Frequent Star Trek actor and director Jonathan Frakes gets behind the camera again for this een-sci-fi/action-drama in the Back to the Future (1985) mold. Jesse Bradford stars as Zak Gibbs, a teenager who discovers the latest invention to spring from the mind of his scientist father (Robin Thomas) and a research team that includes his dads eccentric colleague Dr. Earl Dopler (French Stewart). It seems that they have developed a wristwatch that manipulates hypertime, speeding up the passage of regular time 25 times for the wearer and those near him, making it appear that the rest of the world has become essentially frozen in time. Zak is delighted with the ability that he initially treats as the ultimate gag and superpower, until the National Security Agency begins pursuing both him and the device, intending to confiscate it for nefarious political purposes. Clockwatchers (2002) co-stars Michael Biehn, Paula Garces, and Julia Sweeney. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide