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Wednesday 31 July 2019

Timecop (1994)

Often cited by Jean-Claude Van Damme devotees as being one of the star's better efforts, Dir. Peter Hyams' film is a time-hopping sci-fi actioner with some awful fight scenes that are badly shot and even more poorly assembled. The film relies on clichés built atop clichés and the comic-booky plot frequently makes little sense and/or contradicts its own established rules.
As for Van Damme, he brings nothing of value to the role that many equally physical actors couldn't have did just as well (or better). His chemistry with onscreen wife Mia Sara, his love for whom is supposed to be a crucial aspect of characterisation, is laughable, as is her unsurprisingly bad acting. If you're not a JCVD fan, there may be very little to interest you in Timecrap.

1 breakable window out of 5

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