Hitchcoc The Earth has a fertility problem. Due to some sort of plague, most of the inhabitants are about to die off. Apparently among all those slinky young women in their short skirts, there is only one who needs to mate and continue the race. Most of the people in the future are deaf mutes but they are able to use telepathy. There are a group of scientists who are trying to figure out how to return to an earlier time and stop the plague. Robert Clarke is an astronaut who has somehow gone through a time warp and finds himself in the enviable position of stud muffin. The rest are slowly mutating into bald people who are very dangerous. Also, poor Robert wants to return and change things in the past, but there are leaders who see him as the only hope here and now. Anyway, the whole thing is dull and silly. The ending does have a bit of creativity.

otankgirl As someone who once watched this kind of movie on TV in the late 60's and early 70's, believe me, this example of old Sci-Fi is the cream of the crop. It moves along at a brisk pace, the sets are original and futuristic, it has sex appeal, and a number of interesting subplots. In fact, as an example of its class. I would rate this 10 out of 10. I read another review here that criticized the view of the city of the future, because it looked like a "postcard". This person must have been born in 1990. In movies of this kind, it is RARE to get a glimpse of the city of the future! It also gave us a view of the destroyed city next door. Wow, what a treat! The budget for this film must have been ABOVE average. Where did I see this movie? On YouTube, where the title caught my eye.

unbrokenmetal I didn't expect much, but it's actually pretty good. 'Beyond the Time Barrier' tells us about a test pilot in 1960 who takes a rocket plane into space for a short flight - but when he returns to the airbase, it's deserted. A futuristic city is nearby, and he finds he is in the year 2024. He learns about the people of the future, what problems they have, and what caused the destruction of the old world as he knew it. He would like to return to his own time and prevent the catastrophe, but this is a difficult task...It's a movie made in 1960 and looks like it with dated design and effects. The story has a few weak points, especially time travel with a plane, simply flying a bit faster, is unconvincing. But there are a couple of good ideas (e.g. predicting the damage to the ozone layer instead of the usual nuclear war topic) and it's well directed, without any tedious or silly scenes to stretch the running time. Good sci-fi entertainment for its age.

MartinHafer The basic idea behind "Beyond the Time Barrier" isn't bad--it's just painfully obvious it was a super-low budget film. Too many set and script problems lingered that would have been worked out if the film makers had more than $45 to make the entire film. Despite this, the film does have two minor stars in it--Victor Sokoloff (a familiar face but a name you'll not readily recognize) and Robert Clark (who made a few sci-fi films and guest starred on TV shows like "Dragnet").The film is set in 1960. Clark is a Major in the Air Force and is flying a sub-orbital high altitude experimental flight. However, something odd happens and he's somehow transported 64 years into the future! And, unfortunately, the future completely sucks! It seems some plague killed most of the folks on Earth and left most of the rest as either mutants or total jerks! So, Clark has to somehow get back to his time to alert the folks on Earth. Can he do it? And, is there any way they'll believe him? And, will the complete and total jerks of the future even let him attempt this...after all, they ARE jerks! Overall, despite the crappy sets, I could recommend this to lovers of cheesy sci-fi. That's because the basic story isn't bad at all and it ended very well. On the other hand, be forewarned--it is cheap--REALLY cheap. The worst are the 'mutants' kept in prison. The ones near the top of the steps and those down inside the pit are OBVIOUSLY from different movies--and look NOTHING like each other!! The stairs ones are guys (no ladies?) wearing the absolute worst skin-head wigs I've ever seen! They are hilariously dumb. But, the folks living down in the pit look almost like extras from "Island of Lost Souls"--all covered in hair and looking a bit primordial!! Duh! So, if you can ignore the dumb parts, it's not bad...but still uneven.