Mostly, our hero is just running around in nondescript factories and hospitals and that just kinda sucks.Īlso, I find it slightly odd that timecops seem to stroll around in their uniforms when they travel. We don’t even get to see a Back To the Future II-style evil future. The sequence in the 1920s is fun and I really like the brief jump into the Confederate South, but everything else either takes place in 1994, which isn’t long enough ago to feel nostalgic about, or 2004, which looks exactly like 1994 except for their crappy-looking future cars.
TIMECOP JEAN CLAUDE VAN DAMME MOVIE
So, what is there to say about Timecop? Well, first and foremost, it’s worth noting that, for a movie that’s predicated on zipping around in history, there really isn’t a whole lot of time travel going on.
Now, Max has just one final chance to travel back to 1994 and set things right. Unfortunately, it only takes one double cross at the wrong moment before he finds himself in a world he doesn’t recognize. The news sends Max on a lonely quest to discover the truth and keep the timeline in order.
McComb (Ron Silver-remember the guy who got Jed Bartlet reelected in Season 3 of The West Wing? Him.) is not only in charge of the TEC, but, according to the rogue agent, also already has half of the department in his pocket. On a mission to track down a fellow agent gone rogue, Max travels to 1929, where he finds his target manipulating the stock market to amass money for Senator Aaron McComb, a present-day politician looking to buy his way into the White House. One also assumes he sets aside an hour or two to style his hair because Max is rocking a pretty outstanding helmet here. Now, he lives only to perform his job during office hours and to drink himself to sleep at night. Once happily married to Ferris Bueller’s girlfriend, Max’s life was shattered by a brutal home invasion that resulted in her murder and a curiously gigantic explosion. In Timecop, Van Damme plays Max Walker, a hard-bitten agent of the Temporal Enforcement Commission (known as the TEC) in the far-off future of 2004. Probably an answer that required subtitles. An answer only Jean Claude could give us. After exploding into America’s hearts and loins in the eighties, there was only one question on people’s minds in 1994: How would the Muscles from Brussels cope with the complexities of time travel? Would he lead a high-kicking revolution against the Morlocks? Would he make out with his mother at the Enchantment Under the Sea dance? We needed an answer. (See what I did there?)Īl’s review: Is there anyone who doesn’t love Jean Claude Van Damme? I’m going to go ahead and assume the answer is no (LA LA LA I CAN’T HEAR YOU SO I’M RIGHT). There’s not nearly as much kickboxing as you might expect.Īl’s rating: This is definitely one that’s worth your time. Summary Capsule: JCVD works for the TEC and travels allllllll the way back to 1994 to stop a corrupt politician from altering the future. Tagline: Turn Back the Clock and You’re History
The Scoop: 1994 R, directed by Peter Hyams and starring Jean Claude Van Damme, Mia Sara, and Ron Silver. My mother, my father, my wife, my kids, my damn cat!” He’ll send somebody back to wipe out my grandparents.
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