Nerdly » ‘Tim Travers and the Time Traveller’s Paradox’ VOD Review #1

26th Jan2026

‘Tim Travers and the Time Traveller’s Paradox’ VOD Review #1

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Samuel Dunning, Felicia Day, Keith David, Joel McHale, Danny Trejo, Alex Terzieff, Jhon Goodwin, J.D. McKee | Written and Directed by Stimson Snead

The time-travelling story here is a bit different to the usual type for this genre. Inventor Tim Travers creates a time machine, travels back one minute and kills his younger self to try and solve the time traveller’s paradox. Only nothing seems to change, and he ends up creating multiple versions of himself while trying to figure out what is going on.

Perhaps the biggest problem Tim Travers and the Time Traveller’s Paradox has, is one that it can’t really stop itself from having – and that is that time travel is very complicated and confusing! So, although this isn’t really a complicated and confusing movie, you’ll still be left scratching your head and asking yourself what and why this is all happening throughout the run time. And because of the ‘rules’ of time travel, if you make your film about it, there’s just going to be some stuff that might not make sense if your viewer is thinking too much. But that’s okay with me, I didn’t feel like I was missing anything by treating this as a fun and comedic sci-fi film and not something more serious. That said, maybe if you are more time-travel-minded, you might get even more from Tim Travers and the Time Traveller’s Paradox!

The filmmakers were aiming to make this fun, too, though. It sits nicely in the comedy sci-fi genre, and there’s plenty of laughs here. There are plenty of jokes based on typical time-travel movie cliches and tropes, and they mostly work. A lot of the film, especially the comedy, works because of Samuel Dunning, who plays Tim Travers. It’s not quite a one-man show, but he does a lot of work while playing multiple versions of himself and having a lot of screen time. It’s a really enjoyable performance, and he shows some great comic timing. The filmmakers also managed to get a few bigger names in some smaller roles, but of the three, I’d say only one could be considered a ‘cameo’. The other two have a bit more screen time than you might expect.

The cameo comes in the form of Keith David (The Thing, Armageddon) in a nice comedic scene. While Joel McHale (Community, Deliver Us From Evil) is his dependable self as a radio DJ interviewing Travers. I like that McHale pops up in different genre movies more and more. And finally, the legend Danny Trejo plays a murderer (I guess no surprise there), but he does get a few scenes to show off his acting skills that are more than just shooting a gun. I also really enjoyed the brief story of a hitman who gets confused that the person he’s killing (Tim Travers) keeps reappearing somehow!

Tim Travers and the Time Traveller’s Paradox does have some big ambitions with its highly original sci-fi story, but it doesn’t let a fairly small budget hold it back with this. The ideas are still all there on screen, and it looks great. Perhaps the most surprising thing about the film for me was that it’s actually very violent and sometimes, very gory! This is no bad thing for a horror fan like myself, of course, but I wonder if viewers who don’t watch as much horror as I might find the odd moment a bit much. It is generally all done in a light-hearted way and in keeping with the tone of the movie, but it’s still people getting killed, and there’s still a lot of blood and guts flying everywhere.

From my experience,e there isn’t a whole lot of sci-fi that goes hard with the violence and gore, so if that’s your thing, you’ll love this movie. It might run a little bit too long, but Tim Travers and the Time Traveller’s Paradox is a highly entertaining sci-fi comedy.