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Post by Testudo86 on Apr 18, 2017 12:14:46 GMT
A complete success, JCVD's highest-grossing film at the box office, the JC film that critics and fans most praised. Super acting and an amazing science fiction story. Still unbelievable it doesn't got a sequel.
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Post by Nidwel on Apr 18, 2017 12:48:20 GMT
AAAHH the good old time ! What a cult classic !
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Post by Gen. Miro on Apr 18, 2017 13:01:09 GMT
Indeed. They could've played the whole time travel scenario with some more sequels. Actually, there is a DTV sequel and a TV series But no JCVD ... and looking at them now with the other (Kickboxer sequels, Bloodsport sequels, Cyborg sequels ...) Damme!! so much missed potential franchises for JCVD. That's why I am fingers crossed for him to star in Kickboxer 3 and the planned KILL 'EM ALL sequel(s).
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Post by Testudo86 on Apr 18, 2017 14:11:14 GMT
I think a sequel could still work with Peter Hyams on board and a decent budget but seems JC always wanted to leave the film alone, probably JC think that he can't do better than this and is more open to do a sequel of "Double Impact" or "Lionheart".
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Post by Nidwel on Apr 18, 2017 14:21:18 GMT
A sequel of Lionheart is more possible than Double Imapcte 2 it seems but I heard back in the day that Jean-Claude wanted Jet Li for a Timecop sequal , it was in early 2000 or just after. But I think it was just a rumor...
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Post by Testudo86 on Apr 18, 2017 17:39:15 GMT
Great fight scene.
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Post by doriankray on Apr 22, 2017 17:28:34 GMT
Absolutely love timecop and hasn't dated at all. Watch it quite regular. The late great Ron silver plays a great villain
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Post by Replicant on Apr 24, 2017 11:22:55 GMT
Very nice Brazilian article about Timecop. poltronanerd.com.br/filmes/na-prateleira-timecop-o-guardiao-do-tempo-a-excelente-adaptacao-dos-quadrinhos-estrelada-por-van-damme-50510?utm_source=ReviveOldPost&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=ReviveOldPost Translation by Google: On the Shelf | Timecop - The Guardian of Time: The Great Comic Starring Adaptation by Van Damme
23/04/2017
In the 1990s few comic books were successfully adapted to the cinema. The best, though unknown, is Timecop - The Time Guardian (1994), a film inspired by Mark Verheiden's HQ and designed by Phil Hester and Chris Warner, who appeared in the comic anthology Dark Horse Comics.
Mixing action and science fiction, the film was directed by Peter Hyams and stars Belgian star Jean-Claude Van Damme, who performs here his best performance. It was in this film that the actor proves to be more than muscle and cheer, giving personality and depth to his character.
In the plot, when time travel is improved and can be used safely, criminals take advantage of this technology to commit new offenses. A new type of policing is created to ensure that the invention is not misused. Police officer Max Walker (Jean-Claude Van Damme), who works in this division, discovers that corrupt politician McComb (Ron Silver) wants to use time travel to become president. The persecution begins when the senator discovers that the policeman is in his pursuit to unmask him.
Van Damme manages to combine his efficiency in the sequences of action with a dramatic performance never before seen. Max Walker needs to deal daily with the loss of his wife (Mia Sara), knowing that he can recover it at any time if he travels in time and change the facts that led to her death. But he is aware that technology can not be used for his own benefit. As his investigations deepen, he begins to notice a web of interlocking episodes in his life and the date of his wife's death.
The success of Timecop was so great that in 1995 it won a game for Super Nintendo. In 1997, ABC commissioned a TV series, which lasted only nine episodes. However, the long-awaited sequel to Van Damme never happened, but in 2003 a DVD movie was released entitled Timecop 2: The Berlin Decision, starring Jason Scott Lee.
Timecop can be found on DVD and Blu-ray in the best stores. A movie that deserves to be on the shelf.
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Post by doriankray on Apr 24, 2017 17:37:06 GMT
Nice article
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Post by Claudia on Oct 5, 2017 6:34:17 GMT
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Post by Replicant on Dec 6, 2017 15:55:40 GMT
Podcast: twogeeksinbed.com/2017/12/06/find-that-film-timecop/Find That Film: Timecop Posted on December 6, 2017 by ThatWeirdGirl As you have no doubt surmised by now, we didn’t do very well during time travel month. Man…if only there were some kind of machine I could use to go back and make this right. Then again the Time Cops would probably come get me. Apparently historically learning from your mistakes isn’t allowed in the vast, sprawling future of 2004. Or so Timecop would have you believe. Here, we look at Jean Claude Van Damme‘s single largest grossing film…that is judged entirely too harshly by critics nowadays. Given that it has a huge action star in a time travel movie is about where the comparisons to The Terminator should end. They are entirely different creatures. That being said, if you’re the type of cinema snob that refuses to watch a movie simply because the Muscles from Brussels is in it, you’re letting a decent, if somewhat budgetarily understated sci-fi action movie get right past you. Ron Silver plays a villain here, and he’s so good at it, you’ll be mad that he didn’t do it more often(Blue Steel notwithstanding). Throw in the fact that this movie also features Bruce McGill, doing here what he does best, making others shine, and I say it’s a damn shame that people dump on this movie because there’s a few bad CGI effects (in a 1994 movie) and some splits.
Find Timecop. Your future as you know it could be in jeopardy!
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Post by Testudo86 on Dec 15, 2017 19:33:45 GMT
It's a damn shame that Italy still didn't get a blu-ray of "Timecop". Hope all the references in Van Johnson will move something in the distribution.
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Post by Claudia on Mar 17, 2018 11:00:03 GMT
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Post by Replicant on Apr 23, 2018 20:14:26 GMT
Timecop: When Van Damme Did Action Sci-Fi Right by Ultimate Commander · April 23, 2018 Celebrating Van Damme’s Sci-Fi Classic Timecop (1994)
If Jean-Claude Van Damme were to ever get his hands on a time machine, he might well be tempted to travel back to September 16, 1994. That was the day Timecop hit cinemas and the moment JCVD’s career changed forever. Previous hits like Kickboxer had essentially served as showcases for the Muscles from Brussels’ fighting abilities alone but this was different.
Here was a film that defied genre convention to deliver an enjoyably slick sci-fi yarn alongside the usual high kicking action. It also proved something else: Van Damme could act. Earning Van Damme his first set of favourable reviews from the critics, Timecop also went on to rake in over $100 million worldwide and remains the Belgian’s top grossing movie. So how did it happen?
Timecop’s origins can be traced back to the world of comics. In 1992, Mike Richardson and Mark Verheiden teamed up to write a three-part story, which was drawn by artist Ron Randall for the launch of a new Dark Horse Comics anthology. “Time Cop: A Man Out Of Time” told the story of a criminal and his robot bodyguard, who travel back to 1930s South Africa to rob a diamond mine. They are eventually tracked down by Max Walker, a Time Enforcement Commission (TEC) agent tasked with apprehending illegal time travelers. The criminal is caught soon enough, but Walker is forced to return back in time again after discovering that the robotic bodyguard is wreaking havoc with his own timeline.
Read more here: ultimateactionmovies.com/timecop-when-van-damme-did-action-sci-fi-right/
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Post by Claudia on May 2, 2018 19:34:19 GMT
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