From “Back To The Future” to “Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home” to “The Planet of the Apes”, there are a lot of time travel films out there. Here’s a list of some very strange time travel films.
- A Sound Of Thunder
In the future, rich people pay to travel back in time to hunt dinosaurs. However, somebody accidentally kills another animal and evolutionary history gets completely messed up. We have all sorts of horrifyingly weird creatures show up as the changes come in waves. Scientists then rush to restore things. Why would anybody think that it was a good idea to just let rich folk go back in time for some casual fun?
- Timecop
Jean-Claude Van Damme (“Bloodsport”) does the splits in this goofy sci-fi/action flick that seems he travel through time to stop criminals travelling to the past. It all ends with one of the goofiest death scenes ever put to film when Van Damme defeats the bad guy by kicking him into another version of himself.
- Donnie Darko
Would you get your advice from a strange man in a bunny costume? Well, that’s what Donnie Darko (Jake Gyllenhaal “Jarhead”) does as he slowly unfolds the mysteries surrounding a plane crash that almost killed him. The whole movie is just incredibly weird and it continues to spark debate amongst its admirers.
- Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure
Bill (Alex Winter “The Lost Boys”) and Ted (Keanu Reeves “Speed”) are dumb students that get a time-travelling phone box (like Dr. Who) so that they can find history’s greatest figures such as Abraham Lincoln and Genghis Khan to help them with a report for school. Seeing such powerful tech in the hands of such morons is a sight to behold.
- Batman Ninja
It’s a choice that may surprise people but really, what can be more absurd than seeing Batman and his greatest foes sent back in time to feudal Japan? The villains form their own clans so that they can conquer Japan so Batman must stop them in this outrageously silly yet very fun animated adventure.