21st century

The 21st century is a one-hundred year period of time that spans the years 2000 to 2099. In film, most films that were released in 2000 onward that are not period films take place in the 21st century. Also, many science fiction films that utilize a future setting may also take place in the 21st century.

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In the movie Frankenstein Unbound, Doctor Joseph Buchanan headed up a research team aimed at creating a massive laser energy weapon that they believed would serve as the ultimate deterrent against war. Unfortunately, the prototype machine had unpredictable side effects, which yielded erratic global weather patterns and rifts in the space-time continuum that caused some people to disappear. While driving home from the research facility one evening, Buchanan was trapped by such a rift and shunted backwards in time to the year 1817.