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    Back To The Future
    Reviewed by Greg Kohlhagen

    Marty McFly runs to the De Lorean--which is actually a time machine--after doctor Emmett Brown is shot by the terrorists. He turns it on and starts to race away from the terrorists, who are now after him. When he hits 88 mph, his wheels light on fire, and suddenly he goes from driving in a mall parking lot to driving in a farm plot. After he smashes into a barn, he walks out of the wreckage. As he steps out of the barn, he is ambushed by shotgun fire, and he is surprised to a farmer shooting at him...

    In Back To The Future Michael J. Fox plays Marty, a young man who gets into trouble throughout the movie. Christopher Lloyd plays Doc Brown, a friend of Marty and a scientist who invents a time machine. Crispin Glover plays Marty's father, who is scared to ask his future wife (Lea Thompson) to a dance.

    Don't get fooled by its name, because in Back To The Future Marty is transported in a De Lorean to the past. He saves his father George from a car accident and alters time, which might stop his father and mother from meeting and kissing at the dance where their future is sealed. Slowly this incident makes Marty's family disappear from a picture he brought back from 1985 in his pocket, so he has to find a way for the family re-appear. Another problem Marty is faced with: his car is out of nuclear fuel, so Marty seeks out his friend Doc in the past for help.

    This movie is overall very good. It only had a few weak points, especially in the special effects section that weren't very noticeable. But good strong points made it believable--especially the good way it follows of the theory of relativity.