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MPAA Rating: PG Content Advisory: Mild Violence, Suitable for Children, Adult Language Movie Release: 2002 DVD Release: 08/13/2002 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 33 mins Studio: Paramount Total Copies: 32 Genres: Science Fiction, Sci-Fi Comedy, Teen Movie

Frequent Star Trek actor and director Jonathan Frakes gets behind the camera again for this teen-sci-fi/action-drama in the Back to the Future (1985) mold. Jesse Bradford stars as Zak Gibbs, a teenager who discovers the latest invention to spring from the mind of his scientist father (Robin Thomas) and a research team that includes his dad's eccentric colleague Dr. Earl Dopler (French Stewart). It seems that they have developed a wristwatch that manipulates "hypertime," speeding up the passage of regular time 25 times for the wearer and those near him, making it appear that the rest of the world has become essentially "frozen" in time. Zak is delighted with the ability that he initially treats as the ultimate gag and superpower, until the National Security Agency begins pursuing both him and the device, intending to confiscate it for nefarious political purposes. Clockwatchers (2002) co-stars Michael Biehn, Paula Garcés, and Julia Sweeney. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

Jesse Bradford - Zak Gibbs

Time stands still in the teenage action fantasy Clockstoppers. Paramount has done a very nice job on this 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer. All aspects of the color schemes, black levels and flesh tones are bright and natural without any bleeding or softness in the image. Aside of a small amount of edge enhancement, this is a very crisp transfer. The soundtrack is presented in Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround in English as well as Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround in English and French. The 5.1 soundtrack is a very nice rumbling ride through the viewers sound system. With blasting effects and through directional sounds, this mix should give any surround sound component a rough workout. Also included on this disc are English subtitles. Parmaount has included only a few fluffy extra features on this DVD -- included on this disc is a light "The Making of Clockstoppers" featurette which includes interviews with the cast and crew, four promotional spots, a theatrical trailer for the film, and music videos for the song "It's the Weekend" by Lil' J and "Holiday in my Head" by Smash Mouth. ~ Patrick Naugle, All Movie Guide