I haven't seen Dennis Quaid on the big screen for a long time, so I was kinda surprised to see that he was starring in 'Frequency'. Maybe he's trying to make a comeback and if that's so, 'Frequency' isn't a bad comeback vehicle. Time-traveling, changing past events and thus, the future aren't new stuff in movie plots (witness : Back To The Future series and others) and 'Frequency' does not make any new inroads into the genre.

Also, in order to properly enjoy this type of film, viewers really have to temporarily suspend their beliefs and logical faculties. (I mean, comments like 'Hey! That's not possible, right!' Look, nobody can really sort out all the paradoxes of time travel, no even scientists). Come on people, this is a movie and anything's possible, right? Even in the real world.

Frequency stars Dennis Quaid, Jim Caviezel, Elizabeth Mitchell, André Braugher, Noah Emmerich and Shawn Doyle. It's directed by Gregory Hoblit and the screenplay is written by Toby Emmerich.

Ok, we have a New York cop, John Sullivan (James Caviezel), who, through extraordinary solar activity phenomena is able to speak to his dead father via a ham radio. He manages to give his father info that allows him to avoid his death and change history. However, everytime you change the past, something else changes that you aren't prepared for and it doesn't necessarily have to be good. In this case, a psycho killer has been let on the loose and thus, father and son, despite being separated by a 30-year distance, must work together to undo the damage.

Dennis Quaid, is a great actor as usual, is the kind of guy we all like to see on film. 'Frequency' is actually, surprisingly quite a good movie. It has competent acting and superb thrilling sequences, great direction, nice special effects and an exciting plot (provided you can forget about the non-logical parts of it.) This is superbly directed movie.