Timeline

Two and a half stars. Almost okay, but too flawed to make the grade.

Dumbed-down medieval time-travel romp. A group of archaeologists go back to 1357 to rescue a stranded colleague. They find themselves thrown headlong into a battle between the English and French at the village of Castleguard. Naturally, there is a lot of splitting up so that everyone can chase after each other, or get killed, or both. (Oh, and a pretty nifty castle siege with trebuchets and flaming arrows.) Meanwhile, back in the present, someone has blown up the time machine, and the geeks are trying to put it back together before the deadline for the archaeologists' return arrives. It's all a bit hurried, forced, and obvious. From the moment the group of time travellers is selected, you know who's going to make it back, who's going to die, and who's going to get stranded. The film has got good pace, but no soul.