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Frequency | Year: 2000 Classification: Science Fiction Directed: - Gregory Hoblit - Michael Kamen Actors/Actresses: - Dennis Quaid - James Caviezel - Jim Caviezel Outstanding Sci-Fi thriller - One of my favorites!! Frank Sullivan ( Dennis Quade) is a firefighter that dies tragically in the line of duty. Thirty years later, his son John ( Jim Caevizel) is now a cop whose life is a mess. The film opens on the eve of the 30 year anniversary of his father's death. John's childhood best friend Gordo( Noah Emmerich) comes over to cheer him up, and they drag out Frank's old ham radio. Due to a phenmenon called an "aurora borealis" John soon realizes that he is able to speak to his father Frank thiry years in the past where the same phenomenon is occuring. Since the death of his father has not yet happened, he is able to warn Frank about the accident. However, saving Frank's life also alters the course of a serial killer which effects John's entire family. John's current investigation is the same unsolved case from 30 years before. Now John and Frank work together over the radio to solve the case and avoid the tragedy that happened to their family. Frequency remains one of my all time favorite movies. The acting is phenomenal!! Jim Caevizel gives the best performance in the movie as John Sullivan. The love for his dad that he shows as well as the determination to solve the case is amazing. Dennis Quade continues to amaze me with his versatile and brilliant roles. Frank Sullivan is no exception. I love the way that he shows love for his son, and how he must become like a cop even though he is a firefighter. Noah Emmerich adds a nice touch to the story with Gordo. A suprising performance was given by Elizabeth Mitchell who plays John's mom Julia. Andre Braugher always does a good job and continues to with Satch. The villan of the story is played by Shawn Doyle. He gives a very impressive performance that will shock you! The story itself is brilliant. It involves many elements. The love between father and son, a murder mystery, and the scientific phenomenon of the aurora borealis. Some timetravel movies suffer with due to lack of explanation. But as the movie goes on, memories of both lives ( the one with Frank dying, and the one with him alive) are shown. You get to see John's life on both timelines, as if they both merged to create the present. This lets us see where the chages were coming from and why they were done. With amazing performances, an incredible script, and an action packed story, Frequency is a treat to watch. It puts an interesting spin on the time travel genre! The DVD is a must own because you not only get the movie, but great special features. You get to see featurettes, deleted scenes, and much much more Very moving and unusual sci-fi thriller I think that Frequency's screenwriter, Toby Emmerich, set out to write a rather original sci-fi movie script. This he did, but he also wound up creating something more. Frequency is one of the best stories about the relationship between father and son ever. I can recommend it as a sci-fi thriller. I can highly recommend it as a modern American drama. As always, I will give you a short plot synopsis, but I must add that, on paper, the story loses something in transition and seems a bit goofy. John Sullivan [James Caviezel] is a cop who lives in the house he grew up in in New York City's Queens borough. He is a a low point in his life now that his wife has walked out on him. One day he and his best friend Gordo [Noah Emmerich] find an old ham radio that John's deceased Dad owned. One night, during a huge display in the sky by the northern lights, some sort of cosmic disturbance occurs. The fabric of time is altered, and John finds himself talking on the old radio to his father, Frank [Dennis Quaid]. Once both of them determine it is not a hoax, John tells Frank, who is living in 1969, that he would not have died in a warehouse fire if only he had tried to escape the other way. The next day, the anniversary of his death, Frank, a fireman, does turn the other way and survives. Joy soon turns to horror when the men discover that they have inadvertently changed the future. They must work together to prevent an even greater tragedy. It is in the two's working together that the story takes flight. Father and son are separated by time. All of their interaction takes place through this ham radio, each man sitting at the same desk thirty years apart. The love between the two is so real and so strong that even the hardest of grown men might shed a tear or two while watching the movie. Caviezel is brilliant, and Quaid is better than he has been in years. I think much of the credit goes to director Gregory Hoblit. Most of his experience has been in television, most notably directing episodes of Hill Street Blues and LA Law. His knowledge of the small screen is part of what makes the scenes between father and son so intimate and believable. Also compelling is how each actor seems so much a part of their time. This is a subtle but important difference that only greatly talented people can bring off. Some great performances are also given by Noah Emmerich, Elizabeth Mitchell as Julia Sullivan, Daniel Henson as John at age six, and Shawn Doyle as Jack Shepard, the villain of the movie. INSIDE SHOTS: Writer Toby Emmerich originally used the idea of a small black hole's causing the time fracture. The studio decided that wasn't filmable enough. Don't blame Emmerich for the illogical substitution of northern lights... New Line dropped the ball!!! All the other reviews will explain the plot etc, what I will say is that It is one of my favorite movies along with my wife's. It leaves you smiling at the end , One other thing in an Interview Dennis Quaid said New Line dropped the ball because they did not promote it well enough...........I could not agree more. Buy Frequency at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on Frequency Search with the Priority Search Engine on Frequency This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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