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Slipstream (2005)

Slipstream poster
Directed by
David van Eyssen
Genre
science fiction film
Country
Germany, United Kingdom, United States
Runtime
1h 23m
Rated
R
Rating
5.2 of 10 from 68 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A socially awkward scientist partners with an FBI agent to track down a stolen time travel device. The device has been taken by a gang of bank robbers.

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What happens

Slipstream is a 2005 science fiction film, written by Louis Morneau and Phillip Badger and directed by David van Eyssen. The film stars Sean Astin, Vinnie Jones, and Ivana Miličević. It had its world premiere in 2005 at the London Sci-Fi and Fantasy Film Festival, where van Eyssen received the award for "Best New Director to SF/Action". The film concerns the efforts of a socially inept scientist (Sean Astin) and a female FBI agent (Ivana Miličević) to recover a time travel device (called "Slipstream") that was stolen by a group of bank robbers commanded by Vinnie Jones. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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