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Pay no attention to the fact that Timecop is an insult to intelligent science fiction, and that it gradually succumbs to an acute case of the sillies. It is a Jean-Claude Van Damme movie, after all, so check your brain at the door and enjoy this action flick set in the year 2004. Van Damme plays an officer in the Time Enforcement Police, assigned to prevent criminals from travelling to the past with the intent of altering the future. Ron Silver plays the evil politician who plots to retrieve a stockpile of gold from the Civil War to finance his latest campaign. The film is clever to a point, and entertaining if you can ignore the dumb jokes and inconsistencies. Best of all, it's an above-average vehicle for Van Damme (relatively speaking), who gets to kick some villainous butt and share a few scenes with Mia Sara, who plays the Timecop's wife. As Van Damme fans can tell you, this is one of the action star's better movies. -- Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com
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Format:Blu-ray|Amazon Verified Purchase
Timecop clearly wasn't filmed to the very highest technical standards - I was struck by the contrast with Alien (a 15-years-older film) which I watched on broadcast HD the same evening. That said, Timecop is high enough quality to make the Blu-ray transfer worth having. I am not sure I would recommend getting the Blu-ray to replace a DVD unless you have money to burn, but definitely worth the extra if you just want a copy to add to your library. As usual with Blu-ray, you can pick out details in printed signs etc., in the scene backgrounds, which is interesting in its own right. The sound track is fine with plenty of punch in the explosions and gunfire. Also, whatever the details of film stock, cameras and so on, the colour palette of the movie is often rewarding.
As for the movie itself, it keeps drawing me back despite its flaws. Its handling of time paradoxes seems vague, almost as if it's a time-travel movie made by people who don't actually find time-travel very interesting. The plot is skeletal. Still, the emotional aspects work despite - or perhaps because of - Van Damme's rather flat portrayal, the narrative drive is not lacking, and the near-future setting has a curious plausibility. Perhaps because of budget limitations, most of the future world is still our old one - actually more likely when you think about it. Some of the B-movie / budget-limited aspects - a time machine that accelerates by spurting rocket flames out the back, for luv's sake - will generate affection or derision, according to your taste. As you will guess, I tend towards affection.
Finally, the James Bond cast-off one-liners ("that had to hurt" after killing a baddy, I mean come on!) and the (deliberately? but surely not) risible demise of the arch-villain, well, take them or leave them, The Terminator this ain't. But nonetheless a film that, I suspect, has enough to draw others back regularly as it does me, so if you haven't seen it or want to re-acquaint, this Blu-ray is definitely the best option. Recommended for those, like me, who feel enough intuitive attachment to this odd, semi-cult movie to want to own a copy in HD rather than waiting for it to turn up in HD on broadcast. I hesitated for some time between 3 and 4 stars, and would have given 3.5 stars if feasible.
As for the movie itself, it keeps drawing me back despite its flaws. Its handling of time paradoxes seems vague, almost as if it's a time-travel movie made by people who don't actually find time-travel very interesting. The plot is skeletal. Still, the emotional aspects work despite - or perhaps because of - Van Damme's rather flat portrayal, the narrative drive is not lacking, and the near-future setting has a curious plausibility. Perhaps because of budget limitations, most of the future world is still our old one - actually more likely when you think about it. Some of the B-movie / budget-limited aspects - a time machine that accelerates by spurting rocket flames out the back, for luv's sake - will generate affection or derision, according to your taste. As you will guess, I tend towards affection.
Finally, the James Bond cast-off one-liners ("that had to hurt" after killing a baddy, I mean come on!) and the (deliberately? but surely not) risible demise of the arch-villain, well, take them or leave them, The Terminator this ain't. But nonetheless a film that, I suspect, has enough to draw others back regularly as it does me, so if you haven't seen it or want to re-acquaint, this Blu-ray is definitely the best option. Recommended for those, like me, who feel enough intuitive attachment to this odd, semi-cult movie to want to own a copy in HD rather than waiting for it to turn up in HD on broadcast. I hesitated for some time between 3 and 4 stars, and would have given 3.5 stars if feasible.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray
I always did like this film but would not buy it because of the poor Quality of the Video in either Vhs or DVD, even when on the TV broadcast quality was often very poor, However this Bluray is very fair, much less grain and appears to be 4 mins longer than the DVD so uncut? however a total lack of any extras is a let down.
Format:Blu-ray|Amazon Verified Purchase
The transfers pretty good, I would say both the movie and video quality is a 4 out of 5. If you're a fan of JCVD, like me, I can highly recommend this product. And this is not windowboxed like the dvd-version.
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Good Film
worth a watch, when i know that i will watch it again it means the film is good...and i will be watching this one again.
Published 8 months ago by Mr. C. J. Davies
Time travelling butt kicker.
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TIMECOP!!!!!!! VAN DAMME!!!!! GREAT!!!!
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Excellent use of time.
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(Van) Damme its good!
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One of the best Sci-fi movies of 1994.
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Published on 29 Oct 2000
Decent attempt at the age-old time travel theme
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