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Movie Reviews of Timecop
Movie Review: Back to the Future on steroids!
Summary: 5 Stars
The Jean Claude Van Damme Review Matrix (JCVD-RM)
1) Who is he? Max Walker, a law enforcement officer for a government organization that regulates and monitors time travel. He protects the past from those who would take advantage of the technology, like Biff and Skynet.
2) Which family member/friend must be avenged? Unfortunately for JCVD, and 80s movie fans everywhere, he must avenge his lovely wife who learns that nothing is unblowupable.
3) Does he take his shirt off? Only once, and he's shredded.
4) Does he have sex with a C-List actress? This is the pinnacle of JCVD's legendary black book. He bags Mia Sara, the same gorgeous young lady who played Sloane Peterson from Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
5) Is there a tournament? There is no tournament, just a race to fight crime.
6) Is training needed for this tournament? One does not simply travel into the past without training, or a Delorean.
7) Does he do the splits in training or in the tournament? He CONSTANTLY does the splits. In the kitchen; in the living room.
8) Does he punch someone in the balls? First JCVD beatdown of the movie = stick to the junk
9) Does he do a series of flying or 360 kicks? Oh hell yes. This is classic Van Damme.
10) Is his enemy unbeatable? He's fighting time travel, government corruption, and futuristic weapons...that's about as close as you get to unbeatable.
11) Does he overcome an injury or other hindrance? I've never been shot while wearing a bullet proof vest, but it looks like it would hurt like hell. JCVD shook it off like a champ.
12) Does he win? No, and then yes, and then no again, and eventually yes. Awesome.
When a movie starts during the Civil War with a hillbilly sporting eight teeth, two laser-sighted machine guns, and a singular intention of robbing the Confederacy of gold bars, there is no doubt that it's about to be awesome. JCVD has never looked cooler. He's rocking a massive coif of 80s hair on the verge of a permullet, and he struts/walks in every scene like it looks good. With a supporting cast of Ron Silver and Bruce McGill, Timecop registers as one of the better acted JCVD movies. In addition, the script and pacing are better than the majority of most action blockbusters - there is real creativity in the story composition. Exploring the spectacular concepts of Back to the Future and amplifying them, Timecop is superb on all levels. Narrowly missing out on being the top JCVD movie of all time, any action or sci-fi fan should thoroughly enjoy this JCVD thriller.
Movie Review: A Good Time Travel Cop Show
Summary: 5 Stars
I've always been a mixed fan of Jean Claude - I like some of the movies he stars in and then there are others that are I could take or leave.
Timecop is one of those that is good even for a movie that is more than a decade old.
Basically, Jean Claude plays a time enforcement cop who works for an agency that polices the timeline for people who try to go back in time and make things better for themselves. I won't spoil the movie, but just know that things wind up getting personal and he winds up having to go back in time and at one point "goes rogue" as he works to apprehend the bad guys.
Overall, the acting was good, the directing was excellent, the special effects were good for the time. Time travel movies are hard to do because you risk confusing the audience at large, you risk exposing plot flaults when things don't add up, and you risk the critique from the people who analyze the consequences of changing timelines etc. As a time travel movie, this is pretty tightly put together and the direction is very good which makes things hold together fairly well.
The movie has a fair degree of review value (you can see it several times as background) associated with it.
This movie comes from when Van Damme was peaking in his career and surrounding himself with excellent directing and production teams and undertaking good projects. I'm also a great fan of Bruce McGill's acting so his presence in the movie elevates it somewhat for me. Additionally Ron Silver plays a great bad guy. Mia Sara is stunningly beautiful and a wonderful actress as usual and Gloria Reuben plays a great sidekick to VanDamme. Overall, very solid actors with great fighting scenes from Van Damme.
If you like cop shows and can tolerate a bit of sci fi/time travel, you should enjoy this film.
Movie Review: Infinite 'Time'
Summary: 5 Stars
Max Walker's wife was killed by a senator and some thugs. That's what happened after a rendevous Max had with his wife at a mall. "There's never enough time to satisfy a woman." Passionate! A couple of psychos followed them home and took out his wife. He loved her with all of his heart and in the future, he had the opportunity of a lifetime to save her. Walker also has to stop a madman from becoming President of the United States after he forced some of his punks to go back in time and find the valuable stocks. With that money, he would be able to campaign. I was overjoyed with the uniqueness of this plot and it was far better than "Back to the Future". Time travel should be about corruption and saving wives. YES! The action sequences are remarkable with decent special effects and a scene where Van Damme kept his leg up and a thief almost skated right into his foot. "Read between the lines, mortal!" Jean-Claude Van Damme needs to make "Timecop 2" and "Street Fighter 2". His eternal presence is nothing short of astonishing.Movie Review: Excellent script, quality actors and Van Damme as a bonus!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I used to be a big Van Damme fan. Nowadays, he is producing some junk and this is a big turn off. However, all he is needed is to add some good actors and a good story and viewers would get great entertainment! Timecop is one of my favorite Van Damme movies. I think that the whole time travel Sci-Fi plot was very good and without any obvious flaws. I would grade this story 10 times better that the recently released Time Machine with Guy Pierce. The special effects were pretty good. Ron Silver, Bruce McGill, Gloria Reuben are all acting very well. Finally, Van Damme plays very well. Overall, an excellent mix of Sci-Fi / Adventure / Action and a real treat for fans of any of these genres.
I wish I could see Van Damme is high quality movies with good stories and good cast again and not the junk he is producing now. My other Van Damme suggestions would be Lionheart and Hard Target.
Movie Review: Best Van Damme film - excellent story.
Summary: 5 Stars
"WHY ISN'T THIS IN WIDESCREEN?" they all shouted.I picked up this DVD movie at a clearance sale for $10. Best DVD purchase I have made so far. But why, why, why is this great movie not in Widescreen format? Unacceptable.
In my opinion, this is Van Damme's best film. Peter Hyams does an excellent directing job. This movie is on a par with RoboCop and Total Recall, if you liked those.
The whole 'time loop' thing can get your head spinning trying to figure it out. Other than that, there are some great martial arts scenes. Mia Sara is enchanting. Van Damme has some great lines ("see those two red spots?") I also liked the Matuszak character, and Ron Silver is convincing as his two different selves.
The ending is great, as Walker (Van Damme) rights the wrongs and the bad guy is turned into a pile of squishy stuff.