Frequency Review
by "Kinnal Darrival" (kinnal AT scifi-central DOT com)May 5th, 2000
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
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