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Time Cop
Directed by Peter Hyams, 1994
Jean Claude Van
Damme returns to the silver screen once again to make the
world safe for the rest of us, except that this time, he's
got to save it from it's own future. Van Damme plays Max
Walker, a cop working in the Washington, DC area and
happily married in 1994.
On the same day that time travel is invented, he and his
wife are brutally attacked at their home, leaving him for
dead and blowing up his house with his wife inside. Jump
ahead 10 years to 2004 where Agent Walker working for the
TEC (Time Enforcement Commission) has just found out that
Senator McComb has been using time travel to subsidize his
campaign for the presidency and to actually win the
election.
After several major changes in the time stream, the final
battle actually occurs back in 1994 where the senator sent
his men to kill Walker the first time. Of course, with the
incredible powers of his feet, Walker is able to restore
the timeline to it's original form, which includes his
wife and son in 2004, and does not include Senator McComb.
This movie has got to be one of the best Van Damme movies
ever made! Not only is it well thought out, but the time
travel does not become too confusing or ever make you say
"Yeah, right!". Along with awesome special
effects (done by Industrial Light and Magic) for the time
travel, the explosions and pyrotechnics are as bright and
loud as ever. One of the best effects in the whole movie
is when Van Damme cuts the face of the Senator from the
past and we get to see the face of the Senator from the
future grow a new scar immediately.
Time Cop is a well made, clever, violent, time travel
adventure. Time Cop will be quite watchable for many
Sci-Fi viewers. And van Damme fans will get a KICK out of
this flick! |
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