Convergence (2000)

Such a frustrating disappointment

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

Funny, strange, confrontational and subversive, this is one of the most interesting experiences you'll have at the cinema this year.

This was a hard movie to watch. It was difficult to suspend disbelief. That is an important sticking point. I give it three stars because I believe that, with better writing and execution, the concept could be good. But it wasn't. And it wasn't executed well. I found myself pausing the movie to look for what the hell it was about.There's a spoiler at the bottom revealing one of the lines at the end of the movie. Don't say I didn't warn you, but if you want to know how I felt about the movie, just go right to the bottom of the review, read the line, and save yourself the time. Another recommendation: save yourself the time and don't watch the movie.This movie is so bad that it has aliases. I watched it as "Altered Fate" on Netflix. It is also known as "Convergence" (which is where you will find it on IMDb if you look for the actors filmographies: that's right, the films credits show "Altered Fate", but the actors filmographies show "Convergence" with the same character names). The movie is also known as "Premonition" according to IMDb.com. I absolutely positively refuse to watch this movie under two different titles to find out if one of them is "better" or is the "real version".I respect Adrian Paul for his role in the Highlander franchise. I have definitely enjoyed Christopher Lloyd in his role in the Back to the Future franchise. But I cannot for the life of me figure out how they got roped into this movie.So I think it's only fair that I try to explain why I think the movie was bad. The plot was totally opaque. You could not tell why you were watching this movie. The dialog was totally disjointed. There were what might be poignant lines, but they were all just slapped together out of no-where. The dialog was also hard to hear. There were rushes of sound, so I think I had the volume right, but I couldn't understand half of what was being said. There was a metaphysical overtone (which I could totally get into, if it were good), but in the end it just felt uebernormal, rather than paranormal. There were things that attempted to be sexy (which I could totally get into, if it were good), but it wasn't.In the end, well, ... in the words of Morley Allen, Christopher Lloyd's character ... "I felt betrayed".Plus, what was that cheesy stuff (feces) with the beach scene.

This movie was really bad and a complete waste of great actor's talents. The plot was too simple and I couldn't stand how choppy and poorly made the film was. I've seen much better on the Science Fiction television show "Outer Limits".

Quite a well-made film reminding of Point of Destination. In some parts definitely smarter than the latter (nb: and made one year earlier).Mainly suitable cast, good score, rainy melancholy-soaked background, odd camera angles etc. First half of the film is in fact nearly excellent (something like a very good Millennium episode, only - series in question never got that good). Unfortunately afterwards some certain slack in the intrigue starts to show up when the authors tend to delay obvious revelations and artificially hold up things from happening. No particular special effects, but thoroughly created atmosphere. A jolly good Christopher Lloyd.Bottomline, apparently not an 'A' feature, but indeed worth watching for fans of a diverse range of films: Xfiles, Millennium, Point of Destination, Fallen, Prophecy etc.

I enjoyed this movie, very much. I keep expecting certain things and never got them. This was a very original film, not at all what I expected.Adrian Paul was terrific. His character when from shy to aggressive in the blink of an eye. After seeing him in the Highlander movies and series this was certainly a change.I loved this movie!