Philadelphia Experiment II

Philadelphia Experiment II

Year: 1993

Runtime: 97 mins

Language: English

Director: Stephen Cornwell

AdventureScience FictionAction

Several years after the original experiment, survivor David Herdeg and his wife Allison, whom he rescued in 1984, are raising their child when David awakens from a painful sleep to a drastically altered reality. In this timeline Germany won World War II, and America is preparing to celebrate fifty years under Nazi rule.

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1

Life in 1984: David's precarious California life

Nine years after his time travel, David Herdeg has settled in modern California as a husband to Allison and father to Ben. Allison has died, leaving him a single father facing a failing business and looming foreclosure. Ben's school attendance is slipping, and David endures painful episodes that Longstreet dismisses as stress.

1984 California
2

Mailer tests time-teleport technology

Engineer William Mailer demonstrates his time-teleportation concept by beaming a model aircraft across a room. The demonstration draws interest from the project panel, but Longstreet urges caution and blocks backing the project. The testing also appears to trigger David's recurring episodes, linking Mailer's work to his symptoms.

Early 1980s Mailer's testing chamber
3

David learns Longstreet's deception

David discovers that Longstreet lied about the project's direction and intends to rejoin the Navy only for the experiment. He decides to leave California to escape the danger surrounding the Philadelphia Experiment. His decision sets the stage for Mailer's escalating use of the technology.

1984 California
4

F-117 goes missing; Ben vanishes

Mailer pushes the device's boundaries by teleporting an F-117; the aircraft does not return. David endures a painful seizure as the world warps around him and Ben disappears from sight. The sequence reveals the dangerous consequences of uncontrolled time travel.

Mid-1980s Mailer's facility
5

Desolate 1993: Nazi victory is revealed

David wakes in an altered 1993, fleeing a heavily armed regime. He is rescued by Jess, a resistance leader, who reveals that Nazi Germany won the war and is about to impose fifty years of rule over America. The new timeline is marked by oppression, surveillance, and the collapse of previous freedoms.

1993 Altered United States
6

Phoenix and the Nazi victory

A futuristic aircraft, the Phoenix, is used to drop atomic bombs on Washington, forcing Allied surrender. The Phoenix is revealed to be the F-117 used by Mailer, sent back in time with a nuclear payload; Mahler claimed invention but was ridiculed for not reproducing it. The destruction of the Phoenix-catalyzed timeline cements German dominance.

1993 United States East Coast / Germany
7

Resistance recruits David

Longstreet, now leading a resistance cell, recruits David to travel back in time again to stop the Phoenix from being used. David's blood, a result of his previous time travels, grants him the ability to travel through time. The mission is to alter history and avert the Nazi victory.

1993 Resistance base
8

Attack on Mailer's base; capture

The resistance attacks Mailer's base to reach the time machine, but David is captured in the ensuing struggle. Mailer seizes a vial of David's blood, increasing the danger and urgency of the pursuit. The chase pushes David toward another attempt at time travel.

1993 Mailer's base
9

Back to 1943: Night before the Phoenix leaves

David and Mailer arrive in 1943 on the eve of the Phoenix's mission. Mailer confronts his father, who tells him he has no son. The tense encounter foreshadows the clash that could erase both men from history.

1943 1943 base
10

Destroying the aircraft; Mahler's death

David destroys the aircraft, then tries to escape through the time portal. Mailer wounds him, but David retaliates by shooting Mahler, triggering a paradox that erases Mailer from history. The timeline corrects itself as he returns to the present.

1943 1943 base
11

Return to 1993: reunion

David crawls back into the portal and returns to a corrected 1993. He meets his son Ben at a Little League game and discovers Jess is now the mother of one of Ben's teammates. The altered history shows a new, more hopeful family life.

1993 California, 1993

Last Updated: October 07, 2025 at 08:29

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