Out of Time

written and directed by Matt Handy

Release: 2019
Format: Feature Film
Genre: Science Fiction
Audience: Adults
Content: Definite Time Travel
Original Language: English

A government agent from 1951 follows three alien invaders through a time portal to 21st-century Lost Angeles where he teams up with a local cop to track the trio down before they can signal their cohorts.

— Michael Main

Sir: [pointing at a billborad of the Space Shuttle] That is why we leapt into the future. We fly that back to the armada and show them where this planet is.

DEBUT

Out of Time (unknown release details, 2019).

VARIANTS

1 English variant

TAGS(SPOILERS!)

Time Periods

Circa AD 1950 to 1959: starting time AD 1951
Circa AD 2000 to 2099: Most of the story takes place circa 2019.

Time Travel Methods

Themes

Long Life: Cooper, after his return.
Time Travel Sickness, Injuries, and Mixed-Up Body Parts: When you're out of your time, health deteriorates and you die within 48 hours.

Real-World Tags

Roswell and Area 51

Groupings

The X-Files (franchise): Lisa pretends that she and Cooper are ”working an X-File,” and the ploy works!

TIME TRAVEL ITINERARY (SPOILERS!)

From Area 51, Nevada, 1951 ⋙ to Mojave Desert, California, circa 2019. Note: The three aliens escape through time.
From Area 51, Nevada, 1951 ⋙ to Mojave Desert, California, circa 2019. Note: Agent Cooper Miller follows!
From Mojave Desert, California, circa 2019 ⋙ to Area 51, Nevada, 1951. Note: Lisa drags Cooper back through the portal.
From Area 51, Nevada, 1951 ⋙ to Mojave Desert, California, circa 2019. Note: Lisa returns.

INDEXER NOTES (SPOILERS!)

Release—The film had a release at a Cannes Marketing event in 2018, and actor <a href='https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fblakeedwardboyd%2Fstatus%2F1004502640904949760'>Blake Boyd mentioned a screening</a> at AFI in Los Angeles on <samp>6 June 2018</samp>. But we don’t list marketing events, and we don’t know whether the screening was an official premiere or just a private screening, so we have used the <a href='https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt7682204%2Freleaseinfo%2F'>IMDb</a> release date of <samp>2019</samp>.