Ruth (Syratt) and Megan (Stevenson) run an antique store that's based on quite a unique business model, as to get their inventory they just use their time machine to travel back in time and snatch whatever they think will sell - it's really much cheaper than to get stuff on the open market. That said, the girls aren't really clever about this, and concepts like time paradoxes go flat over their heads. And they haven't even invented or developed the time machine, just found it on a dumpster when hunting for "antiques". So of course, their journey's through time don't go unnoticed for long and they are eventually found out by the Secret Science Society, where Ralph (Brian Bovell), the actual inventor of their time machine, is a founding member. And once found out, they're not only forced to join the society and attend their weekly meetings, they're also to promise to never use the time machine again. A promise they keep ... for a few days at least, but seeing how tedious it is to find antiques the traditional way they soon start up their machine once again - and eventually create a time rift in the middle of their shop. Also, Ruth turns 16 (and is then played by Rosa Gee) for a bit, and her secong puberty drives Megan up the wall - until Megan disappears. And when Ruth tries to ask the science society for help, she almost fails to get their help thanks to their rather close-minded power-hungry chairman (Guy Henry) before eventually making it to a place between time called the Unreason that's so boring that everybody stranded their is playing "the Game", a gane full of absurd rules that's controlled and domineered by the Aviator (Jane Horrocks), a woman so hell-bent on winning she loses sight of everything else. As part of the Game, she keeps Megan prisoner, even if she has long forgotten why this is of any gain to her ...

Stephen Fry narrates this film while Brian Blessed voices a giant octopus living in the Unreason, and Johnny Vegas plays Ralph's disgruntled former partner in crime.

Now ok, Time Travel is Dangerous might not be the film that answers too many questions in regards, to time travelling, time paradoxes, time rifts and the like and might show a rather naive approach to the subject - but it's also just a lot of fun, in part because of its naive approach. On top of that, the film is populated by a bunch of welcomely colourful characters with funny arcs played by a first rate cast, and it moves along at a brisk enough pace to keep one entertained throughout. So in all, this is one really fun ride for sure.

Time Travel is Dangerous will be coming to UK cinemas March 28th 2025.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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