This moderately engaging spy / sci-fi hybrid is obviously a B-grade production, but the concept of a human brain being launched seven seconds into the future is quite unique; the only similar occurence I, for one, can think of is an episode of the new "Doctor Who" called "Midnight". **1/2 out of 4.

*Spoiler/plot- Atomic Man, 1955. An atomic scientist makes isotopes(new elements). He gets so radioactive contaminated that he can make jumps into the future only in seconds. A international company substitutes their scientist to sabotage the isotope experiments with a look-a-like. The industrial espionage plot over the making the element tungsten in a atomic reactor produces the drama. *Special Stars- Gene Nelson, Faith Domergue, Peter Arne.*Theme- Some times atomic power is man's solution to his problems. *Trivia/location/goofs- B & W. British. Film Noir. Gene Nelson is recognizable dancer and singer. Faith Domergue is recognizable as being in several famous cult 50's science fiction films. Film's first title was 'Timeslip'. Faith Domergue was promoted to be the next Jane Russel, a brunette sex bomb. *Emotion- This film was a disappointment. It was not a science fiction piece, only an industrial espionage & murder drama. The plot gimmick of time travel is extremely underplayed and is visually crude & confusing to the film viewer. So because of that and since I'm a time travel gimmick aficionado, I would give this film very low marks. It was boring, slow, and pedestrian. Forget it.

This 2nd string low budget British work is interesting in the way it tries to work in a science fiction plot element while having no special effects whatsoever.The idea of a man who has "slipped" in time is an interesting one, but it's wasted on an underwhelming mystery/espionage plot (It seems that certain economic interests are attempting to control the world's tungsten supply - my heart is in my throat!) What saves this one are the performances. It's a British production, and the Brits treat it as if it were Shakespeare - the actors take the wonky and turgid lines they are given and go after them with energy and enthusiasm and class.There are some problems with the casting - I didn't believe the actor who played Delaney was a reporter for a second, and I didn't believe there could be any chemistry between his character and a babe who looks like Faith Domergue either. And the main "heavy" is little more than a Rent-A-Center Sidney Greenstreet (he has the worst delivery of a line in the movie: "Call me a Dago again and I'll...") But it pushes right buttons and a bunch of people run around like maniacs for the last few minutes and the girl gets rescued from the bad guys...so I call it a decent effort.But it is for rabid 50's Sci Fi fans (and fans of Faith Domergue) and people interested in the history of science fiction who want to see every last damn film ever made.

Timeslip is also known as The Atomic Man, which I shall use for this review and is the title on the VHS copy I have (NTSC).An assumed dead man is recovered from the Thames with a bullet in his back and a radioactive halo around his body. This man turns out to be a top nuclear scientist and he also has a double who us trying to stop his experiments in artificial tungsten. He isn't dead after all. The radioactivity has caused him to be 7 and a half seconds ahead of everybody else, so he answers questions before there are asked. He double is caught at the end, as are some gangsters also involved in the plot.This is more a gangster movie than a sci-fi, but that certainly didn't spoil my enjoyment.The cast includes 1950's sci-fi regular Faith Domergue (This Island Earth, It Came From Beneath the Sea), Gene Nelson, Peter Arne and Leonard Williams.The Atomic Man is worth checking out. Quite good.Rating: 3 stars out of 5.