Time Chasers (1994) - Well... the kids might like it

Do you have boys of about 6-8 years old?  Do you want to keep them entertained for a couple of hours while you try to feel human again?  Well, you may want to put on 'Time Chasers' for them - if they're into general action/sci-fi/adventure type films you may get a little down time.  Otherwise, I can't see much use for this movie.

It has 'Made for TV' written all over it.  It's about a scientist (I think) who builds a time machine out of a plane and then sells it to a - blatantly evil - corporation.  What could possibly go wrong?  Cue some alternate (and cheep-looking!) dystopian futures and trips back and forth in time from one wooded area to the next.

It was made - apparently - in 1994 and yet it feels like it should have been made around 1980.  If I had to liken it to another film I'd say 'Inner Space.' Only that was great with a fast-moving and humorous pace. 'Time Chasers' is just like a - very - poor imitation of it.  There are no real familiar faces on show here and the dialogue is so cliche and mundane it's hard to tell whether the actors are good or not - they try.  The mullet-haired hero tries to be macho, but it's hard to watch a bicycle chase through a wood and actually find it entertaining, let alone thrilling.  Imagine the 'speederbike' chase from 'Return of the Jedi' only on push-bikes - yeah, they don't even compare, do they?  That's what you get here.

There really is little here to recommend.  The only 'positive' I took from watching this sluggish effort is the fact that it's reminded me how long it's been since I last watched 'Inner Space' (which I own on DVD) so I'll probably put that on soon.  If you can find it - just watch that.  It'll also entertain kids with the bonus of also being enjoyable for adults at the same time.

5/10