Science Fiction Thriller
Change the past, affect the future.










I think that anyone who has lost a parent or family member would wish they could speak to the departed after their death. Spiritualism, no not in this movie. FREQUENCY allows a father and son to converse through time. A solar flare that occurs in two different time periods 30 years apart affects the lives of two men but they inadvertently destroy the lives of others.

There has always been a warning attached to ideas about time travel and this one does also have a warning. You try to change the past and the consequences will not nessecarilly be to your liking. Many people have speculated what would happen if someone went back in time and eliminated the threats of certain individuals. The interesting thing about this would be that the timeline would change and we would not even no there was a difference. We could not remember what we never experienced. John Sullivan played by Jim Caviezel, unfortunately does remember what has changed in the timeline and that is not a pleasant thing since he now has to live witht the consequences of his actions and no one will believe him.

Okay let us wander back here in time, 30 years into the past. The year is 1969 and Frank Sullivan (Dennis Quaid) is about to have his entire life changed. Massive solar flares are affecting the earth and they in passing will affect Frank's life, his wifes and 11 year old son, John. Frank is a fireman and the following day he is going to die in a rescue attempt. That night he goes on to his ham radio and his life would change. Thirty years in the future, John is going through the tragic events that shaped his life after his father died. He can't seem to keep personal relationships but he is a very good cop who is on a search to discover an old serial killer. That night solar flares appear again. He has pulled out his father's old ham radio for his friend's son to see. Later that evening he receives a signal, one that would change everything. The two speak and soon realize that they are father and son, speaking through time, courtesy of "the mother of all sunspots". Disbelief is turned to belief as something changes for them through an action the father takes that affects the son at the same time. John warns his father of his death in the fire and tells him where the fire occurs. He warns him to use a different escape route. Frank survives and now everyone in John's timeline believes that Frank died much later of lung cancer from his smoking.

An old murdered body is found, that reveals that the serial kjiller, John is looking for goes back 30 years. John enlists Frank's help to save the girl. The girl lives but unfortunately someone else takes her place. As john looks at pictures of his family...his mother slowly fades out of the picture...she is the new victim. Frank must now find a way to find the killer and save his wife.

If I go into this story too much more it will give away too many surprises that are best discovered as the story unravels on the screen. This is an excellent film that teaches us that all actions have consequences. Two men and one ham radio set will decide the lives of many. The theories of multiverses is fairly new but this film will make you think about the possiblities. Everyday we make decisions that decide what happens in our lives. Do we take one road or the other? Whatever we decide will affect not only your life but those of others. The universe is a strange place with many mysteries and here is one.

By the way, this film has an excellent ending with lots of interesting surprises, so catch it as soon as you can, you will not regret it. It will leave you thinking of what you would do in the same situation. Dennis Quaid who is not seen too often lately does a wonderful job of portraying Frank Sullivan. The 60's music sountrack is excellent as well. By the way does that popcorn taste good? A good movie makes it taste better doesn't it?

CAST AND CREDITS:
STARRING:
Dennis Quaid , Andre Braugher , James Caviezel , Shawn Doyle , Michael Cera
DIRECTED BY:
Gregory Hoblit
WRITTEN BY:
Toby Emmerich
PRODUCED BY:
Gregory Hoblit , Howard "Hawk" Koch and Howard Koch
DISTRIBUTED BY:
New Line Cinema/Allinance Atlantis
RATING USA... Rated PG-13 for intense violence and disturbing images
RATING CANADA... Rated AA for intense scenes of violence
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