Frequency (2000)

reviewed by
Kinnal Darrival


Frequency (New Line Cinema)
Science Fiction.
Cast : Dennis Quaid, James Caviezel, Elizabeth Mitchell, Michael Cera, Noah
Emmerich, Shawn Doyle, and Andre Braugher
Director : Gregory Hoblit

A well written tightly directed film, Frequency shows once again that Sci-Fi done well can be an amazing deep experience.

A time travel story with a difference, Frequency is about a father and son who establish a short wave radio link across thirty years of time.

With good intentions, information is exchanged between them that begins a ripple effect, changing one thing after another, leading to a tense game of cat and mouse with a serial killer.

Frequency builds to a tense and atmospheric conclusion with a couple of twists that are hardly surprising, yet still manage to give the film a satisfying ending.

Dennis Quaid is suprisingly good as the Father and Caviezel is even better as the complicated and moody son. Frequency is definately worth the effort.

7/10
Kinnal Darrival
Sci Fi Central
www.scifi-central.com

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