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It’s getting to the point where found-footage films are running long in the tooth. What was once exciting and new is now played out and exploited. Welcome to Yesterday is yet another found-footage film, but with the added sci-fi element of time travel. Time travel films are my weakness, and I’d be lying if I said Welcome to Yesterday looks to at least chip the mold that has encumbered many other found-footage films.
Directed by Dean Israelite, Welcome to Yesterday centers on a group of high school friends that stumble upon the schematics for a time travel machine left behind by one of their fathers. Naturally, they use it for selfish means, like winning the lottery, passing a class, etc. However, their acts cause a ripple effect that leads to disastrous ramifications. The only solution? Going even further back in time to prevent the discovery.
/Film likens Welcome to Yesterday to Chronicle and Primer. I’m partially in agreement with them, except I don’t think it’ll go as deep, technically or ethically, as that film did. With Michael Bay set as the film’s producer, expect at least a few explosions mixed in. I’m sold on the film… hopefully they re-think the name before everything is finalized. We’ll all be welcomed to screen Welcome to Yesterday on February 28th.