After such a strong beginning, the next little bit is slower, but not for very long. The attention changes to Caleb (Jason Priestley), his wife Claire (Stefanie von Pfetten), and his daughter Sarah (Ashley Whillans). They are on their way to a family vacation in Mexico. As you can probably guess, they're on the plane that crashed in the beginning. Caleb has to get off at the last minute for a work concern. He leaves his family on there, with plans to meet up with them later.
It turns out that Caleb works for a government organization. His security problem, Dr. Daniel Winter (Lou Diamond Phillips), has something to do with the plane crash going back through time and crashing before it took off. Winter has perfected teleportation by using wormholes, but it looks like he is trying to run off with it. Caleb has to find out what has happened and try to save his family before it is too late. The only person he really has on his side is his new secretary/liaison Allison (Erin Karpluk).
While he's trying his best to do that, his family is going to have to try their best to figure out where they are and see if they can get themselves out, not to mention do their best to keep the other passengers calm when no one knows where they are or what is going on. Did I mention that the wormhole is causing problems on its own? It is zapping everyone and everything that it comes near and it is growing. There are also bad guys trying to stop Caleb and steal the controller before he can find it.
Termination Point reminds me of a cross between an action movie and an episode of the Twilight Zone. Every time it kept flashing to the real world, it was an action/sci-fi movie. When it focused on his family and the plane, I couldn't stop thinking of the Twilight Zone for some reason.
For a TV movie, I was very impressed with Termination Point. It is probably the best one that I've seen lately. The acting was all very good and the plot did a good job of mixing up that many elements and still remaining coherent. I'm not sure it's one that you would watch repeatedly, but it is definitely worth renting at the very least.
