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Movie Reviews of Timecop
Movie Review: Thought provoking sci-fi.
Summary: 4 Stars
More than just the chop-socky contemporary martial arts flick, although plenty of action for the fans of this genre. The opening sequence is enough to make one hit the pause button, just to "contemplate the what-ifs". A troop of half a dozen Confederate soldiers transporting a cache of gold is defeated by one man wielding two laser sighted machine pistols. What if someone could take our current technology and use it to travel back through time to return to the past? What would be the result? Suppose one could return to the early days of the New York Stock Exchange; what stocks could be bought for a nickel, and what wealth could be "created"?
Van Damme portrays a 21st century police officer for the newest technology. He is one of the men who must make sure that the no-goodniks don't go back in time and armed with knowledge of the
future (actually the present), changing the past and the present. Ron Silver is well cast as the bad-guy, an overly ambitious Senator.
A fine way to pass a couple of hours.
Movie Review: A fun way to kickbox across the years
Summary: 4 Stars
I never get tired of THIS Jean Claude Van Damme flick. He plays an agent for a secret government agency that is charged with maintaining the integrity of the timestream. When he steps into a conspiracy led by a corrupt senator who squinty eyes (Ron Silver plays a great jerk) are on the Whitehouse, things really get exciting.
I love time travel in general (as themes for books and movies, not actually traveling through time), so that always adds 1 star to anything I review.
There are several problems and cliches with the SF Time Travel theme and a few goofy plot contrivances (why does there have to be a brick wall in front of the sled?) but that is OK. In the plus column is the fact that there isn't the typical 'arena of death' contest or the 'I am blind but I can still kick your butt' scene that Van Damme movies usually seem to include.
In my modest opinion, this is Van Damm's best.
Movie Review: Van Damme's Best
Summary: 4 Stars
The funny thing about this movie (that often ends up in the cut-out bins at any video store) is that it was actually Van Damme's highest-grossing film, and one of his only films that actually drew some rave reviews.Not about his acting, mind you; that was never a JCVD selling point. But Peter Hyams ("Outland", "2010") steered Van Damme into a solid action sci-fi thriller, gave the plot enough technical jargon to suspend disbelief, some quality T&A (Mia Sara, looking hotter than hell), and (as with the case with Van Damme's best films) gave the best lines to the supporting actors.
Ron Silver has a great time as the antagonist--and plays off Jean Claude pretty well. Avoiding all the plot loopholes and illogical physics, paying attention to the money that was spent on this film, and basically comparing it to all the other actioners at the time enables me to give it a 4 star rating.
Movie Review: Excellent use of time.
Summary: 4 Stars
I do not normally go in for flying feet and the like. Usually they are accosted with dubbed voices. However in this film everything came together to create a great entertainment ands a thought provoking story. Van Damme had to be more than him self and the interaction between Van Damme, Mia Sara, and Ron Silver, not to mention others, is worth the ticket price.
The title is "Timecop." And that is what Max Walker is. More than once he must thwart the efforts of Senator Aaron McComb whom has found a new source of soft money. There are the ever-present time enigmas to deal with and in the process you can not tell the good guys from the bad as they all dress in black.
Movie Review: What were they thinking!
Summary: 4 Stars
I just viewed my DVD of Timecop. I love the story, and the action! But I couldn't believe it when I saw that it was only in full screen! If there is any facet of movie buffs that LOVE their Widescreen, original format - its Sci-Fi fans! For Universal to only release this movie in Pan and Scan format shows that they have no grasp of what their audiences want. Now that that's said, the movie itself is FANTASTIC - Great plot, great action, and great special effects. I would have given it 5 stars if it had been in Widescreen or Dual-layer formats, but it is still definitely worth the time and money.