The Philadelphia Experiment
The Philadelphia Experiment
PG | 03 August 1984 (USA)

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Based on an "actual event" that took place in 1943. About a US Navy Destroyer Escort that disappeared from the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, and sent two men 40 years into the future to 1984.

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Cubussoli

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

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SunnyHello

Nice effects though.

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Beystiman

It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

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Keeley Coleman

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

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Baleegh Shaw

I have heard of the "Philadelphia Experiment" before and read about it on the web but got the chance to watch this movie 33 years after its being made. The direction, execution, acting and the way it unfolded was extremely impressive. The story was well established and it goes according to the facts revealed on the internet. It was a fun to watch and did not allow me to waste a second as it was very much interesting and worth watching. I gave this movie 9 out of 10 as being a masterpiece keeping in view the technological advancements of the 80's. The acting of Michael Pare was excellent and he did what could be the best of his role. I recommend it to all of you who like to watch science fiction and time travel movies.

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szilveszterdomotor

I just have a hobby re-watch old-timers. compared the technology and other scripts that time it is pretty good. Only music is bit boring sometimes even annoying for me. Even the story quiet simple if I am trying to compare similar movies from 80s it still can take the attention, for me 8/10, I recommend anyone who don't care much about the CGI but like sci-fi, this will give you joyful hour.

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flackjacket

This movie was a great concept, but unfortunately, it ruins all suspension of disbelief due to the fact that the haircuts were not even close to the regulation of the time.Were regulation 1940's military haircuts so unacceptable at the time this movie was filmed that the actors couldn't comply?Don't get me wrong, I prefer long hair. But if you're going to make an accurate movie from that time period, than have the guys suck it down and get a haircut from that era. It will grow back in a few months.This movie reminds me of an episode of the Partridge Family, where Bert Convey portrays a captain in the Navy. But his hair is nowhere near regulation.So fake. Get a grip, get a 1940's haircut, or a regulation military haircut if you're going to portray somebody in the military. Otherwise, you look fake as Hell.

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ebiros2

The movie's story is bit outlandish. Not the invisibility experiment part, but the two guys ending up in 1984 (If it was 1983 it would have been even more significant).The movie is not a sincere exploration into the Philadelphia Experiment, but a hack job as far as the script goes. Especially the part where the teleported guys phasing in and out of the field of the original experiment.It would have been better if the lost sailor's names were Wilson or something, and they ended up in Camp Hero in 1983.It's probably difficult to make a good movie of this type that's both based on facts and targeted for a commercial audience.The story deserves a better treatment, and I hope a better version of this movie will be made someday.

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