Timecop (1994) 5.7
An officer for a security agency that regulates time travel, must fend for his life against a shady politician who has a tie to his past. Director:Peter Hyams |
|
| Watch Trailer 0Share... |
Timecop (1994) 5.7
An officer for a security agency that regulates time travel, must fend for his life against a shady politician who has a tie to his past. Director:Peter Hyams |
|
| Watch Trailer 0Share... |
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Jean-Claude Van Damme | ... | ||
| Mia Sara | ... | ||
| Ron Silver | ... | ||
| Bruce McGill | ... | ||
| Gloria Reuben | ... | ||
|
|
Scott Bellis | ... | |
| Jason Schombing | ... | ||
| Scott Lawrence | ... | ||
| Kenneth Welsh | ... | ||
|
|
Brent Woolsey | ... | |
| Brad Loree | ... | ||
|
|
Shane Kelly | ... | |
|
|
Richard Faraci | ... | |
|
|
Steven Lambert | ... |
Lansing
(as Steve Lambert)
|
| Kevin McNulty | ... | ||
When the ability to travel through time is perfected, a new type of law enforcement agency is formed. It's called Time Enforcement Commission or TEC. A cop, Max Walker, is assigned to the group. On the day he was chosen, some men attack him and kill his wife. Ten years later Max is still grieving but has become a good agent for the TEC. He tracks down a former co-worker who went into the past to make money. Max brings him back for sentencing but not after telling Max that Senator McComb, the man in charge of TEC, sent him. Max has his eye on McComb. Written by rcs0411@yahoo.com
I thought this was a notch above the normal no-brainer kick-boxer action flicks which star men like Jean-Claude VanDamme, Steven Segal, Chuck Norris, Jackie Chan, etc. because of the interesting and somewhat complex tale with time travel as the main theme. The story also has some good twists and humor.
THE GOOD - Kudos to the four s's in here: Silver, suspense, special-effects and sound - all of them are very good. There is something about Ron Silver's looks that spell "sleazy and rotten" before he even opens his mouth! When he speaks, his accent and profanity quickly verifies those suspicions. The special- effects - at least when this came out in the mid '90s - were very cool when the time travelers reached their destinations and appear out of this wall of near- transparent plastic. The story can be a bit confusing at times but is fun at most times, especially near the end when doubles of all the characters are on the screen at once
THE BAD - The bad part of the film is the credibility, especially with Silver who plays a politician. No politician, no matter what party or where, would be this much of low-life. In fact, the story is full of unlikable and untrustworthy characters, too many of them. There also is too much Rambo-mentality and the final action goes on way too long. The time travel ange of the story may be intelligent but the dialog in this movie is just plain dumb and too juvenile.
Overall, this is one of the best of a small group of well-done Van Damme movies.