One of my all time favorites.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

I've watched more time travel movies than I can remember. They've all been interesting but this one sticks in my mind as the one I like the most.I think it's because James Belushi's character is completely unpredictable and Kylie Travis' character becomes increasingly desperate as a result. I guess it's also because I like the idea that even if you have the ability to travel in time, that doesn't mean you'll automatically be able to change the outcome.I guess I also like the idea of having female lead characters in science fiction movies. Alien, for example, works well for me for that reason too.

Why are a lot of people comparing sci-fi movies to the known boundaries of science? There is fiction and there is non-fiction.. but there is also science-fiction, which is also non fiction. There is always a counterintuitive element in these movies and when you are nitpicking it its like unweaving a rainbow for no apparent reason, comparing apples and oranges etc. Just because a movie lacks a waterproof logical basis does not mean it can't be a great (B) movie. The sheer fact that time traveling on macro human-level can't be done according to what we know today would also dismiss great movies like Back to the Future, Terminator series, etc. If you want reality: do not watch movies, for they are at best based upon it. That off my chest, I can safely say I enjoyed this movie quite a bit through empirical proof. To me it is not even about the time traveling situation, its merely the cinematography of the desert, the americana of it all.

well made movie... I enjoyed it much but thank god there is Belushi in this movie the story is quite good even we have seen it before and more often SPOILER: going back in time. but it is the Belushi who makes this film worth watching who gives actually everything to this movie of course together with the director I also love the desert scene and middle of nowhere big things but I mostly enjoyed like everyone else who liked this movie I think is psychopathic skills of Belushi and every time the time goes back it becomes more and more psychopathic and you can clearly see this going each time deeper and deeper into the madness just AWESOME

RETROACTIVE is one of those hidden gem films! A straight-to-video release, it is much better than a high percentage of what Hollywood churns out in theaters! I first saw it on cable years ago when it first came out and was immediately enamored by it. It drew me in from the start. I just love its premise! Really, one of the best time-travel movies you'll ever see. Well plotted, paced, and executed! RETROACTIVE stars uber-hot Australian model Kylie Travis (who does a great job carrying what is essentially an action film) as a Chicago psychiatrist Karen who at the film's start has left her job because 6 of her patients were heinously gunned down in a hostage crisis. Her helplessness has forced her leave for less grisly surroundings. On her way across country, her car breaks down on the desert highway and she is picked up by a bickering couple Frank (James Belushi in the best role he's ever had!) and Rayanne (played with heartbreaking solemnity by Shannon Whirry). It's obvious to Karen that Frank is an abusive boyfriend to Rayanne and in her efforts to save her from him, Frank kills Rayanne and then goes after Karen, who ends up in a super-secret government facility and next thing she knows, it's 20 minutes earlier and she is in the car with Frank and a very much alive Rayanne again!Genius! The plot is so incredibly simple, yet so immediately manipulative! You can't help but want to know what happens next! Turns out the facility is overseen by a brilliant scientist named Brian (solidly played by Frank Whaley), who has discovered time travel. So Karen tries to change the situation so that Rayanne survives and Frank is taken down. Each time she tries and goes back, the situation worsens. RETROACTIVE is one of the best examples of a movie where I have seen the "snowball effect" happen. Each worsening scenario is brilliantly thought out and constructed and unique from the previous one. Just one little change from the previous timeline makes a small difference in terms of immediacy, but a huge difference in terms of the final outcome! The ending is actually satisfying and powerful! RETROACTIVE is a lost gem in the sci-fi/action/time-travel genre...Highly recommended viewing!