Synopsis
An officer for a security agency that regulates time travel, must fend for his life against a shady politician who has a tie to his past.
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Cast
- Jean-Claude Van DammeMax Walker
- Mia SaraMelissa Walker
- Ron SilverSenator Aaron McComb
- Bruce McGillCommander Eugene Matuzak
- Gloria ReubenFielding
- Scott BellisRicky
- Jason SchombingAtwood
- Scott LawrenceSpota
- Kenneth WelshUtley
- Brent WoolseyShotgun
- 75
San Francisco Chronicle
The desire to go back in time to change things -- or just to visit -- is so central to the experience of being alive and stuck in time that Timecop has a built-in power. It's a power the film, a satisfying science-fiction thriller, takes full advantage of. - 60
Empire
Van Damme once again bends and twists his muscular frame to superhuman excess, but his Belgian tonsils have all the flexibility of the Himalayas when it comes to splurting out his one-liners. - 60
The New York Times
Years of tireless persistence have begun to work in Mr. Van Damme's favor. It's hard not to enjoy his energy, even if his acting gifts still leave a lot to be desired. The fact is that he looks good, behaves affably and kicks with gusto, which is quite enough to satisfy the demands of Timecop. - 50
Chicago Sun-Times
Timecop, a low-rent "Terminator," is the kind of movie that is best not thought about at all, for that way madness lies. - 50
Chicago Tribune
Van Damme is compelling only when he takes his clothes off, which he doesn't do often enough here. - 50
Entertainment Weekly
The plot is more confusing than clever, and the only actor who seems to be having any fun is Silver, who's at his best throwing masochistic hissy fits at his younger, not-quite-so-evil self. - 50
ReelViews
As a shoot-'em-up, blast-'em-to-pieces film, it's not half bad. As a futuristic time travel movie, however, it has some very serious problems. - 50
Washington Post
Timecop is good dumb fun, but it's likely to receive the same sentence most Van Damme projects do: a few weeks in movie theaters and eternity on video store shelves and cable television.