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A 2016 American science fiction film directed by Michael Hurst, about a time machine invented by two scientists (Zoë Bell and Adam Huss) when it is revealed that there is a saboteur in the team and they receive help from a mysterious benefactor (Malik Yoba).

The movie also stars Bjorn Alexander, Brian Flaccus, Michael Aaron Milligan, Steve Suh, Darren Bailey, Nick Benseman and Jonathan Camp.

It was released on April 15, 2016.


Tropes for the film:

  • Body in a Breadbox: A body is found stuffed in a locker. The guy who first complains about the smell in the locker room is the same one whose corpse is later found to be the source of the smell.
  • The Killer in Me: It turns out Jim, who's the closest thing to a single protagonist, is the mystery killer. He's not exactly amnesiac, but the version of him onscreen doesn't know about for most the film it because there's time travel involved - that is, not until the future version of him tells him that he's about to do it all. Mind you, in another example, it turns out that it will be not him but Gale who becomes the mystery character that sets up the Stable Time Loop leading to the invention of the time machine.
  • One-Word Title: Paradox.
  • Temporal Sickness: The prototype time machine causes disorientation, nosebleeds, and a persistent feeling of being unwell. Its chief architect actually knows it causes brain damage, but he considers his companions expendable for the cause.


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