Of course, his questions are answered rather quickly when the experiment goes awry, and before you can say “What the hell happened to Kansas?” our heroes find themselves sucked into another dimension where they are hunted by vicious creatures, have little to defend themselves with, and are in desperate need of a ride home. To make matters worse, the window of opportunity to get home will close within a few hours and the machine which brought them there is in desperate need of repairs.
While the trope sounds familiar, writer Douglas Davis does a nice job of continually raising the stakes and adding layers to the plot which cause you to question if what the characters think has happened is accurate. A series of clues allude toward the possibility something else may have occurred instead and bigger surprises may lie ahead. There’s a nice sense of mystery here, and while more seasoned viewers will believe they have figured out what’s going on, you’re never quite sure if the filmmakers aren’t playing on those preconceived notions just to turn them against you, and the film is structured well enough to keep you watching to find out.
There are a few attempts at levity that fall a bit flat here and there, but they don’t harm the overall film, which definitely plays better when it’s aiming for straightforward storytelling. The characters are well drawn for the most part, a back story for Colonel Sam Synn adds some depth, but none of them ever really expand beyond their archetypes, which is just fine. We’re not doing wide character arcs here.
Director Billy O’Brien does a decent job of camouflaging the low budget, keeps the action moving, and gets solid performances from his actors. You get the sense he got the most out of what he had to work with, and that’s all you can ask of a director working on these kinds of films. You want to see they at least tried to do their best, and it’s clear O’Brien did.
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