I
was cruising through the science fiction listings on Amazon Prime the other day
and came across Alistair 1918. What intrigued me was the time travel
elements in the story and I’m always willing to take a look at time travel.
With Bob Cornett, I wrote several time travel novels, and alone I wrote, On
the Second Tuesday of Next Week, in which a war is fought using time
travel. All are available on Amazon.
Alistair (Guy Birtwhistle)
Alistair
is a British soldier who, through some fluke of time and space, is literally
blasted into modern Los Angeles. It is something of a fish out of water tale,
as the hero, Alistair (Guy Birtwhistle), tried to survive in the modern world.
This is somewhat reminiscent of Time After Time, in which Jack the
Ripper and H.G. Wells find themselves in the modern world, learning about
everything from television, aviation to McDonalds. Alistair must learn to
navigate in the modern world as he searches for a way to return home.
This
film, which is one of those low budget gems we sometimes find, is actually
quite well done. The actors seemed to be natural, and while I was a little
annoyed at some of the coincidences that provided the means for him to attempt
to return to his home time, it was all nicely done. It also outlines some of
the troubles that people have navigating in our modern world. Alistair,
however, rises above the challenges, finding friends to help understand what is
happening around him.
This
is a very nice little time travel film and if you have the chance, you should
take a look at it. While it won’t appeal to everyone, it should find a very
nice audience, and if you happen to be programming the film part of a SF
convention, you won’t go wrong by adding this title to the list.
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