Timecop
by Peter Hyams
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Actor: Bruce McGill, Gloria Reuben, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Mia Sara, Ron SilverDirector: Peter Hyams
Brand: VAN DAMME,JEAN-CLAU
Producer: David A. Shepherd
Producer: Marilyn Vance
Producer: Mark Scoon
Producer: Mike Richardson
Writer: Mike Richardson
Producer: Moshe Diamant
Writer: Mark Verheiden
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; Spanish (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 99 minutes
Published: 1998-01-01
DVD Release Date: 1998-01-20
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Universal Studios
DVD Reviews of Timecop
DVD Review: "There's Never Enough Time..."
Summary: 4 Stars
Plotwise: Max Walker (Jean-Claude Van Damme) Is a Time Enforcement Commission (TEC) Agent in 2004. Ten years ago, his wife Melissa (Mia Sara) was killed in a raid on their home. Max is haunted by her memory, and tormented by the fact that the power to go back in time and save her is in his hands. But that's not the point of the TEC: they're here to stop people with time-travel power from altering history in their own personal interests.
Max, on a mission to capture ex-partner Lyle Atwood (Jason Schombing), discovers that rising Senator and Presidential Nominee Aaron McComb (Ron Silver) is hoarding money for his campaign from the past. The plot thickens when Max discovers that McComb might have changed the past to cause Melissa's death. Suddenly, it might seem that time is no longer on Max's side...
Review: As anyone can tell you, this is undoubtedly one of Van Damme's best. Action director Peter Hyams (2010, Outland) creates a believable enough 2004, considering the budget constraints. The special effects, while fairly obvious-looking now, aren't too bad, particularly when a future McComb is on-screen at the same time as the past McComb. Of course the real draw in a Van Damme film is the fighting, which is actually in a lesser amount, but when the action kicks in it's pretty entertaining, though Van Damme's one-liners become hackneyed and annoying. The fast-paced editing makes for tense and bruising fights, with some creatively violent touches.
Most people would not watch a Van Damme film to see him act (except perhaps his recent "Until Death"), but like his newer films, he shows that he is very adept at playing down-and-out. The death of his wife having seriously damaged him, Max Walker is a man trying to find his way again, but only becoming more disillusioned.
As McComb, Ron Silver is wonderfully slimy in the future, and nicely confused in the past. Mia Sara has little to do but be in distress, or the object of Van Damme's interest. The supporting cast, including the great Bruce McGill and Gloria Reuben, are good at supporting the main players.
Of course, "Van Damme's best" doesn't mean a whole lot, considering some of the crap he's done, and this film is not a whole lot more then a decent action/sci-fi film. The plot, while clever at times, defies logic at others and becomes pretty idiotic. The dialogue, while smart at times, is forced at others, particularly (as I already said) Van Damme's one-liners. Van Damme makes for a better hero when he's clearly the villain's bitch, not when he's in total control. For instance, in the second Hyams/Van Damme collaboration, "Sudden Death," Van Damme spends more time running away than fighting, which made for a more interesting hero. He does so once or twice here, but when laying down the law he becomes a cocky smartass.
But what am I saying? This is, on the whole, a good Van Damme movie, and for that reason it should be seen at least once, for fans of action in general. I'd also recommend "Hard Target," "Sudden Death," and "Double Impact."
On a scale of 1 to 10, this film gets an 8.
On a scale of 0.0 to 10.0, this film gets a 7.8.
On a scale of A to F, this film gets a B-.
On a scale of 0 to 5, this film gets a 4.
On a scale of 0 to 4, this film gets a 3.
If you didn't get it yet: any action fan should see this film.
Content-wise: Being an action film, and considering the fact that Van Damme has never made a film rated anything but R, expect all sorts of violent action here. A handful of people do get shot, or knocked around, of course, but there are some more creative deaths, such as a guy having his nitrogen-coated arm kicked off (cheesy FX), or two people fusing together and imploding (not too bad). There is one brief, tasteful sex scene, and some fairly graphic nudity, certainly not for the younger set. There is some brief language, but no worse than any other action film.
Description of Timecop
A cop from the future travels back in time to stop a presidential candidate from rigging his own election.Genre: Science Fiction
Rating: R
Release Date: 28-MAR-2006
Media Type: DVD
Pay no attention to the fact that Timecop is an insult to intelligent science fiction, and that it gradually succumbs to an acute case of the sillies. It is a Jean-Claude Van Damme movie, after all, so check your brain at the door and enjoy this action flick set in the year 2004. Van Damme plays an officer in the Time Enforcement Police, assigned to prevent criminals from traveling to the past with the intent of altering the future. Ron Silver plays the evil politician who plots to retrieve a stockpile of gold from the Civil War to finance his latest campaign. The film is clever to a point, and entertaining if you can ignore the dumb jokes and inconsistencies. Best of all, it's an above-average vehicle for Van Damme (relatively speaking), who gets to kick some villainous butt and share a few scenes with Mia Sara, who plays the Timecop's wife. As Van Damme fans can tell you, this is one of the action star's better movies. --Jeff Shannon
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