet on it.

Hey, you know

what he said to me?

He looked me straight in

the eyes and he goes...

"Nobody would give me the odds."

Jim's not one of us.

He never was.

-It's true.

-And he's a bit of a dick.

Well, clearly he's not the most liked

or valuable member of this team.

So therefore, he's expendable.

That's why I pounded keyboards

every night 'til my fingers bled.

Got a scholarship to MIT.

Got to the top of my class.

Got in front of Landau.

Got here on Project 880.

I, I can't pass up an opportunity to

be the world's first time traveler.

I know.

Okay. Calibrating for one hour.

Any, last words?

About to start. Let's go.

All right,

initializing ion generator.

-Sh*t.

-Did we expect that?

No, the vortex is collapsing.

It'll tear us apart.

No, no, it's stabilizing.

I got it.

What the hell is that?

-What?

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Michael Hurst

Michael Eric Hurst, ONZM (born 20 September 1957) is a British-born New Zealand actor, director and writer, mostly on stage and television. He is probably best known internationally for playing Iolaus in the television programs Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and companion series Xena: Warrior Princess. Most recently, he is known for his role in directing the popular Starz series Spartacus: Blood and Sand and Ash vs Evil Dead. more…

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