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Frequency (2000)
Director: Gregory Hoblit
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From Time Out Film Guide
This ambitious but frustrating timeshift thriller never quite manages to jam together two distinct stories. In 1999, freak weather and an old ham radio allow Queens cop John Sullivan to communicate with his fireman dad, Frank (Quaid), dead these 30 years. Coincidentally, a murder mystery from 1969 is revived after John (Caviezel) and his partner Satch (Braugher) discover new evidence. Things get weird when John tells his much missed father how to escape the warehouse fire that killed him. The effects are unpredictable and frightening, especially when father and son try to prevent the '69 murders. Their efforts repeatedly place Frank at the scene of the crime, eventually making him prime suspect. And who was the investigating officer back then? Why, a much younger Satch. With me so far? The script's original concept opens up fascinating possibilities, then disappointingly plumps for the boring serial killer option.Author: NF
Cast & crew
Director: Gregory Hoblit
Producer: Hawk Koch, Gregory Hoblit, Bill Carraro, Toby Emmerich
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Jim Caviezel, André Braugher, Elizabeth Mitchell, Noah Emmerich, Shawn Doyle, Jordan Bridges, Melissa Errico full cast
Genre(s): Thrillers
Duration: 118 mins
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