Flashback (2011 film)

Flashback is a 2011 independent science-fiction adventure time travel romance satirical comedy parody film produced by And You Films.

The film is co-produced, co-written, and directed by Brendan Jackson Rogers. The film stars Andrew Ramos, Will Phillips, Alexa Cappiello, Chris Heidt, John Mondelli, Brendan Jackson Rogers, Raymond Cardet, Nicole Smith, Nicky Urban, Ryan Rogers, and Patrick Pieri.

The film received negative reviews from critics who criticized its plot, writing, humor, and acting.

Synopsis

In the distant future, Flashback Films has been taken over by a sinister soda company, and the state of the movie industry is wilder than ever! Robots are replacing the studio's workforce, and Time Travel is on the cutting edge of moviemaking technology. Jack Taylor, the back lot's last human janitor, plunges the studio into chaos in order to steal a date with starlet Tiffany Sloane. To fix his mistakes, Jack commandeers the studio's prop-collecting time machine and ends up at the center of an [...] corporate conspiracy. Science fiction adventure meets Hollywood satire in this action-packed comedy as Jack and Tiffany escape the clutches of furious studio executives, gun-toting reporters, an angry velociraptor, and an entire army of robots. With danger and hilarity around every corner, it's gonna take one hell of a janitor to clean up this mess!

Plot

In 3205, Lamar Garret (Will Philips) made an announcement about a film studio called "Flashback Films" along with the corporation of a soda company called "Nicofeine" after John B. Flashback's death.

5 years later, in 3210, Jack Taylor (Andrew Ramos), the only human janitor in the studio who's job was given from his dad,Tom Taylor (Saravut Frank Sopapunta), thought about having the adventures from beyond while Rufus Lucas (John Mondelli), the descendant of George Lucas, fell out of the garbage chute. Meanwhile, after Beatrice Byche (Nicole Smith) and Leslie McLeod (Nicky Urban) talked to Garret about the studio breaking down and that they never get to see Skitulz (Brendan Jackson Rogers), Raul Burton (Raymond Cardet), the studio investor, and Thelonious El Paxton III (Ryan Rogers) both arrived to see him. Burton asks Lamar to bring the actress, Tiffany Sloane (Alexa Cappiello). After the conversation, Jack heard them, making him realize what they are doing to her.

In the headquarters, Lamar showed everyone the latest vehicle, the FBFX 9000, a time machine that can steal anyone or anything from the past to use them to make movies (Which he was the one who built it). During the conversation, Maynard (Skitulz) interupted and complained about "the IMT incident", which Garret dismissed everyone out of the room. Jack, Rufus and J.R. sneaked their way to Burton's apartment and sprayed him, making him fall asleep. After that, they took him to the storage room and took his clothes off just for Jack to put them on and pretend to be him. At Flashtech Inc., Lamar complained to Maynard that Mr. Burton and the assets are using him. When the robot exploded, it gave Lamar an idea; [...] them by blowing up the sound stage with them inside just for him to be the company's soul owner.

Later at night, Jack met Sloane (who she thinks is Burton) for the very first time and went on a date in the limousine. After having dinner at the oceanside restaurant, reporters arrived in their car while the robot became packed with action (due to Tiffany shouting out that they're "being followed"). After a wild ride with the paparazzi, Jack revealed himself that he is "not Burton", which then Tiffany blamed him and he ran away before Lamar sees him.

Back in the storage room, Jack felt heartbroken for what he did while Rufus found the recording of the short film, "Time Travel and You". As Jack watched the film, he realized that he must "go back in time" to prevent the horrible event from overhappening. When the three arrived to the time lab and found the time machine (FBFX 9000), J.R. lost control of himself and was about to attack Jack but someone knocked out J.R. from behind, revealed to be Jack's future self. Jack told his past-self that they "can't screw around with time", which he had seen his dad with John B. Flashback (Patrick Pieri) in the year 3180. After leaving in the FBFX 9000 and then returning all burnt, Jack told himself that the bomb next to Tiffany's trailer is gonna blow up in 15 minutes and kill her. When J.R. was about to attack the two Jacks, they and Rufus sent him into the FBFX 9000 and launched him away.

As Jack hurried to Tiffany's trailer to rescue her, his past-self and Rufus found Mayard, who revealed himself as Skitulz, and he and Rufus had a lightsaber duel. When Skitulz was about to take down Rufus, he got ran over by Grandma's Cookies Truck. Jack tried to tell the truth and show his love to Tiffany but she still didn't want to trust him, much to her anger. When Jack told her that she wanted to know who he really is, Tiffany finally understood that he's actually "telling the truth" about who he is and the bomb, then they and Rufus flee in the car away from the sound stage as it explodes and collapses to the ground. When they hid in the storage room where Mr. Burton is, Burton wakes up as everyone hides (except Tiffany). Burton was about to kiss her but Rufus knocked him out and they ran to the FlashWorld amusement park. As they arrived to Illegal Alien Encounter (a parody of Disney's Great Movie Ride), Rufus holds off the janitor robots while the two Jacks and Tiffany ran inside. As the three hide in the cart, the janitor robots start the ride and the three hopped off to the exit from a raptor (which was dropped off from the FBFX 9000). They are in the "Lord of the Rocks" concert (A Lord of the Rings rock n roll mashup), while the janitor robots arrived. During the battle in the concert, Tiffany gets attacked by the raptor but Jack saved her by knocking his past-self from the ledge just for the raptor to attack him instead. As Jack threw the last janitor robot off the ledge with the boom microphone, it exploded, making everything collapse to the ground, much to Jack and Tiffany's excitment about the concert. As the two left the concert, Burton angrily knocked out Jack but was taken away from the FBFX 9000 to the pirate era driven by Rufus.

As night arrived, Lamar brought Jack and Tiffany to him using his robot guards and lied to everyone that Jack is the one who caused all the chaos. Out of nowhere, the FBFX 9000 returned, knocking over the statue. J.R. came out and told everyone that "Mr. Garret is not, in fact, the soul owner of the company" because five years ago, the Nicofeine company wanted to destroy Flashback's document. When Jack realized that "there is a reason behind everything" as he peeled his watch (which is a gift from his dad), he gave J.R. the watch to show everyone the picture, noticing that his dad was hiding the contract from Lamar the whole time. As J.R. read the whole contract, it is revealed that the Flashback company now belongs to Rufus Lucas, much to everyone's surprize. Everyone attacked Lamar and threw the remote to Rufus, which then Rufus sent Lamar out of the studio.

After all that, Jack's dad came out of the FBFX 9000 and thanked him as a hero. Moments later, the studio is now back to normal as everyone in the FBFX 9000 ride along.

Cast

• Andrew Ramos as Jack Taylor, a janitor who is a main protagonist.
• Will Phillips as Lamar Garret, a president of Flashback Films who is a main antagonist.
• Alexa Cappiello as Tiffany Sloane, a film actress who is the love interest of Jack Taylor.
• Chris Heidt:
  • J.R., the robot who is the friend of Jack Taylor.
  • Janitor Robots
• John Mondelli as Rufus Lucas, a homeless man who likes Star Wars.
• Brendan Jackson Rogers:
  • Maynard
  • Skitulz
• Raymond Cardet as Raul Burton
• Nicole Smith as Beatrice Byche
• Nicky Urban as Leslie McLeod
• Ryan Rogers as Thelonious El Paxton III
• Patrick Pieri as John B. Flashback, the CEO of Flashback Films.