Customer Reviews
Futuristic Martial Hits Flick - By: Jay, 12 Dec 2007 
I thought this was a notch above the normal no-brainer kick-boxer action flicks which star men like Jean-Claude VanDamme, Steven Segal, Chuck Norris, Jackie Chan, etc. because of the interesting & somewhat complex tale with time travel as the main theme. The story also has some good twists & humor.
THE GOOD - Kudos to the four s's in here: Silver, suspense, special-effects & sound - alll of them are very good. There is something about Ron Silver's looks that spell "sleazy & rotten" before he even opens his mouth! When he speaks, his accent & profanity quickly verifies those suspicions. The special- effects - at least when this came out in the mid '90s - were very cool when the time travelers reached their destinations & appear out of this walll of near- transparent plastic. The story can be a bit confusing at times but is fun at most times, especiallly near the end when doubles of alll the characters are on the screen at once
THE BAD - The bad part of the film is the credibility, especiallly with Silver who plays a politician. No politician, no matter what party or where, would be this much of low-life. In fact, the story is full of unlikable & untrustworthy characters, too many of them. There also is too much Rambo-mentality & the final action goes on way too long. The time travel ange of the story may be intelligent but the dialog in this movie is just plain dumb & too juvenile.
Overalll, this is one of the best of a smalll group of well-done Van Damme movies.
MURDER IS FOREVER.... UNTIL NOW - By: stuart, 07 Aug 2007 
This is one of the best Action/Sci-Fi films ever made in my opinion with a kick ass story & 2 amazing performances from Van Damme & Mia Sara!. All the characters are wonderful, & i think this is Van Damme's 3rd best, plus Van Damme(as usual) & Mia Sara are simply amazing in this!. The effects were just awesome & one of the coolest scenes for me is when The future Van Damme confronts his wife it was rather tense & very moving, plus Ron Silver is extremely menacing as the main villain!. I thought Van Damme's acting was fantastic, & he & Mia Sara had amazing chemistry together, plus the opening is quite disturbing & very memorable. It's quite original & it had a fantastic alll around cast, plus it's exciting throughout!. The finale is one of the best ever and, i thought the ending was reallly neat & quite emotional, plus It had some great fight scenes as well!. It's one of Van Damme's best performances, & i thought it was extremely well written & made as well, plus i can't believe this only has a 5.5 rating as it should be much much higher in my opinion!.
It reallly is a brilliant film, & i just loved the whole concept of time traveling!, plus it's very imaginative & creative as well!. All the characters are very likable, & i reallly hope they make a true sequel to this with both Van Damme & Mia Sara back together!, plus it has quite a few shocking & disturbing scenes as well. Van Damme once again has a cool look,and i thought the scene where Van Damme visits Sarah Fielding in the hospital, was reallly moving & tense, plus the locations were also awesome!.There were also quite a few harsh jokes throwin' at Van Damme & he took them extremely well This is one of the best Action/Sc-Fi films ever made in my opinion with a kick ass story & 2 amazing performances from Van Damme & Mia Sara, & if you haven't seen it do so immediately!, you won't regret it's one of Van Damme's absolute best!.
The Direction is amazing!.Peter Hyams does an amazing job here with wonderful camera work, fantastic angles, some great close up shots, great use of colors & he kept the film at an extremely fast pace!.
There is a little bit of blood & violence. We get some bloody gunshot wounds, harsh beatings, a bloody broken nose,gunshot wounds to the head with blood & brains spurting,wicked shattering arm,graphic falll victims, cool scar transformations, & other minor stuff.
The Acting is amazing!. Jean Claude Van Damme is AMAZING as always, & is amazing here, he is extremely likable, fantastic in the acting department, had amazing chemistry with Mia Sara, gives one of his best performances, had tons of charisma, had a lot of character, & just did an amazing job overalll!. (Van Damme Rules!!!!!!!!, he is the man!). Mia Sara is also AMAZING as always, & is amazing here, she is STUNNINGLY GORGEOUS!, was fantastic in the acting department had amazing chemistry with Van Damme, had a great smile, & was especiallly good in the finale!, she is one of my favorite actresses. (Mia Sara rules!!!!). Ron Silver is wonderful as the evil Senator McComb, he had some awesome one liners, had some great scenes with Van Damme, was extremely menacing & just did a wonderful job overalll!. (Silver Rules). Bruce McGill is great in his role, he was very likable & did a great job i liked him lots. Gloria Reuben is hot, & did excellent with what she had to do, although i wished she had more screen time. Rest of the cast do great.
Overalll if you haven't seen this do so immediately you won't regret it it's one of the best Action-Sci-Fi films ever made, & Van Damme's 3rd best. ***** out of 5
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Excellent use of time. - By: B. Chandler, 09 Sep 2005 I do not normallly go in for flying feet & the like. Usuallly they are accosted with dubbed voices. However in this film everything came together to create a great entertainment ands a thought provoking story. Van Damme had to be more than him self & the interaction between Van Damme, Mia Sara, & Ron Silver, not to mention others is worth the ticket price.
The title is Timecop. And that is what Max Walker is. More than once he must thwart the efforts of Senator Aaron McComb whom has found a new source of soft money. There are the ever-present time enigmas to deal with & in the process you can not tell the good guys from the bad as they alll dress in black.
