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| name = Timecop |
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| image = Timecopposter.jpg |
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| caption = Theatrical release poster |
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| director = [[Peter Hyams]] |
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| producer = Moshe Diamant<br>[[Sam Raimi]]<br>[[Robert G. Tapert]] |
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| screenplay = [[Mark Verheiden]] |
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| story = [[Mike Richardson (publisher)|Mike Richardson]]<br/>[[Mark Verheiden]] |
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| based on = '''[[Timecop (comics)|Comics]]:'''<br>[[Mike Richardson (publisher)|Mike Richardson]]<br>[[Mark Verheiden]] |
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| starring = [[Jean-Claude Van Damme]]<br/>[[Mia Sara]]<br/>[[Ron Silver]]<br/>[[Gloria Reuben]] |
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| music = [[Mark Isham]]<br/>[[Robert Lamm]] |
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| cinematography = Peter Hyams |
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| editing = Steven Kemper |
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| studio = [[Lawrence Gordon (producer)|Largo Entertainment]]<br />JVC Entertainment<br />[[Dark Horse Entertainment]]<br />[[Renaissance Pictures]] |
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| distributor = [[Universal Studios|Universal Pictures]]<br /> (theatrical)<br />[[Warner Home Video]]<br /> (current holders) |
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| released = {{film date|1994|9|16}} |
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| runtime = 98 minutes |
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| country = United States |
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| budget = [[USD|US$]]27 million<ref>{{cite news|title= Van Damme very determined |work= [[Hartford Courant]]|date=|url= http://articles.courant.com/1994-09-16/features/9409210865_1_action-director-john-woo-movie-scripts|accessdate=2010-11-27}}</ref> | |
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| gross = $103,646,581 |
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| language = English |
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'''''Timecop''''' is a 1994 [[science fiction film|science-fiction]] [[Thriller (genre)|thriller]] [[film]] directed by [[Peter Hyams]] and co-written by [[Mike Richardson (publisher)|Mike Richardson]] and [[Mark Verheiden]]. Richardson also served as executive producer. The film is based on ''[[Timecop (comics)|Time Cop]]'', a story written by Verheiden and drawn by [[Phil Hester (comics)|Phil Hester]] and [[Chris Warner]] which appeared in the [[anthology comic]] ''[[Dark Horse Comics]]'', published by ''Dark Horse Comics''. |
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The film stars [[Jean-Claude Van Damme]] as a police officer in 1994 and a [[United States|U.S.]] [[Federal government of the United States|Federal]] agent in 2004, when [[time travel]] has been made possible. It also stars [[Ron Silver]] as a rogue politician and [[Mia Sara]] as the agent's wife. The story follows an interconnected web of episodes in the agent's life (or perhaps ''lives'') as he fights time-travel crime and investigates the politician's unusually successful career. |
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''Timecop'' remains Van Damme's highest grossing film (his second to break the $100,000,000 barrier for a worldwide gross) as a lead actor. It is generally regarded as one of Van Damme's better films by critics, even those who usually deride his acting. |
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==Plot== |
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In 1863, Confederate soldiers are carrying a gold bullion as a payday for the army. Suddenly, they are cornered and shot by a highwayman using [[Anachronism|anachronistic]] machine pistols and futuristic tech equipment, leaving them stranded and dead before suddenly vaporizing into the mist. |
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131 years later, the U.S. government creates the Time Enforcement Commission (TEC) to combat the misuse of newly developed time travel technology. They have discovered that the same gold bullion was used in recent arms purchases. Senator Aaron McComb (Silver) volunteers to oversee the commission, and a short time later, police officer Max Walker (Van Damme) is offered a job as a TEC agent. Later that evening, Max is attacked in his home by intruders and his wife Melissa (Sara) is killed in an explosion. |
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Ten years later, Walker is now a veteran TEC Agent. He is sent back to 1929, in the midst of the Wall Street crash to arrest his former partner Atwood (Jason Schombing) for taking advantage of the U.S. stock-market crash. Atwood reveals that he is working for McComb, who needs money for his presidential campaign. Terrified by McComb's threat to murder his ancestors, thereby wiping out his existence, Atwood tries to kill himself by jumping out a window. Walker catches him as he falls and takes him back to 2004, but Atwood refuses to testify against McComb and the TEC agency sends him back to 1929, right where he left off, this time falling to his death. |
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Walker is partnered with agent Fielding (Gloria Reuben), and sent back to 1994, where they find a young Senator McComb arguing with Jack Parker about their company's new computer chip. Parker offers to buy McComb's share of the company, but suddenly, the older McComb arrives from 2004 to warn his younger self that the chip will make huge profits. A fight starts when Walker is double-crossed by Fielding, who reveals she works for McComb. McComb kills Parker, wounds Fielding, attempts to kill Walker, and manages to escape back to 2004. |
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When Walker returns to 2004, he finds that things have become worse. McComb owns the computer company, with no record of Parker. He is almost guaranteed the Presidency with his finances and approval rating. The TEC is being shut down due to budget cuts. There is also no record of Fielding. Realizing that he has to fix things, Walker [[Carjacking|hijacks]] the original prototype time machine (which McComb had been using for their illegal trips) with the help of Matuzak, who sacrifices himself when McComb's men try to stop Walker from escaping. |
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Finding himself once more in 1994, Walker finds Fielding in the hospital, where she agrees to testify against McComb. Whilst trying to find Fielding's DNA from a blood sample in the lab, Walker finds a sample of Melissa's blood and it indicates she is pregnant. Walker realizes her death occurred later that night, and he decides to stop it. After going back to Fielding's room, he discovers that she has been murdered and he is framed as the prime suspect. He goes to the mall where he and Melissa met that night. Eventually Max finds her and manages to convince her he is from the future. |
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That evening, McComb's thugs break into Walker's home, like before, only this time the older Walker waiting for them. Without his younger self realizing it, veteran Walker helps to fight off the bad guys. Together, they and Mellisa win, though the younger Walker is wounded. 2004 McComb then takes Melissa hostage. When the older Walker finds the older McComb is holding Melissa, the younger McComb sets a time bomb. He then shoots Melissa, just before the young McComb appears, having been tricked by a fake message from Walker. Walker grabs the young McComb and pushes him into the older one, causing them to become a [[Blinovitch Limitation Effect|writhing mass which melts into nothingness]]. |
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Walker carries Melissa out of the house just before the bomb explodes. Walker returns to 2004, and the timeline has been corrected. The TEC still exists, Fielding and Matuzak are alive, and McComb does not exist, having "vanished" ten years earlier. As Walker returns home, he is happily shocked to find Melissa alive and their 9-year-old son waiting to greet him. Melissa has something to announce to Walker, implying that she is pregnant again. |
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== Cast == |
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* [[Jean-Claude Van Damme]] as Max Walker |
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* [[Mia Sara]] as Melissa Walker |
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* [[Ron Silver]] as Senator Aaron McComb |
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* [[Bruce McGill]] as Commander Eugene Matuzak |
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* [[Gloria Reuben]] as Sarah Fielding |
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* [[Scott Bellis]] as Ricky |
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* Jason Schombing as Lyle Atwood |
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* [[Scott Lawrence]] as George Spota |
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* [[Kenneth Welsh]] as Senator Utley |
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* [[Brad Loree]] as Reyes |
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* [[Kevin McNulty (actor)|Kevin McNulty]] as Jack Parker |
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* [[Gabrielle Rose (actress)|Gabrielle Rose]] as Judge Marshall |
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* Steven Lambert as Lansing |
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==Release== |
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===Box Office=== |
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''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.<ref>{{cite news|title= Weekend Box Office : An Arresting Opening for TimeCop|publisher= [[Los Angeles Times]]|date=|url= http://articles.latimes.com/1994-09-20/entertainment/ca-40950_1_weekend-box-office|accessdate=2012-06-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title= MOVIES|work= The Los Angeles Times|date=1994-09-26|url= http://articles.latimes.com/1994-09-26/entertainment/ca-43133_1_quiz-show|accessdate=2010-08-31|first=Beth|last=Kleid}}</ref> In its second week, it took the top spot again with $8,176,615.<ref>{{cite news|title= MOVIES 'Timecop' on Top: It's "Timecop" time again.|work= The Los Angeles Times|date=1994-09-26|url= http://articles.latimes.com/1994-09-26/entertainment/ca-43133_1_quiz-show|accessdate=2010-11-08|first=Beth|last=Kleid}}</ref> It finished its run with $45 million in total U.S. Overseas, it grossed about $58 millions, with a total gross of $103 million. This makes it Van Damme's highest-grossing film in which he starred, and his second to make over $100 million (after [[Universal Soldier (1992 film)|''Universal Soldier'']]). |
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===Reception=== |
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Critics were mixed on ''Timecop'', citing its various plot holes and inconsistencies.<ref>{{cite news|title= A Giant Leap For Van Damme In `Timecop' |work= [[Hartford Courant]]|date=|url= http://articles.courant.com/1994-09-16/features/9409210923_1_time-enforcement-commission-van-damme-s-max-walker-timecop|accessdate=2010-11-25}}</ref> [[Roger Ebert]] called ''Timecop'' a low-rent ''Terminator''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19940916/REVIEWS/409160303/1023&template=printart |title=Roger Ebert review of ''Timecop'' |publisher=Rogerebert.suntimes.com |date=1994-09-16 |accessdate=2011-02-09}}</ref> Richard Harrington of the ''Washington Post'' said, "For once, Van Damme's accent is easier to understand than the plot." David Richards of the ''New York Times'' disparaged Van Damme's acting and previous films but called ''Timecop'' "his classiest effort to date".<ref>{{cite news|title= FILM; Jean-Claude Van Damme, the, uh, Actor?|work= The New York Times|date=1994-09-04|url= http://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/04/movies/film-jean-claude-van-damme-the-uh-actor.html?scp=4&sq=jean%20claude%20van%20damme&st=cse|accessdate=2010-08-08 | first=David | last=Richards}}</ref> ''Timecop'' currently holds a 43% rating and average rating 5.2/10 on [[Rotten Tomatoes]] based on 40 reviews with 17 fresh reviews and 23 rotten. 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." |
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The film made [[Entertainment Weekly]]'s ''Underrated Films'' list in November 2010, mostly because of Van-Damme's acting.<ref>{{cite news|title= 12 Underrated Movie Gems |work= [[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=|url= http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20441981_2,00.html|accessdate=2010-11-25}}</ref> |
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==Home media release== |
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''Timecop'' was released on DVD in 1998. Two separate versions were released, a 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen and fullscreen.{{Citation needed|date=May 2012}} The widescreen release is identified with the title on the front cover having green lettering, whereas the fullscreen is red and white.{{Citation needed|date=May 2012}}<!-- I bought a DVD with a green title on the front, but it was fullscreen, not widescreen. Also, I can only find one single-edition Region 1 DVD version on amazon at http://www.amazon.com/Timecop-Jean-Claude-Van-Damme/dp/0783225520 (that's the one I bought, and the amazon page confirms the aspect ratio is 1.33:1, fullscreen), though in 2008 they also released a pack of 4 Van Damme DVDs that includes a widescreen Timecop at http://www.amazon.com/Action-Quadruple-Feature-Timecop-Fighter/dp/B0015FQZIK and one of the amazon reviewers claims that this was the first widescreen release of the movie --> |
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The DVD Extras include Production Notes, Theatrical Trailer and Cast & Filmmaker's Notes. |
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A Blu-ray of the film was released as a double feature for both this and ''[[Bloodsport (film)|Bloodsport]]'' from [[Warner Home Video]] on September 14, 2010, which has the full uncut 98 minute version in 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen, but no extra features. |
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==Spinoffs== |
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The film, which was originally based on a comic, was adapted into [[Timecop (comic)|a two-issue comic book series]]. |
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* A TV version [[Timecop (TV series)|of the same name]] was [[Spin-off (media)|spun off]], running for nine episodes in [[1997 in television|1997]] on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]].<ref>{{cite news|title= ABC Invests $15 Million in 'Timecop'|work= The Los Angeles Times|date=1996-10-25|url= http://articles.latimes.com/1996-10-25/entertainment/ca-57615_1_abc-show|accessdate=2010-08-31|first=Brian|last=Lowry}}</ref> It starred [[Ted King (actor)|T.W. King]] as Jack Logan and [[Cristi Conaway]] as Claire Hemmings. |
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* ''[[Timecop 2: The Berlin Decision]]'', a direct-to-DVD sequel was released in [[2003 in film|2003]], starring [[Jason Scott Lee]] and [[Thomas Ian Griffith]], and directed by [[Steve Boyum]].<ref>{{cite news|title= Timecop 2: The Berlin Decision |work= [[Cinefantastique]]|date=|url= http://cinefantastiqueonline.com/2010/07/timecop-2-the-berlin-decision/|accessdate=2010-11-28}}</ref> |
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* A [[Timecop (video game)|game based on the movie]] was developed by [[Cryo Interactive]] and released on the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] in [[1995 in video gaming|1995]].<ref>{{cite news|title= Timecop |work= [[Moby Games]]|date=|url= http://www.mobygames.com/game/snes/timecop|accessdate=2010-11-28}}</ref> |
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* A series of tie-in novels by author Dan Parkinson published in 1997–1999 featured the Jack Logan character from the television series. |
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*In 2010, Universal announced a reboot of the film, with [[Marc Shmuger]] producing alongside Tom McNulty.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2010/09/20/timecop-reboot-in-the-works-jean-claude-van-damme-wont-be-invited-back|title='TimeCop' Reboot In The Works, Jean-Claude Van Damme 'Won't Be Invited Back'|first=Josh|last=Wigler}}</ref><ref>[http://hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/universal-plans-timecop-reboot-533478 Universal Plans 'Timecop' Reboot (Exclusive)]</ref> |
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==References== |
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==External links== |
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* {{IMDb title|0111438}} |
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* {{Amg movie|132310}} |
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* {{tcmdb title|93404}} |
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* {{rotten-tomatoes|timecop}} |
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* {{Mojo title|timecop}} |
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