Time Chasers

Nick completes his time travel capability using a Commodore 64 and a small airplane, marking the practical start of his experiments. He uses a ruse to summon a GenCorp executive and a reporter named Lisa Hansen, setting the stage for corporate interest and personal history.

Nick's first trip to 2041 brings him into GenCorp's orbit as executive Matthew Paul is impressed by the tech and arranges a meeting with CEO J.K. Robertson. The encounter foreshadows a licensing conversation and potential corporate backing for time travel.

After the initial contact, Robertson sees the blockbuster potential and offers a licensing agreement for Nick's time travel tech. The moment cements GenCorp's stake in the project and raises the stakes for Nick and Lisa.

The following week, Nick and Lisa meet at a local supermarket and plan a date that takes them to the 1950s. The excursion deepens their bond while illustrating the unstable promise of time travel. They return to present but aware of what could go wrong.

Another journey to 2041 reveals that GenCorp has abused Nick's time travel tech, creating a dystopian future. Nick and Lisa realize the consequences of corporate greed and the fragility of the timelines. The discovery forces them to reconsider GenCorp's influence.

Nick attempts to warn Robertson about the looming ruin, but the CEO dismisses the possibility as exaggerated and claims there is time to deal with it later. The betrayal strengthens the perception of Nick as a threat to GenCorp and to the U.S. government connections. The stakes escalate quickly.

Nick and Lisa escape GenCorp's facilities and commit to undoing the damage caused by their time travel experiments. They begin work outside the corporation, seeking a path to restore any ruined timelines. The duo resolves to act before the tech falls back into the wrong hands.

In a confrontation, Robertson and Matt attempt to shoot down Nick's plane, killing Lisa in the process while Nick ejects from the doomed craft. The attack marks a turning point as personal loss intensifies Nick's mission. The chase ignites a sequence that spans multiple timelines.

The pursuit crosses centuries and culminates in a fight on a 1777 battlefield during the American Revolution, where both Nick and Robertson are killed. The clash demonstrates how fragile the fabric of time has become due to GenCorp's meddling. The destruction of the time machine is set to erase the episode in the original demo.

With the device destroyed before the original demonstration, the bulk of Nick's earlier actions are erased, effectively preventing most of the film's events from becoming permanent history. The timeline reorders itself around a safer present. The consequences are felt across the repaired world.

Back in the present, Nick deliberately sabotages his own demonstration to avoid future threats from time travel. He shifts his focus away from promotion and toward ensuring the tech cannot be misused again. It marks a terrible but necessary change in his approach.

J.K. fires Matt after realizing he was misled by the company's plans. Nick deletes the data that makes time travel possible, removing the last evidence of a potential future. GenCorp's hold on the project collapses as a result.

In the film's ending, Nick shares a quiet moment with Lisa in the local supermarket, echoing their initial encounter in an alternate timeline. The moment offers a fragile sense of normalcy and a reminder of the timelines that could be rewritten. Nick's cautious future begins with this small, hopeful connection.