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Clockstoppers – Edited

Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies teamed up for this fast moving, action-packed science fiction adventure. CLOCKSTOPPERS revolves around a wrist-watch which speeds up the molecules in a person so that action around the person appears to stand still. Invented by Dr. Earl Dopler (French Stewart), a former student of college science professor George Gibbs (Robin Thomas), this amazing watch accidentally falls into the hands of Professor Gibbs teenage son, Zak (Jesse Bradford). Zak has lots of fun, along with his new girlfriend Francesca (Paula Garces), as they play pranks on friends using the watch’s new power called “hypertime.” They even help one of Zak’s friends win a disk jockey contest at a wild teenage disco. But the fun ends when ruthless, power-hungry Henry Gates (Michael Biehn), head of Quantum Technologies, and his cohorts come after Zak and the watch. Gates also has George kidnapped to fix a problem with hypertime. Zak and Francesca must join forces with Dopler to save George before Gates uses ‘hypertime’ to take over the world. The adventure moves along at a maddening pace with loud music frequently bombarding the audience. Youngsters under 8 years are likely to find the frantic action frightening, but this standard, predictable adventure will probably appeal to the teens and younger crowd.
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Dove Review

The ability to stop time. Imagine the endless possibilities with that ability. This is the premise of “Clockstoppers”. Zak (Jesse Bradford) accidentally happens upon an ordinary watch from his father’s workshop. There is nothing ordinary, as Zak discovers with his female interest Francesca (Paula Garces), about this watch. After Zak’s dad is captured for his knowledge of hypertime, Zak embarks on an adventure to save him.

The idea of speeding up the body’s molecules so fast that everything else seems “frozen in time” is a very interesting concept. There are some good special effects, mostly when characters are in hypertime. This is a good film for younger audiences, and family oriented viewing. The film is very clean; there are only a few scenes where action violence is seen, but nothing horrendous. Also entwined is Zak’s attempts to impress Francesca, which is also maintained family friendly.

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Couple scenes with light action violence, such as Francesca kicking “bad guys” in the face, Zak whacking people with his bike, etc. No blood or guts.

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Couple scenes with light action violence, such as Francesca kicking “bad guys” in the face, Zak whacking people with his bike, etc. No blood or guts.

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