Alicia I love this movie so much

Titreenp SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Grimossfer Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

Svenstadt This movie takes alot of heat because of the science of time travel. I thought it was very consistent, and as with Mel Gibson's Braveheart, it isn't so much historical as it is 'historically intriguing' that makes a good movie. This movie likewise is just scientifically plausible enough that it works well. Van Damme really shows acting peak here by humanising the action a little, I mean, I realize he's no Shakespeare, but he gives a well-rouned performance. I will watch anything with him in it, TBH. Other good movies with him include: The Quest, Universal Solider, Hard Target. This movie starts with a man posing as a Civil War soldier; in reality, he is a criminal who knows a shipment of gold is on its way and is there to steal it. He kills the U.S. army soldiers in the convoy with a futuristic weapon. The next scene is very good, it involves a U.S. Senate meeting where the previous scene's events were discussed. It is in this scene that the decision is made to create the TEC, a law enforcement organization. One thing I found intriguing, having studied real-life cops, is that Walker does not arrest or charge past versions of people who have since become criminals, like the past version of McComb. Such things were probably rules of ethics that he has to follow. This movie loses a star because some of the speculation as to the near-future are much too hokey to be believed. They apparently drive around in self-driving cars that look like total crap and don't even have windows. They look like something the homeless would drive around in. Also, I didn't like alot of the set designs or props, which seemed a little too forced. Someone in sets was really given a crappy job to do. The digital effects were actually pretty good.

dee.reid "Timecop," directed in 1994 by American "2010" director Peter Hyams and adapted from the Dark Horse comic book series co-created by Mike Richardson and Mark Verheiden (the pair share a credit on the screen-story, while Verheiden receives sole credit on the screenplay), is a bit of an anomaly in the long-running career of its star, Belgian martial arts sensation Jean-Claude Van Damme."Timecop" was, by far, the most interesting, in terms of its story concept, visuals, and special effects, of the films that Van Damme made during his heyday in the late 1980s and early-to-mid 1990s. "Timecop" was also Van Damme's most critically acclaimed and most commercially successful film made during that time (it became Van Damme's first and to date, only film to surpass $100 million at the box office).Looking at the film, it's not hard to see why.This big-budget martial arts sci-fi action-thriller is by no means perfect and from a historical standpoint does represent a critical and box office high point in the career of its star - but, boy, does it deliver the goods. Looking back, I remember that "Timecop" was one film that had a lot going for it - in spite of its glaring imperfections and monstrous gaps in logic, like its numerous leaps back and forth through time and the various time travel machinations associated with it (i.e., returning to the same present that you left from, and the such).But let's not focus on that too much. Let's just concentrate on the story and Van Damme.In the year 1994, the United States government establishes the "Time Enforcement Commission" (T.E.C.) to police time travel, which has only recently become a scientific reality. Government bureaucrats are worried that time travel needs to be policed, because if the wrong parties were able to travel back in time to change history - it could send ripples through time that could threaten the whole of our existence. (The film conveniently explains that leaps into the future are not possible simply because it has happened yet.)Enter into the picture: clean-cut D.C. patrolman Max Walker (Van Damme) is about to accept a job as an agent working for the newly established T.E.C. when one night he and his wife Melissa (Mia Sara, from "Ferris Bueller's Day Off") are attacked by thugs from the future. The thugs happen to be working for Senator Aaron McComb (the late Ron Silver), an ambitious, power-hungry politician who was recently appointed to chair the T.E.C. and who in the year 2004 will enter a bid to run in that year's presidential election.In the ensuing fray, Melissa is killed, and Walker is left a widower. 10 years later, Max is indeed now a dedicated, high-ranking officer with the T.E.C., busting time-traveling criminals left & right. In the course of collaring his former partner who has traveled back to the 1930s at the height of the Great Depression to play on the Stock Market in order make himself rich in the present, Walker uncovers a conspiracy that threatens the future: Senator McComb is manipulating time travel in order to buy his way into the White House, and wants the T.E.C. decommissioned in order to remove the greatest threat to his plans.Predictably, in the course of Walker's time-traveling investigation into McComb's plot, he also stumbles onto his own tragic past and comes across a moral conundrum over whether or not to manipulate time to prevent his own personal tragedy from ever occurring - thus lending the film an emotional depth rare for Van Damme pictures made during his heyday."Timecop" is indeed a bit of a head-trip, though it isn't something that is too heady that you can't wrap your head around it. Although the film feels like a typical Van Damme outing, the time-bending plot and cool-looking time-bending (though dated) CGI effects make the film a visual and special effects marvel. Personally, this isn't my favorite Van Damme movie from that period - that honor goes to "Lionheart" (1990), followed by "Universal Soldier" (1992) and the John Woo-directed actioner "Hard Target" (1993).Jean-Claude Van Damme is great, as usual, doing his usual high-kicking (and acrobatic trademark splits) heroics in a not-too-complicated time travel sci-fi story. Mia Sara, who hasn't appeared in too many movies since then, brings the film a warmth and beauty that's tragically missed in today's time. The real stand-out is Ron Silver as corrupt Senator McComb; Silver's natural charm gives McComb an arrogance and sliminess that makes him a more than worthy adversary to Van Damme's Max Walker (even if he doesn't match him physically). He's one of those guys you love to hate.I can't end this review without putting in a plug for what I truly believe is Van Damme's greatest film ever, "JCVD" (2008), which is where you'll see a different side of Jean-Claude Van Damme, and that is a performance from the Belgian martial artist that is worthy of an Oscar. Really.Time told of "JCVD."8/10

Samuel-Shovel Timecop is a really, really fun time. I haven't dealved too deep into the Van Damme filmography but I'm not sure if you'll find many better than these (although I do love Bloodsport). This one's chalk full of good action scenes with memorable deaths (I'm looking at you electrocution guy!). The acting by Van Damme leaves a lot to be desired as usual but that's not why we're here. We're here for spinning kicks and fantastic hair and we get all of that that we can handle! I love the house explosion scene, very well done. It is too bad though we don't get more of Mia Sara. She's one of the better actors in this one, alongside Bruce McGill and Ron Silver. Very good performance by Silver who plays the weaselly, corrupt politician perfectly. My one complaint though for this one is that we don't jump around in time more. We go back to the 90's a few times but it would have been nice to see the Depression era again or the Civil War or really anything older. Everything else felt too close together. Besides thus, a very enjoyable, harmless action movie that has some good fight scenes and bad one liners. I still don't get the time traveling car's function and why they don't need it to get back or the whole time travel paradox thing but hey, nothing's perfect!

andrew-repko This movie is Big Fun. As described by my roommate Tommy, who's never seen this movie: If you haven't seen this movie you're "missing out on cinematic gold" and boy is he right. TIMECOP! YAHHH! TIMECOP!I love how this movie plays fast and loose with commonly perceived Time Travels theories. I get it back to the future you guys are the gold standard but F the right off. Another thing that was a slam dunk, how well this movie predicted future technology (Self-Driving Cars, Smart Houses, Voice controlled Electronics!) and those future cars are so freaking sweet. Now to the deets (aka details, damn millennials!). JVCD is an incredible in this movie. I assume he learned all of his amazing karate moves from Pro-Wrestling Great and his brother Rob Van Dam (RVD). Some internet theories claim they're twins, but I digress. I'm still not sure if JVCD is the good guy in this film even though the filmmaker is obviously trying to shove that notion down our throats. JVCD goes up against a senator IMHO is using the tools provided him, to make a run at the white house. The senator, Senator McComb, who's positioned as the "bad guy" isn't all that bad. He's trying to do what America has tried to do for the past fifty years, self fund his Presidential run rather than take money from big business and special interest groups. I know, i know, he's stealing money in time, thus messing up the future, but frig off. What should they care after it happens, it changes time forever and no one is worse off. Anyway, he wants to just become a truly un-corruptable President and he should be applauded. But this is where he messed up, he frigged with the wrong dude. JVCD! He sent his goons back in time, for what appears to be no reason whatsoever, to Murder JVCD and JVCD's wife. BIG MISTAKE, he should have stayed in his lane, because he couldn't kill JVCD even if he had all of the best goons with all of the best Mullets (Spoiler Alert: His Goons have some beautiful mullets). The good thing is, since Mr. McComb made this critical mistake, we were blessed (as the audience) to get two Jean- Claude's at once. The only thing better then one JVCD kicking butt, is two JVCD's kicking butt and the only thing better than that is Two JVCD's kicking butt while one of the JVCD's has a Mullet. Sidenote: this movie is littered with incredible Mullets, Classic '94. But hands down the best part of the movie is when Mr. McComb dies at the end of the movie. They made up this awesome rule that you can't come in contact with your future/past self at anytime (aka same matter can't occupy the same space(see the title of the review)). With time running out on the Timecop, Future JVCD, to save his wife in the past, he utters that awesome phrase "Same Matter Can't Occupy the Same Space" and kicks Past McComb into future McComb and then amazing happens. its hard to put into words but virtually two bodies meld together and then turn into the Slime from Ghostbusters 2 and melts into the floor never to be heard from again. Truly amazing CGI work by any standard!Few final thoughts; This movie has so many layers and sweet little tidbits. For instance its the film debut of Tay Zonday (The Chocolate Rain Guy, have you listened to chocolate rain recently? There is a line in the song that says "Chocolate Rain, Only in the Past is what they say" WOAH!!!! How eerie is that! when he says "the Past" he is referring to Time and maybe his first role in the hit movie Timecop, which is the movie you are reading a review about). Also another nice little Easter Egg in this movie, is the Sheriff from My Cousin Vinny. Now that's a great movie "I'm done with this Guy!" Vinny gets it.