"gents." "Man:" "Good evening." "there." "Good evening." "it is now." "mister?" "If I could trouble you for a moment of your time." "♪♪" "Woman:" "You a doctor?" "I am." "And do you like it?" "Has its moments." "Do you like what you do?" "Has its moments." "socialism tends to do that. or we are all doomed." "It is the only path to utopia." "Wells." "Perhaps you should think about dating again." "You can't stay divorced forever." "That's what I've been telling him. if you must brand me." "I can stay single forever." "I find it far more desirable than the suffocating effects of marriage." "that is precisely what love was supposed to do ‐‐ suffocate." "If you read a poem now and then you'd know that." "I believe the exact opposite. you're complete because you had found the very reason for your existence." "I knew you were a romantic!" "Dr. Stevenson." "Mrs. Nelsen." "Good evening." "May I take your coat?" "Thank you." "John!" "You're here." "I had you almost written off." "I'm afraid." "gents." "John!" "let's get on with it." "By now you will know my obsession with time travel." "how is your novel coming?" "Have you finished it yet?" "You could say I'm in the research phase." "And how does one research time travel?" "He constructs a time machine and travels through time." "your book is nonfiction." "where is this time machine?" "See here." "please." "All right." "Wells!" "You actually built the bloody thing." "How much have you spent on it?" "♪♪" "How is this thing supposed to work?" "You set the time and date with the dials on the board." "The solar cylinders yield enough energy resulting in the thermodynamic suspension which allows it to journey across the fourth dimension from one time sphere to the other." "I'm genuinely concerned for your sanity." "You've taken this too far." "can you come back?" "We don't want him back." "H.G.:" "The safety lock automatically returns unless you have this key to countermand the device." "Have you taken it for a test‐run?" "I'm doing some final tests now." "I think that's enough." "this is getting..." "He's lost his mind." "where to ‐‐ the past or the future?" "away from all you cynics." "utopia will have come to pass." "That's where I belong." "your utopia." "Where mankind lives in peace no disease or famine." "It's inevitable. forcing society to perfect itself." "John." "Think of what the future holds for medicine." "Think of the cures." "Health and happiness will be the daily course." "Mankind will finally know true equality." "Mankind hasn't changed in 200 years." "We're animals." "We hunt." "We're hunted." "That's the way it has been and always will be." "The future will prove you wrong." "Very well." "right now." "Let's take it for a whirl." "I still have a few tests that I need to conduct." "Scared to try it out?" "Hardly." "I've known you for years." "You have all these brilliant ideas" "John." "I fail to see how that makes me a coward." "All you do is write!" "It's the only release your fear grants you." "You write about life without actually living it." "In your opinion." "Imagine who you could be if you didn't live in fear. imagine the stories you could write if your life were full of adventure." "You might finally get that novel published." "Mr. Wells?" "Scotland Yard is at the door." "What is going on?" "The Ripper has struck." "A woman was found in an alley near here." "We're conducting a house‐to‐house search." "Absolutely." "Whatever you need." "my friends." "It's getting ‐‐ I think I best be off." "My men will see them home safely." "Where is Dr. Stevenson?" "He left his bag." "he was just here." "‐Allow me." "‐Excuse me!" "That's the personal property of a prestigious surgeon!" "not butcher's knives." "Where is the doctor?" "I last saw him in the basement." "It's empty." "There's nobody down there." "comb the streets!" "♪♪" "♪♪" "Man:" "This time machine was unearthed 15 years ago in the basement in H. G. Wells' London flat." "and is on loan from Anders Enterprises." "It's believed to have served as inspiration" ""The Time Machine." "Woman:" "Somebody's getting out." "Look." "[ Crowd murmuring." "Hey!" "♪♪" "Sit here." "Don't move." "I'm in America." "Willy." "Good afternoon." "Loving this ‐‐ this whole look." "Can you check online to see if any of this has gotten out?" "sit." "Oh!" "who are you?" "it's rather complicated." "Perhaps it's best I speak to someone in charge." "assistant curator." "Assistant." "Is the actual curator in?" "May I speak with him?" "but keep digging your grave." "Of course!" "Things have changed a great deal since 1893!" "I can no longer make social and cultural assumptions." "My apologies." "May I keep this?" "who are you?" "isn't it?" "It's some publicity stunt ‐‐ Yeah." "some stage play about H. G. Wells in the Village somewhere?" "Is it opening night tonight?" "I beg your pardon?" "How did you get past the sensors and inside the actual exhibit?" "I'm certain you won't believe the answer to that question." "I think you want to get arrested. you got free press for whatever the little avant garde production you're involved with." "I am not an actor." "Right!" "You are H. G. Wells." "Yes." "You wrote "The Time Machine." "I haven't. which is incredibly exciting to learn." "but no." "You will not be getting arrested today. despite the fact I like you better than the other guy." "What other guy?" "Your friend?" "Popped out of the time machine with the same period getup." "by the way." "where is he? no news outlets have picked it up." "Great." "this is where we say goodbye." "the other man?" "He hasn't broken character once." "It's pretty amazing." "I must find him." "No one here is a amused by your fake accent and costume. you will prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law." "Do you understand?" "It is urgent that I find this man." "will you please escort this man out?" "please." "I beg of you." "let's go." "I must find this man!" "This way." "Come on." "the other one was hotter." "I like this one." "He's cute." "He really does look like him." "the gentleman who was here earlier ‐‐ When was it?" "What time?" "‐About an hour ago." "‐Did he say anything?" "‐Where he might be going?" "‐Said he wanted to explore so I sent him to the Renaissance in Times Square." "Renaissance in Times Square." "Brilliant." "Where is that?" "walk uptown 50 blocks." "You can't miss it." "Thank you." "And may I remark how happy I am to see that race relations have improved since 1893." "Uh‐huh. the color of a man's skin would dissipate and we would all live side by side as brothers." "we're all one big happy family." "♪♪" "in "Les Mis"?" "I don't think so." "Patek Philippe." "Yellow gold." "This is a real collector's item." "000." "It belonged to my father." "000." "000 cash." "We skip the paperwork." "Deal." "I'll need a credit card and an I. D." "I have a tragic predicament. and I've lost my luggage and identification papers." "All I have is this ridiculous costume." "that's just horrible." "Did the airlines lose your bags?" "yes." "I'm afraid." "Let me speak to my supervisor." "We can usually work something out." "♪♪" "too?" "You ‐‐ You saw him?" "Where is he? so we sent him over to 5th Avenue." "and where is that?" "You'll never find him." "Why don't you wait for him at the hotel bar?" "He shouldn't be long." "I'll send him over as soon as he arrives." "Thank you." "It's wet!" "there's water all over the floor." "It's literally soaking wet." "Why?" "The tour guide said it was like this." "either." "Ms. Walker?" "head of security for Anders Enterprises." "I understand there was a breach in the Wells Exhibit today?" "no." "Then what was it?" "this is Vanessa Anders." "of course." "it is such an honor and a pleasure to meet you." "We were informed that there were two men caught inside the time machine." "It was slight breach. the exhibit was not harmed in any way." "Can we see the police report?" "We chose not to involve the police. and the last thing we wanted was to call attention to it." "Did you get their information?" "Where can we find them?" "I don't have that." "I realize how this looks." "most infractions are harmless." "And it's not our policy to arrest guests at the museum." "I find that answer unacceptable. or I'll see to it that Anders Enterprises files charges against you and the museum." "Do you understand?" "Reporter: 12 dead in latest school shooting..." "Woman:" "We need to build a wall... ‐The suicide bomber..." "‐... a mass execution." "Trump:" "This is weapons that are so destructive that the world could end." "Reporter ♪2:" "Attacks killed 14 ISIS fighter..." "Woman:" "ISIS is the worst of the worst." "Reporter ♪3:" "His next target will probably be... ‐...too many nuclear weapons..." "‐Anarchists... bless my soul." "Literally the last person on Earth I expected to see." "sir?" "and another of whatever he's drinking." "So?" "What do you think?" "I know ‐‐ I look absolutely dashing." "I must applaud you." "I never thought your little device would actually work." "How did you find me?" "The details aren't important." "I suppose not." "I wasn't sure the machine would return to you." "Then I realized I didn't have the key." "the Columbus of a new age." "how did you muster the courage to find me?" "John." "We must be off." "Oh." "And where are we going?" "To the time machine." "I'm obliged to take you back to Scotland Yard to face the consequences of your actions." "So Victorian." "You'll take me back?" "by force?" "John." "You must pay for what you've done." "You can't stay here." "We don't belong here." "H. G." "There is your utopia." "Nothing but violence and bloodshed." "Not quite what you envisioned." "We don't belong here"?" "On the contrary ‐‐ I belong here completely." "I'm an amateur." "this instant." "You know you can walk into a shop here and it's perfectly legal?" "These people encourage it." "I'm not going anywhere." "I've yet to begin in this age." "It's you who should run along back to your timid life." "I'll be needing the key." "I can't have you chasing after me across centuries." "Who knows where I might want to venture to next?" "I don't have it with me." "come on. and the one thing you cannot do is bluff." "I want that key." "what you feel is a four‐inch steel curved blade with a reverse grip. but I'm certain I'll get my money's worth." "What are you doing?" "Everyone can see." "And no one cares!" "Isn't it glorious?" "or I'll slice into your femoral artery. and I will disappear before anyone blinks twice." "♪♪" "Hey!" "man?" "Right in front of my cab." "sir." "Ambulance is on the way." "Don't move." "How ya doin'?" "How's your head?" "It hurts." "where am I?" "Manhattan General." "You're lucky you just suffered a slight concussion is all. and you have a friend on the way." "A friend?" "What friend?" "no I. D." "All I had was a business card to call." "Ms. Walker!" "Hi." "are you okay? and I tried to explain that we just met." "What happened?" "A big yellow motorcar ran me down." "You were hit by a taxi?" "What is that?" "That is a key that I thought I'd lost." "Ooh." "let me help you." "Thank you." "Please level with me." "I'm in a lot of trouble. and I don't wanna lose my job." "Who are you?" "Very well." "My name is Sigmund ‐‐." "Don't say "Freud." "Kemp." "And you were correct." "I ‐‐ I am an actor." "And I am playing H. G. Wells in a small production about his life." "I am sorry about what happened at the museum earlier. and this is all just a big prank?" "Yes." "Anything else?" "No." "We're good." "thanks for blowing up my day. but I hope you feel better." "my sincerest apologies." "Thank you." "And break a leg." "like I said." "Call that creepy guy from Anders Enterprises and tell him it's much ado about nothing." "the second one ‐‐ cute one." "I'm going home." "Call me if something explodes." "Just wait here one second." "Hey." "Are you okay?" "Oh." "Just a little light‐headed is all." "Oh!" "Where are you going?" "Did the hospital release you?" "I really must find my friend." "I really think you should rest." "Do you have anywhere to go?" "thank you." "here." "Let me help you." "Come on." "I'm not getting into that." "you'll be fine." "You'll be fine." "Come on." "Herbert George Wells." "He was struck by a ‐‐." "Can you hear me?" "♪♪" "Hello?" "Yes." "he was struck by a motor vehicle at Times Square." "this is the third hospital I've called." "I'll hold." "Easy." "this is lovely!" "Thank you." "do you live alone?" "Maybe." "I promise." "Okay. but then you have to leave because my stray‐puppy‐dog syndrome only goes so far." "Are you hungry?" "thank you." "how does one become a museum curator?" "When one has to pay the rent. but I really didn't think it through in terms of careers." "It's not forever." "I hope you like Chinese." "I take it that you're single." "Yes." "this is from last night." "What about you?" "I'm divorced." "Do men and women even fancy marriage today?" "You mean in America?" "particularly my mother." "but she doesn't understand that the benchmark for that stuff has changed." "I'm still in my first career." "I can have kids when I'm 50." "you prefer being single." "Yeah." "Not always." "I'm too mediocre to date." "Excuse me?" "One of the joys of online dating." "You'd be surprised what guys say when they don't have to say it to your face." "A man said that to you?" "what he said exactly was that I was curiously unspecial and intriguingly mediocre." "That's appalling!" "He was a wanna‐be songwriter who talked in bad lyrics." "Any man who says that to a lady is no gentleman." "Which is why I quit Tinder." "it does have some truth to it." "exciting life. you could say my life is pretty unspecial at the moment." "‐You haven't eaten." "‐Oh." "Would you like something to drink?" "Let's get you something to drink." "Thank you." "♪♪" "Is the music always this loud?" "Yeah." "You wanna dance?" "I can think of a few things I'd like to do." "Jane:" "I found some clothes from my ex. and he never came back for his stuff." "You can shower and freshen up in here." "Hot water takes a minute." "and toothbrush." "Thank you." "Enjoy your shower." "H.G.:" "Aah!" "‐Oh!" "‐Oh!" "what ‐‐." "what ‐‐ what happened? but it's more complicated than it looked." "it's old." "It's from my ex‐boyfriend." "let me help you." "Why is he your ex‐boyfriend?" "He wasn't the one." "I'm the problem." "I'm a bad picker." "I always end up with the wrong guy." "And why is that?" "ever." "so I try to." "I end up trusting the wrong one." "It never fails." "Are all women today as self‐aware as you?" "I'm the only one." "They gave me an award and everything." "Ms. Walker." "I should let you finish." "These trousers are ill‐fitting." "you're good." "Yep." "you can stay the night." "I really must find my friend." "How far is the Renaissance Hotel?" "It's too far to walk." "You really should rest up." "Let your body heal." "You can find him tomorrow." "I'll be off first thing in the morning." "this reprieve really has been my salvation." "Ms. Walker." "It's a Christmas gift from my dad." "I'm from Texas." "Sleep tight." "Aah!" "no." "no." "♪ Get your both hands up ♪" "♪ Sing it with me now ♪" "Reporter:" "In international news... whoa." "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry." "It's okay." "I'm so sorry." "I didn't ‐‐ buddy ‐‐ ♪" "Want some coffee?" "thank you." "What are your plans for today?" "I must find my friend. so I have the day off if you need any help." "How do you feel?" "thank you." "‐Good." "How do I get to the Renaissance Hotel?" "Are you sure he's even there?" "Have you tried calling him?" "Here ‐‐ use my phone." "I got it." "Sorry." "Renaissance Hotel in Times Square." "What's his name?" "John Stevenson ‐‐ Dr. John Stevenson." "please ‐‐ Dr. John Stevenson?" "They're working with Utopia... ‐Utopia?" "‐Thank you." "He checked out last night." "The victim was last seen at the popular night club Utopia." "She was found nearby stabbed several times." "a set of keys was found in her mouth." "though the victim's purse was found..." "He killed ‐‐ Coward!" "Who killed?" "the man I'm looking for ‐‐ Dr. John Stevenson. and now he's in New York." "I have to find him." "maybe you should call the police." "And tell them what?" "That the Ripper has escaped 1893 in my time machine and travelled to New York City?" "They'll think I'm mad." "Do you mean Jack the Ripper?" "Yes." "And now he's killed again." "Utopia is a reference to me." "The keys in her mouth ‐‐ That's a message to me." "He wants the key ‐‐ this key." "Jack the Ripper lived over 100 years ago." "I lied." "I'm not an actor." "look at this key. you can see that this is a relic." "That doesn't prove anything." "You asked me how I was able to get into the machine." "Yes!" "Because it was in my basement where I live." "In 1893?" "Yes." "You seem so sane in so many ways." "I need your help." "he will keep killing. then you need to go to the police!" "They won't believe me." "You don't." "Jane." "What if I can prove to you that I'm telling the truth?" "Then we can both go to the police together." "Grant me access to the time machine." "I'll prove it to you." "Watch your step." "I could get in a lot of trouble for this." "I didn't anticipate passengers." "Sorry." "Um..." "Right." "I say we do a short trip." "three days from now." "It's over 123 years old with no power source." "I can sit here all day." "♪♪" "We're still here." "Yes." "But it is three days later." "This exhibit doesn't open for three days." "That would be today." "How is this possible?" "I'll give you a moment to process." "Is this really happening?" "Are you really H. G. Wells?" "Flesh and blood." "so inappropriate." "You're from Victorian England." "I ate with my hands." "What is it like to be here in this time?" "astonished." "I'm also profoundly disappointed." "I envisioned a society that was entirely different." "I‐I think we all did." "though." "I must take issue with something that you said earlier." "There is absolutely nothing mediocre about you." "particularly special." "You okay?" "Yes." "I'm just breathing." "you haven't written "The Time Machine" yet." "several times." "I haven't quite figured it out yet." "What about the others?" "." ""The War of the Worlds"?" "I write for the London Gazette." "you write a lot of books." "It's nice to know I'm inspired." "I can't believe this is real." "What's wrong?" "I promise." "How?" "We can't go to the police." "They'll never believe us." "The paper said that you were the third victim." "Who's the second victim? but we're missing a victim." "second victim." "Kerry Ann Riley was found on the roof of the Palace nightclub." "Security footage puts her inside the club with an unidentified man at 11:30 three nights ago." "Three nights ago ‐‐ That's tonight." "‐What time is it?" "‐lt's 10:30." "and I'll stop him." "What are you doing?" "Google." "Internet search." "This is her." "She's 23." "She's pretty." "Haven't much time." "You'll need a gun." "There will be no violence!" "The man who raises his fist first is the man out of ideas." "but you need a gun." "We have to hurry." "How do we get to the roof?" "Come on." "This way." "John!" "who is that?" "My dear." "let ‐‐ let her go." "Stay back." "I remember you." "The girl from the museum." "Clever." "H. G. ‐‐ attempting to change the future." "That can prove very dangerous." "What's dangerous is allowing you to go on killing with impunity." "let her go." "Where is the key?" "Where is it?" "I have it." "It's ‐‐ It's here." "Uh..." "Let her go!" "you rise to the occasion." "I didn't think you had it in you." "now." "go go!" "isn't it ‐‐ violence?" "It really has infected this world." "Are you really willing to kill me and violate everything that you stand for?" "or any time." "Then do it." "Do it." "Do it!" "Over here!" "Help!" "Please!" "Somebody help us!" "I want that key." "Up here!" "This way!" "‐You okay?" "‐Yeah." "my God." "You need stitches." "let me take you to the hospital." "I'm fine." "This could get infected." "You need antibiotics." "Don't be stupid." "I'm afraid." "Stupidity's become my dominant trait." "Hey." "I think you did pretty well tonight." "which means you saved me." "Did I?" "There will be others." "and he's taunting me with it." "I must find him." "We will find him." "We?" "Absolutely not. and I will no longer put you in danger." "I can take care of myself." "Take two of these with some food." "I'll be right back." "Aah!" "♪♪" "Jane?" "Jane?" "Jane?" "no." "Mr. Wells." "Who are you?" "How do you know my name?" "We have a lot to talk about." "I have to find Jane." "She was just here." "John took her." "You mean the Ripper took her." "How do you know that?" "Because you told me." "but we need to go now." "I‐I don't know you!" "But you will." "I'm Vanessa." "I'm your great‐great‐granddaughter."