Wonderfully offbeat film!

Overrated and overhyped

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

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.

If you can see past the obvious plot holes, and some of the effects, this one is quite fun to watch...The science is fairly well thought out, even though there a couple theories worthy of a cringe or two...but overall, the plot holds up well, including the focus on identical matter cannot occupy the same space...that was really a biggy for me as an amateur scientist of sorts.All in all, Time Cop is a movie, from a bygone era, where even B Flicks had some quality in them...well worth the experience to watch it...

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.

Time travel is invented. Going forward is impossible but going back can be catastrophic. The government creates the Time Enforcement Commission to police time travel. Someone has already got back to steal gold from the Confederacy in 1863. Senator McComb (Ron Silver) volunteers to be the oversight. Policeman Max Walker (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is attacked at home and his wife Melissa (Mia Sara) is caught when their house explodes. Ten years later, he travels back to 1929 to apprehend his ex-partner Lyle Atwood trying to cash in on the market. Atwood tells him that McComb is the organizer trying to get money for his run for the Presidency. Matuzak (Bruce McGill) is his supervisor. Sarah Fielding (Gloria Reuben) from internal affairs is assigned his new partner.There is something wrong with the plot but my head hurts trying to figure it out. It is more ambitious writing than Van Damme's other movies. It is not quite sharp enough. The things that we love Van Damme for is the fights. There are plenty of his splits and his kicks. At times, I would rather have a simpler movie and concentrate on Van Damme's strengths.I think the problem starts with Matuzak saying that Max's word isn't enough and yet somehow with Sarah, that's enough to put McComb in prison. And why would Sarah flip on McComb? Wouldn't it be easier to kill Max when he was born? I'm sure McComb could find Max's birth certificate. It's not the logic of time travel that bugs me but the logic of characters' actions that are more problematic.