RETROGRADE is a cheesy, choppy science fiction thriller with feels like a mishmash of previous movies such as TIMECOP and THE THING. Dolph Lundgren plays a fugitive time traveller, pursued by villains, who arrives on a research ship in the Antarctic just as a deadly virus breaks out. There's a lot of melodrama here and a little action, but the latter isn't very interesting and it's a crying shame that Brit kicker Gary Daniels has his undeniable talents almost entirely wasted. There are flashes of potential and some not-bad performances, but overall it's the cheapness that lets this down.