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Issue: Summer 2012
Philadelphia Experiment movie review
Movie poster, The Philadelphia Experiment
Will You Survive?
In wartime U.S.A., the authorities are experimenting in making a ship radar-invisible. When the experiment goes awry the whole ship disappears and in the panic two 'average joe' crewmen jump overboard -- into the future.
Time travel is a popular science fiction premise. It gives the writers an opportunity to look at 'today' and 'tomorrow', comparing cultures. In this case television shows and drink cans.
As the story unfolds, our heroes are racing from the authorities who may or may not wish them well. They are trying to get back to their original base. On the way they meet a nice girl on her way to California, too.
There's nothing really new in this story. On the one hand it is the standard race to save the ship story and on the other its the required love story. Will he go? Can he stay?
Set and made in 1984 this film has the advantage that it isn't overloaded with special effects for the sake of them, or drenched in the darkness that is so popular in the science fiction of the early 21st century.
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by Ali Kayn |
Just the facts:Title: Philadelphia Experiment (1984) The Players: Michael Paré, Nancy Allen, Eric Christmas, Louise Latham, Official website: IMDb entry For session times of current films, use the cinema listings on the Movie links page. For scheduled release dates, see the coming attractions section. For more information about this movie, check out the internet movie database. |
Published in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 
Filed: 19-Aug-2013