Wow! Such a good movie.

How sad is this?

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

Cop Max is attacked and his house blown up with his wife in it, all for no apparent reason. 10 years later, he is working in a specialist department tasked with policing people using time travel for criminal purposes.Jean-Claude Van Damme leads a film which combines martial arts, action, and science fiction quite pleasingly. The plot is nicely convoluted and nakes sense while you're watching it, akthough close examination reveals some cracks whichneeded plastering over.Production values are decent, Ron Silver is a satisfactorily oily politician, and Van Damme does well.This is enjoyabke nonsense.

I remember watching "Timecop" a long, long time ago when it came out and watched it on VHS.Then I stumbled upon it while browsing through the Netflix archive, so I decided to sit down and watch it again. And it turned out that this old Jean Claude Van Damme movie was actually as good and entertaining as I remembered it to be.This is indeed a traditional Van Damme movie in every sense, and it is a very stereotypical early 1990s action movie for better or worse.There was a good combination of action story and martial arts in the movie. And with this being a Van Damme movie, then of course there is a good amount of those ingredients.The storyline is generic, of course, as one would expect from a movie such as this. And it follows that stereotypical formula that made up the entirety of the action movies from the 1990s. You know the outcome of the movie before you even press the play button.If you enjoy the wonderful 1990s action movies and/or being a fan of Jean Claude Van Damme, then "Timecop" is definitely a movie well worth sitting down to watch.

The rumourmill has it that Jean Claude Van-Damme was looking for 'that film' - the one like 'Terminator' was for Schwarzenegger and 'Rambo' was for Stallone. JCVD saw 'Timecop' as the 'vehicle' that would propel him out of 'B-movie-action-star' to legitimate A-list action megastar. I think it's not really a 'spoiler' to say that it didn't really work out that way for him.However, just because 'Timecop' never really set the Box Office alight and made the 'Muscles From Brussels' the household name he was hoping for, doesn't mean it was that bad. In fact, it's probably his best work up until that time! Previously, he'd really been utilised as a leading man who could just about speak English, but was damn filmable when it came to kicking bad-guys. Here, he wanted to add a bit of 'depth' to his range and try to 'act' as well as just kick people in the face. And, like I said, it sort of worked.He plays the titular 'Timecop' - part of an elite division who patrols time to prevent criminals from exploiting time travel for financial gain. Of course, there's corruption, double-crossing and murders that can now be averted thanks to a trip to yesteryear (and it still leaves time for him to do the splits!). The special effects are good (for their time), but apart from the action sequences (which are nothing that out of the ordinary) are limited to just the screen stretching whenever someone goes through time. And, despite the premise desperately trying to be A-list, the scrip probably could have been done with a little extra work and most dialogue is a little stilted and predictable. Therefore, it does still feel like just another Van-Damme B-movie, only with a few nice special effects and a sci-fi spin.But, if you're a fan of Van-Damme and his punchy-kicky B-movies of the eighties and nineties (and, seeing as he did become quite famous doing this, there's plenty of us out there who appreciate his 'art') then 'Timecop' should tick all the boxes you're looking for. It's not 'high art;' it's not even an A-list film, but it is a fun enough little romp if you're in the mood for some mindless action and a few cheesy puns whenever a bad-guy is despatched.

This movie is Big Fun. As described by my roommate Tommy, who's never seen this movie: If you haven't seen this movie you're "missing out on cinematic gold" and boy is he right. TIMECOP! YAHHH! TIMECOP!I love how this movie plays fast and loose with commonly perceived Time Travels theories. I get it back to the future you guys are the gold standard but F the right off. Another thing that was a slam dunk, how well this movie predicted future technology (Self-Driving Cars, Smart Houses, Voice controlled Electronics!) and those future cars are so freaking sweet. Now to the deets (aka details, damn millennials!). JVCD is an incredible in this movie. I assume he learned all of his amazing karate moves from Pro-Wrestling Great and his brother Rob Van Dam (RVD). Some internet theories claim they're twins, but I digress. I'm still not sure if JVCD is the good guy in this film even though the filmmaker is obviously trying to shove that notion down our throats. JVCD goes up against a senator IMHO is using the tools provided him, to make a run at the white house. The senator, Senator McComb, who's positioned as the "bad guy" isn't all that bad. He's trying to do what America has tried to do for the past fifty years, self fund his Presidential run rather than take money from big business and special interest groups. I know, i know, he's stealing money in time, thus messing up the future, but frig off. What should they care after it happens, it changes time forever and no one is worse off. Anyway, he wants to just become a truly un-corruptable President and he should be applauded. But this is where he messed up, he frigged with the wrong dude. JVCD! He sent his goons back in time, for what appears to be no reason whatsoever, to Murder JVCD and JVCD's wife. BIG MISTAKE, he should have stayed in his lane, because he couldn't kill JVCD even if he had all of the best goons with all of the best Mullets (Spoiler Alert: His Goons have some beautiful mullets). The good thing is, since Mr. McComb made this critical mistake, we were blessed (as the audience) to get two Jean- Claude's at once. The only thing better then one JVCD kicking butt, is two JVCD's kicking butt and the only thing better than that is Two JVCD's kicking butt while one of the JVCD's has a Mullet. Sidenote: this movie is littered with incredible Mullets, Classic '94. But hands down the best part of the movie is when Mr. McComb dies at the end of the movie. They made up this awesome rule that you can't come in contact with your future/past self at anytime (aka same matter can't occupy the same space(see the title of the review)). With time running out on the Timecop, Future JVCD, to save his wife in the past, he utters that awesome phrase "Same Matter Can't Occupy the Same Space" and kicks Past McComb into future McComb and then amazing happens. its hard to put into words but virtually two bodies meld together and then turn into the Slime from Ghostbusters 2 and melts into the floor never to be heard from again. Truly amazing CGI work by any standard!Few final thoughts; This movie has so many layers and sweet little tidbits. For instance its the film debut of Tay Zonday (The Chocolate Rain Guy, have you listened to chocolate rain recently? There is a line in the song that says "Chocolate Rain, Only in the Past is what they say" WOAH!!!! How eerie is that! when he says "the Past" he is referring to Time and maybe his first role in the hit movie Timecop, which is the movie you are reading a review about). Also another nice little Easter Egg in this movie, is the Sheriff from My Cousin Vinny. Now that's a great movie "I'm done with this Guy!" Vinny gets it.