Fast-pace helps overcome the plot holes in this sci-fi thriller. Merrick (Van Dien) is a tabloid reporter who is researching great past catastrophes. He discovers that aliens are traveling back in time (to earth's present) to take part in disasters of their own contrivance. Trying to prevent an arena fire, Merrick teams up with another reporter, Elizabeth (Bell), and they run into a couple of alien assassins (Saldana, Outerbridge).