The year is 2050, and pretty much our of the blue, Layla (voiced byy Jayce McKenzie) and her father (Omar Regan) find themselves on the run from some goons from Zoola Inc. - well, out of the blue for tweeenaged Layla anyhow, her father has long made up an escape plan that eventually reveals her dad's work to him, the creation of a working time machine - something Zoola Inc. apparently wants to put their hands on. And now Layla and three other kids her age - Abdullah (Emily Gin), Aisha (Angel Haven Roy) and Khalid (Tareek Talati) are to help him catalogue time. Instead though, Abdullah travels back to 9th century Baghdad to eventually witness the creatiion of the modern numerical system. The other three kids travel after Abdullah to bring him back (since grown-ups can't travel in time) but instead witness evil Fasic (Morris Seng`) trying to steal the invention of the numerical system from its rightful inventor (Alhusain Hadidi), but manage to thwart that ... but lose a time travel device to Fasid in the process, and now go after Fasid to get it back - and he pops up at various points in Oriental history to come to riches by stealing inventions, but is always thwarted by the children - and yet so relentless in his attempts that he threatens to topple history itself just for personal gain ...

Now one things for sure, it is refreshing to watch a time travel movie produced in the Western hemisphere for Western audiences that actually features portions of Muslim history while underlining the important impact of that culture - even if the historial references will probably be largely lost on the kiddie crowd this movie's aimed at. That said, there's plenty here to like for the youngsters and even their families, chases, humour and adventure, all revolving around a likeable group of young protagonists. So if you're looking for entertainment for the whole family that doesn't just dumb it down, then this one's your film.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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