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The Tomorrow Man

A mysterious spacecraft has crash-landed somewhere in rural Oregon, immediately drawing the attention of relentless government agents. Meanwhile, computer expert Jonathan Driscoll is blindsided when his car hits a figure who seemingly appeared out of thin air — the synthetic being known only as Ken. Ken is a highly advanced android from the future, programmed with a critical, time-sensitive mission: to travel back and prevent the cataclysmic sabotage of the world's first inveterate rocket. This rocket is not merely a launch vehicle; it is the cornerstone of future deep space exploration and, by extension, the survival of the human race.

Science Fiction, Thriller, TV Movie

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What kind of time-travel story is this?

Time travel drives much of the story.

Meets the archive’s time-travel criteria. The mechanism is classified as Unknown.

Why the archive makes this assessment (spoilers)

Confirmed 7/10: android Ken appears from the future with a time-sensitive mission to stop sabotage of the first interactive rocket, and computer expert Driscoll helps and repairs him in present-day Oregon. Like The Terminator, the future mission drives a present-day story.

An android from the future returns to prevent sabotage; the synopsis associates a spacecraft but does not establish its time mechanism.

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An editorial assessment based on the archive’s documented plot research.

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Scale, legacy & time

The scores

Titan17.0

Weighted archive score

Time-travel significance7/10

high confidence

Quality consensus5.1/10

Aggregate source ratings

How Titan works

Titan combines the archive’s quality, audience and legacy base with the significance of time travel. It is an index, not a score out of 100, and is distinct from the FMV archive’s scoring model.

Titan = base × [0.20 + 0.80 × (time-travel score ÷ 10)²]

This film: 28.65 base × 59.2% weighting.

Partial inputs flag incomplete source metadata. Provisional weighting flags a time-travel assessment that remains uncertain; it receives no additional confidence penalty.

The evidence

Research & sources

Research notes may reveal plot details.

These sources support the plot facts and catalog research. The numerical scores are the archive’s judgments, not ratings supplied by these sources.

Cast: Julian Sands, Giancarlo Esposito, Craig Wasson, Obba Babatundé, Ray Baker

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Releases & formats

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