I'd be the first to say, that this was one of those sci fi's with much more story than action, and it is, but it's the fascinating story itself, where if you think more and more about, layer upon layer, during or after, it becomes that more rewarding, sugar coated by a few really good performances. None the least is Kristofferson's too dry performance, as a crash investigator where a jet place has crashed (the cover poster for this movie, haunting) where everyone was burnt inside, before horrific and devastating impact ensued, which sees valuables and burnt up corpses, strewn across the crash site. Adding some real sexy spark to the investigation is Cheryl Ladd, (someone you couldn't more perfectly cast) a woman a thousand years (hence the title) from the future, who holds the key, sent back in time, parading as your not everyday hostess to check on how the investigation's going, while suffering a bit of a mishap, prefore, when dealing with a male hijacker. There are people out there, who will no doubt, think Millennium's the pits, where I liked it for it's story and performances, notably Ladd's, Brent Carver's as one ugly human, whose face looks to have been burnt up, who is Ladd's boss on the other side, where we also have an R2 D2 robot (Joy) who of course later on, went onto to play some interesting and vile characters, in some blood and guts horrors of the millennium. It's Daniel (Hill Street Blues) J Travanti's performance that will have you, as an avid and smug scientist, you so do hope, won't get on Kristofferson's nerves. Millennium does make you think, but on realistic ground, it is what it is, fiction, and a one of a kind sci-fi pic, a so unique one, that stands on it's own, and a very good one. Like the millennium itself, this is one you don't want to miss.

MILLENNIUM is a US/Canadian collaboration about a plane crash which soon turns into something else besides. This is a time travel movie in which inhabitants of a contemporary Earth are contacted by visitors from the future with a warning against the destruction of the planet. The film is thus rather preachy and it has also dated in a quite unconvincing way, with the depictions of a futuristic society little different from the ones dreamt up in the likes of SPACE: 1999.I don't really like preachy films dealing heavy-handed messages so MILLENNIUM was off-putting in that respect. Kris Kristofferson is his usual gruff self as the investigating hero but once Cheryl Ladd shows up and a slow-burning romance develops between the two characters I was really turned off. Surely a film dealing with massive sci-fi principles like this one should be exciting and mind-blowing? MILLENNIUM is tepid and dated instead, and hardly what you'd call gripping.

I ran into this movie called Millennium. I read the synopsis. It mentioned time travel and people being abducted. That sounds like an interesting movie. You have Kristofferson who plays Bill Smith an investigator. He investigating a jetliner that crashed and trying to figure out what happened. At first you may be a little confused. You wonder what exactly happened to the people on that plane. Eventually you find out these people have been abducted by this woman Louise whose is played by Cheryl Ladd. It turns out there is a problem in the future where they need to people to repopulate earth. Just the whole idea of time travel and people being abducted it sucks you into this movie. There are some strange things in this movie. For some reason in this movie a lot of people smoke. There is this premise where all the people from the future must smoke. Like smoking is considered healthy to people. If this movie were made today would it still be rated PG-13? There ends up being this love story between Bill and Louise. I don't know why they choose to have a love story in this movie. I don't think the love story really detracted from the movie. There are some things in this movie that makes it really good. You have an android named Sherman which adds some comedy to this movie. He provides a lot of good one liners in this movie. He reminds of 3-CPO from the Star Wars Movies. There is some things that make me want to watch this movie over and over again. I could care less if some of this movie looks cheesy or doesn't exactly make sense. I would watch this again.

Millennium had production problems but stands up surprisingly well even after all this time. Additionally, the DVD version has the improved end-graphics that were originally intended for the theatrical release.This is a very ambitious script. Probably the best screen telling of a twisted-world-line story I have ever seen. Unfortunately it failed the rule of 3, a well known film adage: "Say anything important 3 times. The first time subtly. That's foreshadowing and maybe 5% of your audience will even notice. Next say it directly. That will cover the next 10% of the audience. For the last 85% of the bell curve, hit them over the head with it."Millennium explains the divergent world lines of its two main characters through the comments of Sherman the "personal robot" but fails to beat morons over the head with it.The paradox that causes the disaster at the movie's end is really only stated subtly and once, and left for the audience to reason out. No one ever says "the professor would have invented time travel if the actions of the time travelers hadn't prevented it" but all the clues are there for anyone paying attention.I agree with others that the "timequake" mechanism is a little hokey but it provided a good way to demonstrate the impending disaster in a way the audience can relate to. After all, spaceships in space make no noise, except in the movies, where they have to to get people to understand that they are moving fast. You seldom here people complain about that license and I see this, while a bit more heavy handed, as fundamentally no different.All in all an excellent script done quite well considering the sfx of the day and the limits on budget