Until now, Zak Gibbs' greatest challenge has been to find a way to buy a car. But when he discovers an odd wristwatch amidst his father's various inventions and slips it on -- something very strange happens. The world around him seems to come to a stop, everything and everybody frozen in time. Zak quickly learns how to manipulate the device and he and his quick-witted and beautiful new friend, Francesca, start to have some real fun.
Practical Effects
Bullet time water droplets before The Matrix made them passé.
Acting
French Stewart doing unhinged comic relief in full Commitment.
Direction
Jonathan Frakes brought actual Star Trek competence to Nickelodeon.
Director
Jonathan Frakes
Jesse Bradford
Zak Gibbs
Paula Garcés
Francesca
French Stewart
Dr. Earl Dopler
Michael Biehn
Henry Gates
Robin Thomas
Dr. Gibbs
Julia Sweeney
Jenny Gibbs
Lindze Letherman
Kelly Gibbs
Jason George
Richard
Ken Jenkins
NSA Agent Moore
Tony Abatemarco
Administrator
Garikayi Mutambirwa
Meeker
Brian J. Williams
Car Salesman (uncredited)
Linda Kim
Jay
Jennifer Manley
Security Officer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jonathan Frakes directed this between Star Trek: Insurrection and Thunderbirds, completing his accidental trilogy of 'movies for children that adults have opinions about.' The hypertime visual effects were done by the same team that later worked on Sin City.
This film exists in the bizarre 2002-2004 window when Nickelodeon Movies seriously attempted competing with Disney's sci-fi family output. It failed so comprehensively that 'hypertime' never entered the pop culture lexicon despite being a genuinely cool visual concept.
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