''The Philadelphia Experiment'' is a 2012

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. It is directed by Paul Ziller and stars

Michael Paré Michael Kevin Paré (born October 9, 1958) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in the films ''Eddie and the Cruisers'' (1983), '' Streets of Fire'' (1984), and '' The Philadelphia Experiment'' (1984), and on the series ''Starhun ...

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, and

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2039399/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm and is based on the

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of the

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. It is a remake of 1984 film of the same name, which also starred Paré.

Plot

In 2012, scientist Richard Falkner and his team recreate the

for the

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that employs them. They use their boss Kathryn Moore's car in a test of the technology, which renders the car invisible. However, the generators do not shut down as planned, and the car never returns. The USS ''Eldridge'', which vanished in the original 1943 experiment, suddenly materializes in a rural

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airstrip. Bill Gardner, the only survivor of the ''Eldridges crew, awakens and discovers his crewmates fused into the floor and walls of the ship. Frightened, he flees the ship, while deputy Carl Reed inadvertantly boards it during his investigation. Bill wanders into the nearby town and discovers he has been

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to 2012 from a newspaper. The ''Eldridge'' disappears again, causing him to experience a painful

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and release an electromagnetic burst from his body. He goes to his home in search of his wife, where he meets his granddaughter Molly. After being convinced of Bill's story, Molly uses her

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skills to investigate the Philadelphia Experiment's history. Hagan, an agent sent by Kathryn, attacks them, but they knock him out and escape. Meanwhile, the ''Eldridge'' reappears above

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, becoming embedded into the top of a skyscraper. Inside the ship, Carl discovers himself stuck with his arm fused to a wall. Bill and Molly travel to a location given to them by a mysterious caller. When they arrive, they meet Morton Salinger, the scientist who supervised the original Philadelphia Experiment in 1943. Salinger explains that when the government sold the project's assets, Kathryn's company offered him a position, which he rejected out of fear that they would recreate the experiment. Salinger then faked his death and began working on a way to stop the experiment for good. Hagan and his men pursue them, and during the chase, Salinger is fatally wounded by gunfire. Bill and Molly get away, but when Salinger refuses to disclose their destination, Hagan executes him. The ''Eldridge'' jumps again, landing in the

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. Falkner determines that the generators from his experiment connected to the generators from 1943, thus creating a link between the two time periods. The ''Eldridges leaps, if not stopped, will cause a temporal collapse and destroy the planet. Kathryn, unwilling to believe this, sends fighter jets to bomb the ship, but the electromagnetic energy around it destroys them. Following Salinger's instructions, Bill and Molly go to his institute, where his colleagues were developing a way to stop the experiment. However, Hagan's team anticipated their arrival and slaughtered all of the researchers. Bill uses his electromagnetic energy to fight back, and the duo are rescued by Falkner, who has lost faith in Kathryn. They go to the site of the present-day experiment, where Falkner explains that the ''Eldridges generators are feeding his and keeping the time vortex open. The only way to save the world is for Bill to board the ship, shut down the generators, and return to 1943 with it. Falkner uses the generators to summon the ''Eldridge'' to the lab. Bill enters it and frees Carl by using his energy to remove Carl's arm from the wall. Kathryn arrives with Hagan, having discovered Falkner's treachery, and shoots him. While Hagan enters the ''Eldridge'' to kill Bill, Kathryn has her men begin removing disks from the computers, causing the ship to destabilize and prepare to jump again. Bill begins shutting down the generator, but is ambushed by Hagan. The two fight, and Bill overpowers him with Carl's aid before fusing his head to the generator, killing him. Molly kills Kathryn and escapes with Carl, while a time vortex in the sky above the lab pulls the ''Eldridge'' into itself with Bill aboard, returning them to 1943 and repairing the timeline. In the aftermath, Molly marries Carl. A now-elderly Bill, having gotten to live his life in full after returning to his proper time, is seen living with her.

Cast

as Bill Gardner *

as Hagan *

Ryan Robbins Ryan John Currier (born November 26, 1972), better known as Ryan Robbins, is a Canadian actor. Early life Robbins was born in Victoria, British Columbia. Career Robbins is known for his roles as Ladon Radim in ''Stargate Atlantis'', Henry F ...

as Richard Falkner *

as Molly Gardner *

Gina Holden Gina Holden (born March 17, 1975) is a Canadian actress, perhaps best known for her roles as Coreen Fennel in '' Blood Ties'', Dale Arden in ''Flash Gordon'', and Shea Allen in ''Harper's Island''. Early life Holden was born in the small town ...

as Kathryn Moore *

John Reardon John Henry Reardon (born July 30, 1975) is a Canadian actor and former university football player. Prior to 2015, Reardon starred as Blake Laviolette on the CBC Television series ''Arctic Air'' and had a recurring role as Greg Cameron on the S ...

as Carl Reed *

as Morton Salinger *Marsha Regis as Rami *Chad Krowchuk as Reece *

Allison Hossack Allison Hossack (born January 26, 1965) is a Canadian actress. Early years Born in Steinbach, Manitoba, Canada, Hossack grew up in Killarney, Manitoba, and participated in musical theatre productions while a student there. She began her studies ...

as Lena

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