• Timecop (1994) -- Intriguing premise around exciting action, 7/10. TWEET a review with the #JPMN hashtag, and have it featured! ~~ Movie Night Reviews ~~ Incorporating viewer comments, your host and film critic Jonathan Paula reviews everything from opening day releases, recent DVDs, upcoming trailers, and classics from years past. Along with your votes, each film is scored on the "Rate-O-Matic" for a 1-10 ranking. A "Five Word Summary" quickly encapsulates each review while "Factor Facts" highlight a film's best and worst features in ten key categories. Each "Quick Review" is an excerpt from a full episode, which airs on the Jogwheel channel every Friday, November - May. Born in February 1986, Jonathan Paula is a professional YouTuber, and creator of the hit web series, "Is It A Good Idea To Microwave This?". He graduated from Emerson College in 2008 with a degree in Television Production / Radio Broadcasting. He currently lives in Rockingham, NH with his wife Rebecca. ~~ Watch More Reviews ~~ Browse By Year ----- http://bit.ly/MNYear Browse By Rating --- http://bit.ly/MNRating Trailer Reviews ------- http://bit.ly/MNTrailers ~~ Channels, Social Media, & More ~~ Jogwheel (Main channel) --- http://bit.ly/Jogwheel Jon's World (2nd channel) - http://bit.ly/JonWorld The Microwave Show -------- http://bit.ly/TMSArchive Twitter ----------------------------- http://bit.ly/JonTW Facebook ------------------------ http://bit.ly/JonFBFan Live Shows ---------------------- http://bit.ly/JogLive T-Shirts --------------------------- http://bit.ly/JogStore ~~ Technical Credits ~~ Created by ------ Jonathan Paula Camera ---------- Panasonic HMC-150 Microphone ----- Sennheiser ME 66 Software --------- Adobe Premiere Pro CC Computer ------- http://bit.ly/JAV010 • Jogwheel Productions © 2014 • ~~ Review Script ~~ Director Peter Hyams brought us this thrilling sci-fi action film in September of 1994, based on a story from Dark Horse Comics by Mike Richardson and Mark Verheiden. This is one of those rare, and wonderful movies where the entire concept is laid out right in the title... "TimeCop". Indeed, Jean-Claude Van Damme stars as a time traveling police officer in the futuristic year of 2004, who is sent back a decade to prevent his wife's death, and to stop Ron Silver from meddling with the timeline for his own personal gain. Van Damme remarks on this aggravating predicament, "If I can't go back to save her; this scumbag is not going back to steal money." Despite it's rather ambitious premise, this 98-minute remains JCVD's highest grossing film as a lead-actor, earning over $100 million against its $27 million dollar budget. Eventually, it spawned a nine-episode TV series, a Super Nintendo video game, and a direct-to-DVD sequel. Keeping with tradition, the Belgian-born actor once again strips completely nude to show off that chiseled body of his, and isn't afraid to poke fun at his strong French accent - and on the acting side of things, he's expectedly less than impressive. Silver however is perfectly evil and conniving as the time-tempering politician who wants to rule the world, and familiar character actor Bruce McGill is also great as a trusty temporal police chief - a role very similar to his guest appearance on Star Trek: Voyager a few years later. Mia Sara is featured as the wife, but spends more of her time wearing shoulder pads and looking confused than really contributing to the plot. On the plus side, Ferris Bueller old girlfriend does go topless in one scene. Showing off his split-kicks, and martial arts skills, the title character attempts to 'put right' which others made wrong, as the R-rated story remains interesting and entertaining throughout. While the visual effects used to create time-travel look like a hokey web-cam effect, the rest of the production design, costumes, and art direction is pretty solid: bringing to life a well-imagined, if overly optimistic version of the future. Plus, scenes where characters interact with older versions of themselves are decently convincing. The score from Mark Isham is typical 90's action fare, with bombastic overtones emphasizing the high-octane fist-fights and gun-play. Side-stepping some plot holes and inconsistencies, the movie exits with a truly explosive bang, and should leave most audiences smiling. A familiar and flawed adventure that doesn't really have any morals or themes to impart, this picture is still very enjoyable on multiple viewings. "Timecop", "Intriguing premise around exciting action." ~

• published: 19 Mar 2014
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