![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Retro Review: Jackie Chan's First Strike (1996) #J.Fathers' Day Movie Screenshots (1997) Part 19.Fathers' Day Movie Screenshots (1997) Part 20.''Ho-Ho-Ho? More Like No, No, No'' Crappy Christma. ![]() Retro Review: Arthur's Perfect Christmas (2000).Fathers' Day Movie Screenshots (1997) Part 21.Fathers' Day Movie Screenshots (1997) Part 22.It's a film that when one sees its on TV unless they are a massive Van Damme fanatic, they would watch it once. Performances as a whole are virtually stocky and unmemorable and neither of them manages to set the film alight. Ron Silver's bad guy is utterly bland and has no personality, whatsoever, who is dressed as if he could be mistaken for a banker. It also borrows from The Terminator with the secret romance involving Max and his wife, but I found this stale that also reeked of Lifetime/Hallmark channel movie of the week quality and I just couldn't feel the onscreen chemistry felt between Van Damme and Mia Sara Sara has one particular scene where she is topless. It has a chase sequence that moves from the hospital to a shopping centre, which was okay, but as it went on, the story became more uninteresting that I lost interest. Yes, Van Damme does the splits in his boxer shorts and showing off his then lean physique, but other than that, there isn't much in terms of over-the-top, high-kicking action one expects from the muscles from Brussels. This could have also been a smart, highly- entertaining and engaging sci-fi actioner that is modelled and bears some similarities with Demolition Man unfortunately, it has none of its wit, entertaining action and charismatic performances, notably that of ER actress Gloria Rueben who is terribly wasted as Max Walker's sidekick. Peter Hyams is competent as a director, but in terms of out-&-out action films, whereupon his films are expected to have lots of quality action in spades, he just doesn't deliver. The time travel concept is neat, but this isn't conceived very well and the action is, in contrast to many other Van Damme action films, extremely tame. Being a plot-driven action film also means this is boring and it never really takes the time travel thing to a different level and to be more dynamic and over-the-top. To note, Timecop was written by the same people who did Barb Wire with Pamela Anderson and the forgettable, Darkman sequel, ''Darkman 3: Die, Darkman, Die!''. The newly widowed Jean Claude is dispatched in their wake to ensure history is unchanged, but, forbidden to alter the past, the one thing he cannot do is return to save his wife.Produced at $28 million, Timecop is a B-movie that looks lavish and stylish through its visuals, but as a full-on action flick, fails to do enough to be really spectacular.Īfter his wife, Melissa is murdered, cop Max Walker is a time cop from the future, who also works for a special government agency that uses time travel to capture criminals and villains He travels back in time to find his wife's killer, whilst evading capture by those who want him dead.īeing a comic book property, Timecop is far more plot-driven compared to many other Jean-Claude Van Damme films and whilst it is considered as his best effort, it is confusing as hell with a story difficult to wrap one's head around and it has a few plot holes. In the year 2004, time travel has become a reality, bringing with it new law enforcement problems when miscreants start manipulating the past to their own ends. In the hands of genre specialist Peter Hyams (Capricorn One, Running Scared, 2010, Narrow Margin), Timecop is a further cut above, a cleverly plotted violent variation on Back To The Future. JCVD is clearly on a quest for world domination, and the production values of his films have been continually improving. Predictably enough, she gets gratuitously murdered in the first 15 minutes, and her embittered husband spends much of the rest of the film glowering and meting out punishment. Ever since Kickboxer established the Brussel sprout as the latest in a long line of vertically challenged action heroes, those cast as his nearest and dearest have had a short life expectancy, giving him the revenge impetus that drives him, karate kicking, through the plot. I say unfortunate because, cast as Van Damme’s wife she is not long for the world, or the screen. “Zer is nevair enuv tam,” says JCVD to the unfortunate Mia Sara. When Walkers wife, Melissa (Mia Sara), is attacked, he must travel across time to rescue her and save the future. Starring Jean Claude Van Damme, Ron Silver, Mia Sara) The race to find Clark Kent and Lois Lane has been heating up as top contenders like Nicholas Hoult and David Corenswet pull ahead. ![]()
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