Termination Point
A scientist at a top-secret weapons facility creates a weapon that he then regrets. So he
steals it and gets on a plane to Mexico with the head security agent’s family, hoping
that having the family along will restrict the agent’s options. But the response is out
of the agent’s hands when the president orders the plane shot down. Fortunately, the
scientist activates the weapon just before the missiles strike the plane—well, partly
fortunate: One copy of the plane and most of the passengers are blown into yesterday,
while the scientist and the agent’s family survive in a null space that will first eat
all of California and then the rest of the universe.
So, why were the dead passengers
and one copy of the plane blown into yesterday? I never did figure that out; it had no
bearing on the movie, except perhaps the filmmakers were Donnie Darko wannabes, and it
provided a cheap wrap-up at the end.
— Michael Main
Hunky Farm Boy at the Beginning of the Movie: What’s the date
today?
Curvaceous Farm Girl: September second. Why?
H.F.B.: This [crashed] plane boarded tomorrow!