Clockstoppers

Starring:Tony Abatemarco, Michael Biehn, Jesse Bradford, Esperanza Catubig, Paula GarcÃ©s, Jason Winston George, Ken Jenkins, Linda Kim, Lindze Letherman, Jennifer Manley, Jodie Milks, Garikayi Mutambirwa, Oanh Nguyen, Brad 'Chip' Pope, Deborah Rawlings, French Stewart, Julia Sweeney, Robin Thomas, Scott Thomson
Studio: Paramount
Product Type: DVD

Amazon.com

Who hasn't fantasized about being able to stop time and move things around? A watch with this power drops into the hands of Zak (Jesse Bradford), a teenager who yearns for speed. He uses it to impress Francesca (Paula Garces), the beautiful girl he's got a crush on, but soon they both find themselves running from a government agency led by a ruthless executive (Michael Biehn from The Terminator) who wants the watch at all costs. Clockstoppers suffers from a lack of any internal logic, but the basic idea fuels a reasonably swift story and some decent special effects. The soundtrack is unusually strong, with pop offerings from Blink 182, Sugar Ray, Smash Mouth, and others. Also featuring French Stewart (Love Stinks) as a hapless scientist and Julia Sweeney (It's Pat, God Said "Ha!") as Zak's mother. --Bret Fetzer

Customer Reviews:

G'ma of 17.......2007-03-13

My grandchildren love this movie. They want to watch it when they stay with us.

NOT TOO BAD..........2007-03-10

CLOCKSTOPPERS reminds me of an afterschool special, aimed at a teen audience but okay entertainment for we adults too.
Jesse Bradford plays a young man who stumbles upon a watch that can stop time, which he finds amusing at first but then when corrupt government agent Michael Biehn comes after him, he finds himself in danger.
The special effects are okay and Bradford and his fellow castmates appealing; it's all been done before and better, but this one's passable.

Cool sci-fi movie for teenagers.......2007-01-07

I like this film. It creates a positive, energetic, optimistic mood.
And it is so funny!

The story is about a couple of teenagers, who acquire the ability
to stop time. Imagine that you could press a "pause" button in the real life, similarly to the way you could press the "pause" button on a DVD player. And while life is stopped, you could manipulate it and do what you want while nobody can control you. That is what this movie is about.

It's a very cheerful movie - no horror, just lots of amusement.
It's a mixture between "Back to the Future" and "Terminator".
In fact, the actor Michael Biehn from "Terminator" plays in this movie!
That's so cool because I haven't seen him in too many movies.
So, I strongly recommend the movie, because it is humorous, light-hearted and has nice special effects. Also, the director is one of the Star Trek actors, so he will not disappoint you.

I actually liked it. .......2005-06-06

I didn't think I wouldn'tlike this movie but I was pleasantly surprised and it turned out pretty good. It was a fun movie to watch and I would probably watch it again.
It's a fun and clean movie that the whole family will enjoy. Even the teen crowd may like it. Give it a chance and rent it out. If you don't like it then you'll know other than wondering if it's worth it down the road. :)

"I'm officially freaked out now!".......2005-04-21

The editorial review on Amazon for Clockstoppers (2002) starts out with the question `Who hasn't fantasized about being able to stop time and move things around?" Sure, I've fantasized about having the ability to stop time, but as far as moving things around? I've imagined of doing a whole lot more than just moving things around...but my own, perverse fantasies are probably not appropriate for posting on this particular product page (this film was produced by Nickelodeon, that network for kids...does anyone remember that show You Can't Do That on Television? Just wondering...). Directed by Jonathan Frakes (Star Trek: Nemesis), the film stars Jesse Bradford (Swimfan) and the very edible Paula Garcés (Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle). Also appearing is Michael Biehn (The Terminator, The Abyss), winner of the Whoopi Goldberg look-a-like contest Garikayi Mutambirwa (Jeepers Creepers II), Robin Thomas (he was the nerdy principal in the 1987 film Summer School), Julia Sweeney (It's Pat), and the French `I need a better manager' Stewart (Home Alone 4, Inspector Gadget 2).

The film begins with a cool looking sequence that ends in such a way that makes no sense, that is until you get further into the story, and by then you'll have probably forgotten all about it, unless you are writing a review, and trying to remember how the film started, like me...does that make sense? Probably not, but if you see this film, you'll know what I'm talking about...anyway, soon we meet Zak Gibbs (Bradford), a guy I initially confused with that character Xander, played by Nicholas Brendon, from the television series `Buffy the Vampire Slayer'. He seems like kind of a tool as he rides around on his bike as if he owns the street, and also later for continual pestering his father about wanting to buy, with money he scammed off Ebay buyers by misrepresenting junk, a boss Ford Mustang which he could never afford the insurance on...we learn Zak's father, who's some kind of science genius and teaches at a local university, gets a device from a former student named Earl (Stewart), and is looking for help. Turns out the device, disguised as a watch, is some kind of accelerated molecular do-hicky that allows the wearer to move at such a speed (called hyper time) that it makes the rest of the world appear as if it were standing still...okay...the problem is, extended usage results in rapid aging of the wearer...also, Earl works for QT Laboratories, which is run by a man named Gates (Biehn), and the project, which was funded for by the gooberment, has now been terminated and Uncle Sam wants everything that has resulted from the research, but Gates is evil, and the potential for such a device so great he's unwilling to give it up. Zak finds the device, begins using it, but soon finds himself the target of Gates and his goons as they try to retrieve what has been lost, and end up kidnapping Zak's father to take up where Earl left off...now Zak must figure out a way to break into a top secret facility and rescue his father...

If anything, this sure was a slick looking film...it had some really nice special effects, during the time standing still parts. As far as the story, well it just felt like there wasn't a whole lot there, and I wasn't even expecting much. The film is filled with plot holes, like when Zak was trying to break into the high security facility and finds unbelievably easy access via some incredibly large air vents, but I wasn't really willing to subject the film to harsh scrutiny as it appeared it was mainly a just for fun movie, one you kind of coast through and just enjoy. I did find the character (or actor) of Zak to be a little annoying, perhaps it had something to do with the ease at which he hooked up with that babe played by Paula Garcés. One aspect I will comment on that I found a little too outlandish was the use of liquid nitrogen (I think) as a weapon to slow down those who are in hyper time. I gotta think getting sprayed with this would do more than just slow you down, causing extremely severe tissue damage, but I'm no doctor (although I often play one on TV). I guess if I had to pick the weakest element of the film (the special effects are probably the strongest) it would be the story. Frakes moved the story along well, and presented things well (I guess directing those various Star Trek eppys paid off), and the actors all seem capable, but they weren't really given much. Take Biehn's character as the evil Gates...he was hardly even there...when he was, he was decent, but he didn't have the involvement or menacing presence I normally look for in an on screen villain. I believe Biehn's certainly capable, but his material was lacking. Stewart provides a few laughs, and his character really gets the beating throughout the film, but he also seems to have so little to work with...personally I would have gotten rid of Zak, his family, and friends (keeping Garcés cause she's hotsy), and had Stewart be the main character...perhaps not as it was written, but I thought there was a good deal of extraneous stuff that could have been lost or worked out...but then who would the younger viewers identify with? So it depends on who the film was marketed to...probably not so much myself...all in all, the movie's fun, but forgettable...oh yeah, I did like most of the music which featured artists like Smash Mouth, Fenix TX, Third Eye Blind, Blink 182, New Found Glory among others....I thought the remakes of songs Abracadabra (2002 Ralph Sall Remix) with Sugar Ray and Time After Time with Uncle Kracker were pretty good...

The widescreen anamorphic (1.85:1) picture here is sharp, and the audio, available in Dolby Digital 5.1 and Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround comes through clear. Special features include a making of featurette, two music videos, promotional spots and a trailer.

Cookieman108

Average customer rating:

Fair afternoon special

Clockstoppers

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Customer Reviews:

Fair afternoon special.......2006-01-01

The concept is not original. You have seen this before many times from Twilight Zones to "The Girl, The Gold Watch & Everything" (1980). Some do it well as in "Timestalkers" (1987) and then there is this movie.

Standard premise, misunderstood youth know better than parents. Yep and of course has to save sire from the evil bad guy that has gone amuck. Zack has Henry's (Michael Biehm) molecular watch and he wants it back. On the side father of Zack can be useful in completing project. So will Zack save his dad or will Francesca runoff to Tahiti with the bad guy?

One plus is the presents of French Stewart; I guess they needed one actor in the movie. And for distraction purposes Paula Garcés.

Average customer rating:

Fair afternoon special

Clockstoppers [Region 2]

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Customer Reviews:

Fair afternoon special.......2007-01-16

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