Scroll through Netflix’s sci-fi selection and you may stumble across a little-known time-travel movie whose all-too-literal title, schlocky poster and corny tagline (“Deep in the unknown, where time stands still, the only way to survive is to escape to the future”) screams Syfy original. While this movie does indeed appear to have been made on a budget that redefines shoestring — and the acting often makes Sharknado’s cameos seem Academy Award-worthy — there’s also more ambition on display here than in many Hollywood blockbusters.
