Tempting Fate (1998): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 1998, Tempting Fate is a science fiction and tv movie film directed by Peter Werner, running about 96 minutes.

What it’s about. A man who is still mourning the death of the woman he loves, meets a man who says he created a machine that can bring anyone to a parallel world. He goes and sees the woman he loves is still alive in that world and wants to stay. But when he discovers that this world has rules that differ from his world, he wants to leave but when he goes back to where the machine is, there's a fire and the machine is destroyed and the man who built it is killed. He later meets a woman from his world who also built a machine of her own but the officials there upon seeing her thinks she's crazy because her counterpart is alive and says she doesn't know her. So he tries to help her so that they can return home.

Who’s in it. Tempting Fate stars Tate Donovan as Dr. Ben Creed, Abraham Benrubi as John Bollandine, Matt Craven as Emmett Lach and Philip Baker Hall as Dr. Bardwell, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 7.0/10, Tempting Fate has been warmly received by audiences.

Where to watch. In US you can stream it on Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Prime Video with Ads and rent or buy it from Amazon Video. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Tempting Fate page.

If you liked it. Fans of Tempting Fate tend to enjoy Inception, Interstellar, The Empire Strikes Back and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.