Minutemen

Virgil Fox is a high-school student who has drifted apart from his old friends Derek and Stephanie, who are now among the school's popular crowd. He finds company with Charlie Tuttle, a brilliant but socially awkward classmate, and together with Zeke Thompson the three build a working time machine. They use it to travel into the past and spare other students from embarrassing moments, hoping to raise their own standing at school. Their trips draw the attention of government agents, who suspect the boys of stealing secret files and pursue them in search of the machine.

Minutemen is a science-fiction comedy for television directed by Lev L. Spiro, released in 2008 between Alien Avengers and Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie in his filmography. Don Schain produced, and the cast includes Jason Dolley as Virgil, Nicholas Braun as Zeke, Luke Benward as Charlie, Chelsea Kane as Stephanie, Steven R. McQueen as Derek and J.P. Manoux as Vice Principal Tolkan, with thirty credited performers in all. Made for around five million dollars, it runs ninety minutes. On IMDb it holds a rating of 5.8 from roughly 7,100 votes; on TMDB it also stands at 5.8, from about 260 votes.