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| - Clockstoppers is the 2002 live-action movie from Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies.
- The NSA-funded QT (Quantum Tech) Corporation has slated a project to develop Hypertime, a technology which allows the user's molecules to speed up to the point where the world appears to be standing still. After realizing that such technology, contained within a wristwatch frame, could also be used against the USA, the NSA orders the project stopped. However, the research is farther along than the NSA expected and QT's leader Henry Gates plans on using the technology to usurp the leader of the NSA and dominate the world. He uses the prototype to stretch the weekend in order to give the brilliant lead scientist Earl Dopler time to fix the remaining glitch in the technology after his henchmen Richard and Jay prevent Earl's incognito departure at the airport. However, the disadvantage of Earl being in Hypertime for too long was him aging rapidly in real time, as his molecular age continued at the same rate despite time slowing down. However, initially unknown to Gates, Dopler had sent a prototype to a former colleague of his named Dr. George Gibbs. His son Zak discovers the watch accidentally and initially uses it for fun, much to the amusement of Francesca. Once Gates finds out about the leaked prototype, he attempts to retrieve it. He sends his henchmen after Zak who break into his house and search for evidence. Upon learning about the ulterior motive of QT Corporation, Zak sets out to warn his father of the danger he could be in. A chase sequence ensues, with Zak crashing the car into the river and thus damaging the watch. He awakes in hospital with a broken watch and only by a stroke of luck manages to avoid Jay and Richard again. He then goes in search of somewhere safe to hide in the meantime, after having been accused of stealing a van by the police. In a bid to retrieve the watch, QT Corporation enlists the help of national security agencies and portray Zak and his father as fugitives wanted by the law. Zak goes on the run with his girlfriend, locating the hotel that Dr. Gibbs was staying at in a bid to warn him. Dopler is also looking for Dr. Gibbs to ask for help and also to warn him. However, Gates, Jay, and Richard reach Zak's father before him and kidnap Dr. Gibbs from his hotel room. Unable to reach his father in time, Zak and Francesca wander the streets aimlessly before being forcibly picked up by Earl Dopler, who wants the watch back. The teens take Dopler hostage and force him to do as they request. As Dopler feels that Dr. Gibbs has been kind to him, he reluctantly agrees to help save Dr. Gibbs. Dopler helps mend the broken watch as well as creating guns which can take someone out of Hypertime and back into normal time. The guns are loaded with paintballs filled with frozen nitrogen, and the low temperature 'freezes' a hit person back into normal time. Dopler helps the kids break in but decides not to go as well. They get caught by Henry Gates, Richard, and Jay. Zak and Francesca are thrown in a cell with Zak's dad. Zak accelerates while in Hypertime and becomes "light" (Einstein's theory is seemingly correct, anything faster than "light", becomes "light"). They then manage to break out as the NSA Agents arrive and defeat Gates' goons. Gates is not defeated and knocks Francesca out of hypertime and prepares to do the same to Zak and his dad. Suddenly he's shot with a paintball by Dopler who returned to help and Dopler shoots Gates until he reverts to normal time, defeating him. Gates and his henchmen are arrested, and the watches are confiscated. Following the arrest of Gates, Jay, and Richard, Dopler uses the machine he was building to reverse the aging effects of hypertime that happened to him, but it inadvertently changes him back into a teenager (Miko Hughes), meaning he will have to live with the Gibbs for a few years. The movie ends with Zak and his family happily together, and with Zak finally getting the car he wanted. As Zak speeds off in his car with Francesca, now his girlfriend, sister and teenage Dopler, it is revealed that he has not returned the watch after all, as he goes into Hypertime to have some fun.
- NC: Hello, I'm the Nostalgia Critic. I remember it so you don't have to. Let's talk about Clockstoppers. (pause; becomes puzzled) What, did you think there's gonna be a bigger introduction than that? You've been asking me to do this movie for years and years! What, did you think I was gonna be like, (raises his fist in the air) "Oh, this movie makes me so mad! I hate it so much!" It's Clockstoppers! It's like asking me to get angry at (an image of Wallace Shawn as Vizzini from The Princess Bride appears in the corner) Wallace Shawn! I guess I could, but... why? It's inconceivable. (The opening titles for Clockstoppers are shown, followed by footage of that film) NC (vo): The 2002 Nickelodeon film featured an idea that had been done plenty of times on TV, but never had an entire film focused on it: the idea of moving so fast that everything else around you seems to be still. Now and then, I was kind of interested when I saw it was directed by Will Riker himself, (shot of...) Jonathan Frakes, the director of (a poster for Star Trek: First Contact pops up) easily the best Star Trek: Next Gen movie. The film came and went pretty quick at the box office, but has gained a bit of a cult following over the years, enough that people have been asking me for a long time to look it over. NC: Now, don't get me wrong, there's certainly stuff to critique and make fun of, but I'm not gonna act like this is a "get angry at the gods" kind of movie. Tamara: Uh, so, speaking of which, Critic, are we needed for this? Malcolm: Yeah, I brought the Chart Guy suit if you needed it. NC: Well, I did have a very expensive sketch idea where you two fly in on a Giant Eagle of Not-Caring, spell out in flaming letters why you don't think you should be in any sketches, and I'm just gonna assume the next time I look up, you two will have taken the day off. (As soon as he looks up, Malcolm and Tamara are gone with the words "SEE YOU NEXT WEEK" written on the whiteboard) Yeah, I don't blame you. (to the camera) By popular demand, here's Clockstoppers. NC (vo): So seeing how this is the early 2000s, let's shove down your throat with what producers thought was the hottest trend at the time... NC: Spy stuff. (As NC speaks, we are shown posters of Spy Kids, G-Force, I-Spy, Agent Cody Banks, Totally Spies, The Tuxedo, and Johnny English) NC (vo): Yeah, for some reason, Hollywood thought spies were the biggest thing for a long time, yet I never saw any kids or adults really going that apeshit about it. Unless Kim Possible's gonna say "What's the sitch?"... NC: ...I don't think this is as big a hook as you think it is. (An image of Codename: Kids Next Door is shown, with the caption "Unless they're in it") NC (vo): The film opens with the ultimate stamp of approval, French Stewart, trying to get on a plane dressed as every suspicious killer known to man. Earl: (speaks to a man with a newspaper) I need a vacation real bad. (gives the man some money) NC (vo): He demonstrates how a bill has turned into a law, but literally experiences pullback before he can buy the person's ticket. NC (vo; as one of the bad guys): Thought you could escape from Inspector Gadget 2, huh? Driver: I think it's time you came back to work, Dr. Dopler. NC: And again, seeing how this is the early 2000s, we also get to experience the 90s trying to die. NC (vo): In fact, there's so much of that in this film, let's just do a 90s Slow Death Count. (We see the 9Deez Slow Death Count on the bottom, along with the number 1) Number 1: Bands that are supposed to sound cool, but sound more like whiny valley kids with a cold instructed to clean their room. Blink-182 (singing): Always I know, you'll be at my show. NC: (mimics Blink-182) Come on, Mom! You're so lame! This article is a . You can help My English Wiki by expanding it.
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