
When the ability to travel through time is perfected, a new type of law enforcement agency is formed. It's called Time Enforcement Commission or TEC. A cop, Max Walker, is assigned to the group. On the day he was chosen, some men attack him and kill his wife. Ten years later Max is still grieving but has become a good agent for the TEC. He tracks down a former co-worker who went into the past to make money. Max brings him back for sentencing but not after telling Max that Sen... (Full plot summary below)
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When the ability to travel through time is perfected, a new type of law enforcement agency is formed. It's called Time Enforcement Commission or TEC. A cop, Max Walker, is assigned to the group. On the day he was chosen, some men attack him and kill his wife. Ten years later Max is still grieving but has become a good agent for the TEC. He tracks down a former co-worker who went into the past to make money. Max brings him back for sentencing but not after telling Max that Senator McComb, the man in charge of TEC, sent him. Max has his eye on McComb.
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| San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleThe 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. |
| Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumSF specialist Peter Hyams, doubling as usual as director and cinematographer, leaves his record for mediocrity unblemished in this silly time-travel tale. |
| Boston GlobeJay CarrVan 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. |
| The New York TimesJanet MaslinYears 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. |
| eFilmCritic.comGreg MuskewitzFilled with holes, gaps, and the ilk, it's a minor Van Damme, meaning there is some minor fun. |
| eFilmCritic.comScott WeinbergIs it even praise to call a film 'one of Van Damme's better efforts'? Try calling your wife's meatloaf 'the least nauseating thing I've even all week' and see what she thinks. |
| Deseret News (Salt Lake City)Chris HicksIn terms of plot and direction, there are loopholes galore and too much in-your-face audience-pummeling for my taste. |
| rec.arts.movies.reviewsMark R. LeeperThat 1994 must have been a pretty exciting year to live! |
| Washington PostRichard HarringtonTimecop 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. |
| Washington PostJoe BrownIn spite of its glitches, Timecop is lots of fun, a blast from the past. |