Walker’s battle with McComb’s henchmen in a vacant warehouse is also one of the film’s action highlights, with one of McComb’s henchmen suffering a particularly eye-catching end. Happily ever after Signature move Timecop under the gun
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The film also takes full advantage of Van Damme’s fame as the king of splits in two different fight sequences, the latter coming during an attack on Walker’s apartment by a pair of McComb’s hitmen that’s one of the more electrifying moments of Van Damme’s career in the early nineties.
Max’s first real display of his physical abilities comes not in an actual fight sequence, but in him casually holding the foot to a purse-snatcher’s face to get him to return the stolen item (the purse snatcher has a second encounter with Walker’s older self later in probably the film’s biggest laugh). The action sequences in “Timecop” are a tad more traditional than in something like “ Bloodsport”, but audiences will nevertheless walk away feeling like they’ve gotten their money’s worth. McComb may be the kind of villain who lets his henchmen do all the heavy-lifting, but that doesn’t stop him from emerging as one of the most memorable, and quotable, villains to ever appear in a Van Damme movie. His first meeting with Walker at TEC headquarters is a deliciously veiled verbal sparring-match between a law-enforcement officer who knows he’s got his man right in front of him, and a bad guy daring him to make his move in front his superiors. Ron Silver all but steals the film with his performance as the conniving Senator McComb, played by Silver as the quintessential slimy politician, and an extremely potty-mouthed one, at that (he single-handedly drops about ninety-percent of the f-bombs in the film). I, for one, am not about to lose any more sleep thinking over the time paradoxes of the birth of John Connor any more than I am the time-travelling machinations of Senator Aaron McComb, so as with any time-travel movie, it’s best to just sit back and enjoy the ride with “Timecop”.Ĭan you do this Nice shot Some altered matter “Timecop” not only involves far more zig-zagging from the past to present and vice-versa, but also just as intimately plays with the idea of the present as we know it already being the result of changes to the past, with said changes being even more complicated by further trips to the past. Indeed, thinking about the logical implications of time-travel raised by “Timecop” is arguably even more paradoxical and intellectually maddening than those raised by Skynet. While the origins of “Timecop” stem from its limited-run Dark Horse comic book series, the film, arriving just three years after “Terminator 2: Judgment Day”, bears a pretty clear James Cameron influence, as well. With his new partner, Agent Sarah Fielding, Walker heads back to 1994 to put a stop to McComb’s time-travelling heist, and before long, uncovers the dark truth behind his late wife’s murder. Timecop to the time machine Happy times Mind your headĪfter busting his former partner, Lyle Atwood, for travelling back to launder money in 1929, Walker learns that Atwood was working for Senator Aaron McComb, who has been financing his Presidential campaign by sending associates back in time to steal money. police officer Max Walker now works as a TEC agent, with his dedication to the organization’s mission stopping him from going back to 1994 to prevent the murder of his wife, Melissa. Fast forward to 2004, and former Washington D.C. In the year 1994, the development of time-travel leads to the formation of the Time Enforcement Commission, with the aim of preventing illicit time-travellers from altering the past and potentially unleashing cataclysmic consequences in the future. Scott Bellis also appears as TEC’s tech support man, Ricky, while Jason Schombing plays Walker’s former partner, Lyle Atwood, who becomes a somewhat reluctant lackey of McComb’s. Bruce McGill plays Walker’s TEC superior, Commander Eugene Matuzak, while Gloria Reuben plays Walker’s fellow TEC Agent, Sarah Fielding. Mia Sara portrays Walker’s wife Melissa, who through the miracle of time-travel is a strong presence in the film despite being murdered in the opening reel. Jean-Claude Van Damme steps into the role of Agent Max Walker of the Time Enforcement Commission (TEC), who finds himself hotly pursuing United States Senator and Rogue Presidential candidate Aaron McComb, played by the late Ron Silver.
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