Senator Aaron McComb volunteers to chair the oversight committee and Eugene Matuzak is nominated as the TEC's first commissioner. Timecop was first released on LaserDisc on February 28, 1995,[6] and later released on DVD in 1998. Edit source History Talk (0) Share "What the hell, man? The film was a box office success, and inspired a video game for SNES, a … this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. Seems obvious, right? That night, the 1994 Walker is attacked just as before, the assailants being in McComb's employ, but is unknowingly aided by his older self who has been lying in wait. Timecop was released on September 16, 1994, where it opened at the number 1 spot with $12,064,625 from 2,228 theaters, and a $5,415 average per theater. 5.0 out of 5 stars Good movie. Report abuse. Timecop is an American science fiction franchise about a police force that regulates time travel, set in the near future. The first principle helped Timecop‘s producers keep the budget down: Most of the action takes place 10 years from now, so the sets don’t need to look very futuristic. McComb offered former police officer Max Walker a position with the organization as a time cop. The science explaining how it worked was never provided, though we do know it was based on real science and not fantasy. He is producing his music with computers, software synthesizers and analog equipment. With the assailants defeated, the 2004 McComb steps in and takes Melissa hostage, confronting the older Walker with the bomb that will blow up the house. When confronted, Atwood admits to working for Senator McComb, who is abusing his position and access to time travel technology to raise funds for his upcoming presidential campaign. There was one failure that just left two red spots on a heavy steel wall, which could have simply been averted by building a runway twice longer with runway brakes on the second half. Jack Logan is a time traveler from 2007, who hunts down rogue travelers and brings them to justice before they can alter the past. Entertainment Weekly may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. Richardson and Verheiden then teamed up to write the screenplay for the movie adaptation.[4]. They witness a meeting between 1994 McComb and his business partner Jack Parker, where McComb wishes to withdraw over a disagreement about a new computer chip. As children practice telling time, they strengthen basic math concepts and the valuable life skill of time management. I immediately found T.J. Cook a lot more likable than Jean-Claude Van Damme, and the effects were nearly as top notch as the film! The last thing you want to do is repeat yourself. [14], The film made Entertainment Weekly's "Underrated Films" list in November 2010, mostly because of Van Damme's acting.[15]. When dealing with time travel, filmmakers always must decide whether to put in just enough such ”science” to make it seem plausible (as in the Terminator movies) or simply ignore the practical considerations in favor of flights of fancy (the Back to the Future series). In this exciting if ultimately silly movie, a scientist (Rod Taylor) travels to the future to witness a struggle between pacifists (the hippie-like Eloi) and a race of warriors (the bug-eyed Morlocks). Since the rise and popularity of synthesizer pop, a subgenre of new wave music, Leenaerts started in 2014 with his alias Timecop1983. A game based on the movie was developed by Cryo Interactive and released on the SNES in 1995. The show is based on the film "Timecop" (1994). Ten years later, Walker is a veteran of the TEC, which sends him back to October 1929 to prevent his former partner, Lyle Atwood, from using knowledge of the future to financially benefit from the U.S. stock market crash. [9] It finished its run with $45 million in the U.S. Overseas, it grossed about $57 million, for a total gross of $101 million. Wells’ novel, is little more than a comfy chair with a large fan above it. It started as a three-part story titled "Time Cop: A Man Out of Time," in a 1992 Dark Horse anthology comic, which inspired the 1993 TV series Time Trax and 1994 film Timecop starring Jean-Claude Van Damme. "Try to remember that every time you travel to the past, you potentially endanger the future. The meat of Wells’ novel is sacrificed in favor of all-out spectacle, but in that respect the movie works marvelously. You're so easy to fool. The era-hopping apparatus in THE TIME MACHINE (1960, MGM/UA, unrated, $19.95), based on H.G. The Time Enforcement Commission, or TEC, was a law enforcement division specializing in monitoring and policing misuse of time travel technology. The Hot Tub in Hot Tub Time Machine. Timecop remains Van Damme's highest-grossing film as a lead actor (his second to break the $100 million barrier worldwide), becoming a cult classic with fans. ", "Universal Plans 'Timecop' Reboot (Exclusive)", Hercules and Xena – The Animated Movie: The Battle for Mount Olympus, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timecop&oldid=997004912, Articles with unsourced statements from October 2019, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 29 December 2020, at 15:54. Sep 7, 2013 - Find and follow posts tagged timecop on Tumblr. Daily 10 doctor who Back to the Future Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure the time machine H.G. Directed by Jim Charleston. So Universal and Moshe Diamant wanted to team us again as soon as possible, so they put Sudden Death together. Sep 7, 2013 - Find and follow posts tagged timecop on Tumblr. Realizing she will be killed later that night, he finds her and reveals himself to be from the future. To wit: (1) You can’t travel to the future because it doesn’t exist yet, and (2) you can travel to the past, but if you come upon your younger self, don’t make physical contact, because two manifestations of the same being can’t occupy the same space. "[12] David Richards of The New York Times disparaged Van Damme's acting and previous films but called Timecop "his classiest effort to date". A Blu-ray of the film was released as a double feature for both this and Bloodsport from Warner Home Video on September 14, 2010, which has the full uncut 98-minute version in 2.35:1 widescreen, but no extra features. In the first Planet of the Apes, astronauts crash-land on a world run by talking simians, who herd and torture primitive humans. Find and follow posts tagged timecop on Tumblr. Timecop::Rspec provides Timecop time-machines for RSpec that allow you to time-travel test examples, context/describes, and/or your entire test suite. The site's consensus is: "It's no Terminator, but for those willing to suspend disbelief and rational thought, Timecop provides limited sci-fi action rewards." It is perhaps surprising that the original time travel story, The Time Machine by H.G. The film stars Jean-Claude Van Damme as Max Walker, a police officer in 1994 and later a U.S. federal agent in 2004, when time travel has been made possible. Pitting law officer Van Damme (assigned to make sure no one messes with the past) against slimy presidential hopeful Silver (who manipulates the technology to amass campaign funds) merely provides the excuse for much violent action. Time Is Dangerous: The Timecop's method of time travel requires extremely high speed when they pass through the time travel field. The older McComb specifically warns his younger self that they must not touch because the same matter cannot occupy the same space, then kills Parker. That night, he receives an emergency call and is ambushed while leaving home; he and his wife, Melissa, are viciously attacked by unknown assailants. Read more. Timecop-type machines are a cross between the Back to the Future-type and the Terminator-type; the traveller is sent back by a machine that does not come with him, but has some sort of way (such as a remote or prearranged time portal) to make a trip back, utilizing the future time machine. Richardson also served as executive producer. Strangely, the time traveler shows up at the destination without the pod. [citation needed], a two-issue comic book series of the same name, "15 Adaptations More Famous Than The Original Comics", "Directors Special: Peter Hyams Goes Film-By-Film", https://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/06204/42242/Timecop, "Weekend Box Office : An Arresting Opening for TimeCop", "MOVIES 'Timecop' on Top: It's "Timecop" time again", "FILM; Jean-Claude Van Damme, the, uh, Actor? With Ted King, Don Stark, Cristi Conaway, Kurt Fuller. Game over, man! King) several times, which becomes an intrusion. [21] Additionally, a series of tie-in novels by author Dan Parkinson published in 1997–1999 featured the Jack Logan character from the television series. Starring martial arts star, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Timecop has decent but low-budget FX, a fairly shallow notion of science and time quandaries, but does provide a face-paced cyberpunk action-thriller with decent amounts of butt-kicking and gun … ”The best evidence we have that time travel is not possible, and never will be,” concludes physicist Stephen Hawking after demonstrating in ”The Future of the Universe” that the laws of science prevent visits to other eras, ”is that we have not been invaded by hordes of tourists from the future.”. Refusing to testify, Atwood is sentenced to execution and is returned to 1929 where he completes his fatal fall. Back in 1994, Walker finds Fielding in the hospital. A direct-to-DVD sequel, Timecop 2: The Berlin Decision, was released in 2003, starring Jason Scott Lee and Thomas Ian Griffith, and directed by Steve Boyum. In 1994, the Justice Department sends George Spota to the Senate Appropriations Committee for approval on a secret project: the establishment of the Time Enforcement Commission (TEC) with the sole purpose of policing time travel. It was a really clever story, and I thought it was a chance to make the best movie Van Damme ever made. It’s still his biggest hit. Timecop: B+; Escape From the Planet of the Apes: B+; The Time Machine: A-; Time After Time: B+, Updated February 17, 1995 at 05:00 AM EST, Timecop; Escape From the Planet of the Apes; The Time Machine; Time After Time. She agrees to make sure the 1994 Walker stays home that night. With Jean-Claude Van Damme, Mia Sara, Ron Silver, Bruce McGill. 12 people found this helpful. Senato… This Mobius-strip effect of the future turning in on itself works almost every time. You mention "television" to someone in 1850, all of a sudden World War I is broadcast live on CNN." Under investigation from Internal Affairs, Walker is assigned a new partner, TEC rookie Sarah Fielding, and together they are sent back to 1994 to investigate McComb. You're so easy to fool. Walker could not have imagined that his efforts to bring in criminals … It is the first installment in the Timecop franchise. Jean Claude Van Damme travels back in time to kick some ass in this clip from Timecop (1994). Wells’ mission is to save his possible future wife (Mary Steenburgen, who in real life later married McDowell) from one of his 19th-century dinner companions, Jack the Ripper (David Warner). Timecop/Miscellaneous; Time Trax/Miscellaneous; Timeless/Miscellaneous; Time machine. While initially dismissive, Spota convinces them of both the viability and danger of the technology, showing them evidence that changes (ripples) have already begun manifesting, evidenced by arms trafficking shipments paid in gold bullion stolen from the Confederate Army. The story follows Walker's life as he fights time-travel crime and investigates the politician's plans. Loved the whole time … The 2004 Walker escapes with Melissa before the bomb explodes and leave her beside his unconscious younger self before returning to the future. This makes it Van Damme's highest-grossing film in which he played the leading role, and his second to make over $100 million overall (after Universal Soldier). Escape provides an explanation — one that crumbles upon scrutiny, but which, on some lazy evening, might be taken for food for thought. Timecop is a 1994 American science fiction action film directed by Peter Hyams and co-written by Mike Richardson and Mark Verheiden. Fearing McComb will erase him from history, Atwood jumps to his death, but Walker catches him mid-leap and returns them both to 2004. By 2010, the rights to the film had reverted to Largo successor InterMedia, and distribution shifted to Warner Home Video. The comic told a story of Max Walker, a Time Enforcement Commission agent whose wife is implied to be dead (though the circumstances of this are unknown). Dean Cooke goes back in time to July 4th 1939 to sink the S.S. McComb knows he will now also die in the ensuing explosion, but is satisfied his younger self will survive and become president with Walker gone. Why don't we just put YOU in charge?!" The TEC is to detect "time ripples" among the time-lines and to stop them from happening before they reach the present, since people cannot travel forward in time to the future, they always travel back to either change history or steal riches. Surprisingly well-made film with very believable performances by most of the cast (standouts being JCVD, the actor playing JC's superior, and Silver the villain). While at the hospital, Walker finds a record of a recent visit by his wife Melissa, discovering she was pregnant. The twist ending reveals that this planet is, in fact, the Earth of the future, which leaves us wondering how apes evolved into talking, reasoning creatures. Walker returns home to find Melissa alive and waiting for him with their young son. Jack Logan is a fictional law enforcement agent and time traveler featured in the science fiction television series Timecop, which is based on the 1994 film of the same name. Returning to 2004, Walker finds the future changed once again. After capturing the robber and returning to present time, Walker realizes the timeline has been damaged because the criminal's robotic bodyguard remained in the past and was still active. Directed by Peter Hyams. This makes for such charming comedy, disarming romance, feverish suspense, and genuine tragedy that viewers are likely to say ”to hell with probability” from the get-go. The pilot explains the rules for Timecop Jack Logan (T.W. They are interrupted by the 2004 McComb, who advises his younger self the chip will become highly profitable. I would never have agreed to that. Van Damme’s his usual impassive self here, but his stolidity is in keeping with the character. Empress of the Americas , a passenger ship holding millions in gold bars, then hopping back to the future and salvaging the gold with deep water submersible technology. Entertainment Weekly is a registered trademark of Meredith Corporation All Rights Reserved. The commission was formed in 1994 and overseen by the corrupt U.S. senator Aaron McComb. © Copyright 2021 Meredith Corporation. Timecop is back. [17] In 2010, Universal Pictures announced a remake of the film, to be written by Mark and Brian Gunn. Media Format : Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled. . The Time Machine 1960 One of the greatest time machines of all time was this sleigh-type vehicle that was used in the movie based on H.G. [10] Roger Ebert called Timecop a low-rent Terminator. Wells’ novel, is little more than a comfy chair with a large fan above it. Timecop stands the test of time (sorry, kinda intended). While initially dismissive, Spota convinces them of both the viability and danger of the technology, showing them evidence that changes (ripples) have already begun manifesting, evidenced by arms trafficking shipments paid in gold bullion stolen from the Confederate Army. Having been prematurely consigned to the TV trash heap, timecop Jack Logan is back in a new adventure, and a lot of fun it is too. I was approached to do Timecop, and I loved the auspices. [7][8] In its second week, it took the top spot again with $8,176,615. Feb 10, 2013 - Since I'm entirely too lazy to go to the office on Saturday, I'm getting into my time machine on Friday to write this. Basically, Logan goes back in history through his … ESCAPE FROM THE PLANET OF THE APES (1971, FoxVideo, G, $19.98) delivers a lightweight example of the pseudo-scientific method. Overview: In the annals of cheesy time travel movies, few are known better than Timecop, which cleared over 100 million in world wide box office gross. The granddaddy of time-travel sagas, by contrast, pretty much eschews scientific explanations altogether. Acting aside, Van Damme pulls off some novel stunts — his midair split will have you hitting the slow-motion button. Timecop‘s other pleasures are strictly of the genre variety, and they demonstrate why, in spite of party poopers like Stephen Hawking, time travel will remain an enchanting premise for years to come. The musical score of Timecop was composed by Mark Isham and conducted by Ken Kugler. Wondering if our current POTUS had access to a time machine.. certainly wish I could have the current and younger selves occupy the same space. Although met with mixed reviews, it is generally regarded by critics as one of Van Damme's better films. Max Walker, an officer for a security agency that regulates time travel, must fend for his life against a shady politician who's intent on changing the past to control the future. Later that day, DC Metro Police officer Max Walker is offered a position with the TEC but debates whether to accept it. That would be awful. Timecop is an American science fiction franchise about a police force that regulates time travel, set in the near future. Walker arrives in an altered future where McComb is now wealthy and a presidential front runner, using his position as a Senator to shut down the TEC. Played by actor Ted King, he was introduced in the pilot episode, "A Rip in Time" and was credited in the subsequent eight remaining episodes of the show. 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