
A Sound of Thunder(2005)
When a hunter sent back to the prehistoric era runs off the path he must not leave, he causes a chain reaction that alters history in disastrous ways.


“It's man versus himself. Literally.”
When an uptight time-travelling obsessed young scientist is visited by his nihilistic future self, he's told that he needs to give up his dream of becoming the world's first time traveler, or else. But when he won't go along with the plan, it becomes a wicked battle of man versus himself – literally.

Jonas Chernick
James

Daniel Stern
Jimmy

Cleopatra Coleman
Courtney

Frances Conroy
Dr. Rowley

Tara Spencer-Nairn
Officer Walker

Tommie-Amber Pirie
Meredith
James vs. His Future Self is a science fiction, comedy, drama film released in 2019 exploring themes of time travel, scientist, changing the past or future. Directed by Jeremy Lalonde, it stars Jonas Chernick, Daniel Stern, Cleopatra Coleman. When an uptight time-travelling obsessed young scientist is visited by his nihilistic future self, he's told that he needs to give up his dream of becoming the world's first time traveler, or else. But when he won't go along with the plan, it becomes a wicked battle of man versus himself – literally.
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