2000 historical fiction
Rating: 9/20
Plot: A time traveler obsessed with Jacqueline Kennedy travels back to November 22, 1963 to save JFK’s life. It changes history.
This is an intriguing idea for a movie, but with a made-for-television feel, a needlessly convoluted structure, and long stretches of explanatory dialogue, it just never really gets going and couldn’t keep my interest. There was some potential with this idea, but it spends most of its time with a story that’s just trying to go too many places, some which don’t make a lot of sense. Bobby Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. both wind up surviving and the Beatles never become the greatest rock band in history, but none of that, or really any of the ramifications of this change in history, are never really explained. This also tackily ventures into JFK’s sexual exploits and spends way too much time with subplots involving the time traveler’s Jackie obsession and his paintings.
Bruce Campbell plays an Oliver Stone type filmmaker in this, but that’s just another character that is underdeveloped. It seems like he’s only in the movie to say a few curse words. That, along with some nudity that really didn’t seem necessary at all, felt a little awkward to me. No, there’s not a Jacqueline Kennedy nude scene. There is, however, a nude Marilyn Monroe lookalike that I probably shouldn’t complain about.
I had to rent Timecop from a Family Video. Since it was in the 2 for 1 dollar section, I had to get something else. This was conveniently right next to Timecop, and I figured Bruce Campbell would make it worth the time. Unfortunately, I’m kind of bummed that I spend 50 cents to watch this.