Office employee Barry Thomas is caught in a "time bounce" caused by a glitch in the company's secret project. Now the same day occurs again and again - and Barry's the only one who can do anything about it, including saving the life of beautiful research assistant Lisa Fredericks.
Acting
Martin Landau slumming gloriously as the twitchy scientist villain.
Practical Effects
Charming lo-fi time-loop mechanics before CGI made it too easy.
Writing
Tight 92-minute structure—no bloat, just premise and payoff.
Director
Jack Sholder
Jonathan Silverman
Barry Thomas
Helen Slater
Lisa Fredericks
Martin Landau
Dr. Thadius Moxley
Nicolas Surovy
Robert Denk
Robin Bartlett
Anne Jackson
Jeremy Piven
Howard Richter
Constance Marie
Joan Zevo
Glenn Morshower
Detective Cryers
Paxton Whitehead
Dr. Tiberius Scott
Cheryl Anderson
Supervisor
Giuseppe Andrews
Kyle
Danny Trejo
Prisoner
Frank Collison
Thin Assassin
Mark Christopher Lawrence
Jack
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released a year before Groundhog Day but forgotten—Hollywood's parallel development curse in action.
Based on Richard Lupoff's 1973 short story '12:01 PM', which also beat Groundhog Day to the punch by decades.
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