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Timecop

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When mankind perfects time travel, the government establishes the Time Enforcement Commission to thwart criminal attempts to alter the timeline. Police officer Walker (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is recruited by TEC Cmdr. Matuzak (Bruce McGill), but soon finds his investigation of Senator Aaron McComb (Ron Silver) being thwarted by elements within the government. When Walker's wife, Melissa (Mia Sara), is attacked, he must travel across time to rescue her and save the future.
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It's no Terminator, but for those willing to suspend disbelief and rational thought, Timecop provides limited sci-fi action rewards.

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Anderson Jones Detroit Free Press Directed by Peter Hyams without an ounce of suspense, too much testosterone, and little or no reason, Timecop takes the fun out of what has to be one of the most enduring human fantasies to go back and make things right. Rated: 1/4 Apr 26, 2022 Full Review Gene Siskel Chicago Tribune Van Damme is compelling only when he takes his clothes off. Rated: 2/4 Jan 16, 2013 Full Review Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly Rated: C Sep 7, 2011 Full Review Mal Vincent The Virginian-Pilot What we need here is a good deal more humor and less self-important plot twisting. Rated: 2/4 Mar 2, 2022 Full Review Mike Massie Gone With The Twins It's not a great filmic exploration of time travel or science-fiction themes, but it's still a decent amount of fun. Rated: 7/10 Sep 25, 2020 Full Review Leigh Paatsch Herald Sun (Australia) This super-silly effort strays quite near the watchable thanks to it's looney-tunes time-travel angle. Rated: 2/5 Apr 27, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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Alec B The politics floating in the background are sort of interesting and I actually like the weird futurist designs of 2004 but ultimately there's too much boring exposition and not enough action (do both at once guys!) Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 11/14/24 Full Review Carlos T Filme: TIMECOP Elenco: @jcv Mila Sara, Ron Silver, @gloreuben Bruce McGill, Modelo: #ficção #policial #artemarcial Duração: 1h 39m Ano: 1994 Minha opinião: JCV tem seu best filmes como O Grande Dragão Branco, A Colônia, Legionário, Kingboxer, Soldado Universal, Risco Máximo, Duplo Impacto e temos também TimeCop. Um filme muito bem ralizado, tanto com na estoria, roteiro e enredo. E mesmo viajando entre passado e presente sem se perder na estoria. Bons tempos que os filmes JCV era top. Aqui ele faz o papel de um policial do tempo, onde ele prende aqueles que fazem o pulo temporal para seu benefício próprio. E temos o senador Aaron (Ron Silver) que faz pulos para enriquecer e ter o domínio da tecnologia dos saltos no tempo. Até que Max (JCV) se torna uma pedra em seu sapato, então buscam elimina-lo. E assim acontece porem ele continua vivo e precisa da ajuda da esposa do passado Melissa (Sara) que havia perdido. E assim decorre o filme cheio de ação, tiros e lutas e Max com a ajuda de Melissa vencem os inimigos e prsente volta a ser o mesm, mas com uma diferença com Melissa. Boas atuações dos atores. Os efeitos para época foi ideal, para os dias de hoje deixa a desejar. Mas para época ela serviu bem. Roteiro e enredo tudo deu certo, por isso esta entre os melhores filmes atuados por JCV. Vale apena assistir? Com certeza. Nota: 8,75 Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 08/30/24 Full Review Juan S Mess of a movie with idiotic writing. Entertaining idea with a terrible execution. Think of the plot for more than 10 seconds and it falls apart. Only redeeming factor are the use of some good sets Rated 2 out of 5 stars 05/26/24 Full Review Tony K Great move, great experience, I thought the plot was great, the run time was great. The movie was great. 5 stars, a true dream match. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/15/24 Full Review Dan R It's back to 1994 for the film considered to be Jean-Claude Van Damme's most commercially successful film: 'Timecop'. SYNOPSIS: 'Max Walker, an officer for a security agency that regulates time travel, must fend for his life against a shady politician who's intent on changing the past to control the future.' There's not a lot of brains behind this film, but are there ever in Van Damme's films? However it's a great little sci-fi romp that really does deliver with its action scenes which give the lead a chance to show off. The science is wonky if not impossible and leaves so many questions as each time jump creates more confusion or counters what we've seen before. But who cares? And let's not mention the inconsistencies of the film. Van Damme's hair goes from dry to wet, to dry, to wet again in the space of one scene. But that's on the director. More fun than you'd expect. Punch, kick, time jump! 7/10 Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/05/24 Full Review Forged S Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, and Jean-Claude Van, arguably three names that most represent 80s/90s action films. I mean who doesn't love quippy one-liners, bland predictable plotlines and buckets of blood. Yet, despite their cheesiness, these movies single-handedly created the term, "blockbuster," and due to that designation, some of the most jaw-dropping stunt work and innovative CGI were introduced in these movies. One such movie with memorizing CGI and stunt work was Timecop. As I've said a few times before, I love stories about time travel. While, this movie's time travel logic is ultimately flawed, the movie is still enjoyable and made all the more believable with fairly good performances throughout. Though, the star of the film was the effect used to represent the warping space and time. Rather than something bombastic, the artists opted for a subtle effect that felt natural and plausible. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/10/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis When mankind perfects time travel, the government establishes the Time Enforcement Commission to thwart criminal attempts to alter the timeline. Police officer Walker (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is recruited by TEC Cmdr. Matuzak (Bruce McGill), but soon finds his investigation of Senator Aaron McComb (Ron Silver) being thwarted by elements within the government. When Walker's wife, Melissa (Mia Sara), is attacked, he must travel across time to rescue her and save the future.
Director
Peter Hyams
Producer
Moshe Diamant, Sam Raimi
Screenwriter
Mark Verheiden
Production Co
Largo International N.V., Renaissance Pictures, Largo Entertainment, Signature Pictures, JVC Entertainment, Dark Horse Entertainment
Rating
R
Genre
Sci-Fi
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 21, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$44.3M
Runtime
1h 38m
Sound Mix
Surround, Stereo
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