The Time Machine 2002

(PG)

This adaptation of the classic sci-fi adventure tale by H.G. Wells, directed by Simon Wells (the great-grandson of the author), stars Guy Pearce as Alex Hartdegen, an absent-minded New York professor preoccupied with what passes for technology at the turn of the 20th century. However, the one thing that can distract him from his calculations is his love for Emma (Sienna Guillory), his bride-to-be. When tragedy strikes and he loses Emma, Alex uses the time-travelling machine that he's built in secret to change the present by going into the past. When that fails to alter fate, he leaps forward in time, eventually landing 800,000 years in the future, an era where humanity has splintered into two races--the docile Eloi and the ferocious Morlocks. There Alex befriends two of the Eloi (Samantha and Omero Mumba) and attempts to help them resist almost certain death at the hands of the Morlocks.

Like Pearce's character, this version of the novel is fascinated with technology and uses a daunting array of special effects. The fast-paced film was apparently not made without incident--Wells reportedly had a nervous breakdown during the shoot and was temporarily replaced by director Gore Verbinski (THE MEXICAN) for some scenes.

The time machine, directed by the great grandson of H G WELLS. Simon Wells here makes a good remake of the Time Machine. You all probably know the ending, specially if you have read the book, or seen the original movie. But Simon wells here concentrates on the emotional loss of the doctors girlfriend, and how using the time machine he looks for answers, to why it has happened to him. The reliable Guy piece does well, the special effects and sound on dvd is very good. Co star Samantha Mumba does very well in her debut movie. All in all a film well worth a purchase, I enjoyed very much. ONE OF THE BEST REMAKES YOU WILL SEE.