Millennium
Millennium
PG-13 | 25 August 1989 (USA)
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An investigator seeking the cause of an airline disaster discovers the involvement of an organisation of time travellers from a future Earth irreparably polluted who seek to rejuvenate the human race from those about to die in the past. Based on a novel by John Varley.

Reviews
2hotFeature one of my absolute favorites!
Stoutor It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.
Myron Clemons A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.
Lachlan Coulson This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.
bowmanblue I'd never heard of 'Millennium' and have only just got round to watching it. That's probably because it seems to have been a bit forgotten in terms of classic/cult eighties sci-fi films. And that's a shame, because it has many good moments that deserve a little more love.It's about an air-crash investigator (Kris Kristofferson) who discovers that there's more than meets the eye going on when he finds what could well be an 'alien' device among the ruins of a downed plane. He looks into this and we find that it wasn't in fact extraterrestrials who are meddling in our aviation, but people from the future.Now, I'd got about a quarter of the way into this film and I was really enjoying it, wondering why it wasn't more popular than it was. It's well shot, well acted, the premise is interesting and, best of all, when we do see the 'future-world' it's pretty cool. However, just as I was really getting into it, the story slowed to practically as stand-still and (thanks to its time travel narrative) - literally - went over old ground and spent a fair portion of the film telling us something that we already had seen, only in a longer, more pointless version.Granted, it picks up again towards the end and, talking of the final act, the ending does leave a little bit up to your own interpretation, so if you like your stories totally cleared-up then you could be a bit disappointed.This was a shame, as if this middle segment could have been reworked, then the whole film would have benefited (and possibly found its way to a wider, more appreciative/mainstream audience). I'd probably recommend it now to people who like cheesy, eighties 'Dr Who-esque' sci-fi, as I have a strange feeling that our favourite Time Lord may even have copied a few elements displayed here.Special mention to the android who was almost as sarcastic as 'K-2SO' from 'Rogue One.'
dedeurs Basically I hate films about time travel, they usually break their backs on the paradoxes. "A Sound of Thunder" I found an exception; the screenplay is not too complicated. This one is also comprehensible, quite a relief. But the finale, the finale...was this a leftover from The Thunderbirds? "Millennium" BEGS for a remake. The short story by Varley made a huge impression on me in the 1970s, it's quite grim and gritty, but today's tough cinema and unrelenting CGI can cope with that. We would at least be able to avoid a Dynasty look like in this version (the airport hall is filled with catwalk models, come on!), and under direction of Spielberg or Doug Liman (Edge of Tomorrow) the soapy love story would be much better to take. And a really good lead of course...yeez, Kristofferson had better taken the role of the robot. Supple as an airplane's wing, that man.
Tango and Cash One of the worst movies I've seen in a really long time. Shockingly bad. Boring. And it's one of those time travel movies that has so many loopholes and inconsistencies and what-ifs that it makes you not care about it at all. There's a cute girl in it and a robot that zips one-liners...those are the only two redeeming factors. The pacing is awful, the plot is non-existent. The worst part about this movie though...the part that is totally unforgivable...is that you watch half the movie and then what happens...no kidding...it winds itself up again and starts allllllllllll over. It starts from the very beginning midway through. Unbelievable. The audacity!Here's my question - Who cares? Who gives a damn? I sure don't. Avoid at all costs. There is no reason to see this movie, ever. It sucks. 1/10 but deserves 0/10.
dwpollar 1st watched 1/24/2011 -- 3 out of 10 (Dir- Michael Anderson): Dumb, romanticized time story about a group of dying future people who interrupt plane crashes to do some people switching to keep their race going. The problem is they screw up and leave a weapon behind that is discovered and could change the future(which wouldn't be too bad for them, i guess). The movie stars the ever-expressive Kris Kristofferson, who is a crash inspector and the former Charlie's Angel -- Cheryl Ladd, as the time traveler who's trying to fix things. The main problem with the movie, which is the case in many sub-par films, is that you don't care about the characters. Yes, it's an un-realistic premise that's hard to follow -- but this is not unlike most time travel movies. If the characters could have been developed and made relateable, then it would have been easier to care about the movie and it would have been more entertaining. Instead, it's not entertaining, and is a so-so movie experience. This movie is pretty much a waste of one hour and one half unless you have a thing for Ladd and want to get a peek at her slightly exposed breast in a scene where she wears Kristofferson's shirt in bed(this minor tease though--even for a former Charlie's Angels male teen being teased-- wasn't enough for me to like the movie, and it won't be for you either, unfortunately).