Timecop
by Peter Hyams
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Actor: Bruce McGill, Gloria Reuben, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Mia Sara, Ron SilverDirector: Peter Hyams
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 (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 98 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1998-01-20
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Universal Studios
Movie Reviews of Timecop
Movie Review: A Step Above Most Of Van Damme Films
Summary: 4 Stars
I thought this was a notch above the normal no-brainer kick-boxer action flicks which star men like Jean-Claude Van Damme, 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 special- effects - at least when this came out in the mid '90s - were very cool when the time travelers reached their destinations. The story can be a bit confusing at times but is fun, especially near the end when doubles of all the characters are on the screen at once
The only bad part of the film is the credibility, especially with Ron 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. The time travel ange of the story may be intelligent but the dialog in many parts of this movie is just plain dumb and too juvenile.
Yet, overall, this is still one of the best of a small group of well-done Van Damme movies.
P.S. I am not buying a DVD of this until Universal puts this out on widescreen, as it was filmed!
Summary of Timecop
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 ShannonAction & Adventure DVD Video
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