Jean-Claude-Van-Damme Movie Reviews
VHS movie reviews for "Jean-Claude-Van-Damme" sorted by average review score:
Kickboxer
Released in VHS Tape by Vidmark/Trimark (14 March, 2000)
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme
Average review score: 
Better than "Bloodsport"...Yes, this movie was better than "Bloodsport." Basically, as one reviewer said, it's a basic plot: good guy's brother gets beat up, good guy trains real hard and beats bad guy. However, they did it so cool:) When Van Damme goes to Thailand, the movie gets awesome. There are some very nice Thai fights in the ring (both in the background AND during Van Damme's bouts). The training scenes are rather long (always a plus with martial arts movies) however they aren't accurate to Muay Thai. Why? Thai boxers don't do Van damme's "splits kick," among other things. And Thai boxers (in the old days) kicked banana trees (with rubber bark), NOT palm trees. Don't let this movie influence you to go try and kick down a tree with your shin. There, that being said. Go watch this movie:) Still want more? Hmmm... cool music (the old guy's flute rules), beautiful women, and comedy. What else is there?
The Best Van Damme EVer Made!!I own many movies of Van DAmme...(not to sound kocky or anything)But let me tell you this is his best movie ever..better than bloodsport!! Van Damme is (Nuk Sue Coa) A.K.A. the great White Warrior...he tries to fight Tong poi after he kills his brother in a kickboxing match...Van Damme trains and trains and finally gets to get in a match with Tong Poi. The Action and fighting sequences are amazing..The intensity is also astonishing as well. Believe me blood sport was good but the intensity doesn't compare..Trust me...if u don't own this movie..ur missing out...and im the one missing out..cuz this movie is out of print!!! And i can find it naywhere....But if u do see this buy it..and please don't hesistate..!!!
My fav Van Damne movie everThis movie kicked ass, with karate fighting.He fights Tong Po and kicks his ass.This is the best Van Damne movie ever.
Kickboxer
Released in VHS Tape by Vidmark/Trimark (14 March, 2000)
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme
Average review score:
Better than "Bloodsport"...Yes, this movie was better than "Bloodsport." Basically, as one reviewer said, it's a basic plot: good guy's brother gets beat up, good guy trains real hard and beats bad guy. However, they did it so cool:) When Van Damme goes to Thailand, the movie gets awesome. There are some very nice Thai fights in the ring (both in the background AND during Van Damme's bouts). The training scenes are rather long (always a plus with martial arts movies) however they aren't accurate to Muay Thai. Why? Thai boxers don't do Van damme's "splits kick," among other things. And Thai boxers (in the old days) kicked banana trees (with rubber bark), NOT palm trees. Don't let this movie influence you to go try and kick down a tree with your shin. There, that being said. Go watch this movie:) Still want more? Hmmm... cool music (the old guy's flute rules), beautiful women, and comedy. What else is there?
The Best Van Damme EVer Made!!I own many movies of Van DAmme...(not to sound kocky or anything)But let me tell you this is his best movie ever..better than bloodsport!! Van Damme is (Nuk Sue Coa) A.K.A. the great White Warrior...he tries to fight Tong poi after he kills his brother in a kickboxing match...Van Damme trains and trains and finally gets to get in a match with Tong Poi. The Action and fighting sequences are amazing..The intensity is also astonishing as well. Believe me blood sport was good but the intensity doesn't compare..Trust me...if u don't own this movie..ur missing out...and im the one missing out..cuz this movie is out of print!!! And i can find it naywhere....But if u do see this buy it..and please don't hesistate..!!!
My fav Van Damne movie everThis movie kicked ass, with karate fighting.He fights Tong Po and kicks his ass.This is the best Van Damne movie ever.
Kickboxer
Released in VHS Tape by Hbo Studios (13 January, 1998)
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme
Average review score:
Better than "Bloodsport"...Yes, this movie was better than "Bloodsport." Basically, as one reviewer said, it's a basic plot: good guy's brother gets beat up, good guy trains real hard and beats bad guy. However, they did it so cool:) When Van Damme goes to Thailand, the movie gets awesome. There are some very nice Thai fights in the ring (both in the background AND during Van Damme's bouts). The training scenes are rather long (always a plus with martial arts movies) however they aren't accurate to Muay Thai. Why? Thai boxers don't do Van damme's "splits kick," among other things. And Thai boxers (in the old days) kicked banana trees (with rubber bark), NOT palm trees. Don't let this movie influence you to go try and kick down a tree with your shin. There, that being said. Go watch this movie:) Still want more? Hmmm... cool music (the old guy's flute rules), beautiful women, and comedy. What else is there?
The Best Van Damme EVer Made!!I own many movies of Van DAmme...(not to sound kocky or anything)But let me tell you this is his best movie ever..better than bloodsport!! Van Damme is (Nuk Sue Coa) A.K.A. the great White Warrior...he tries to fight Tong poi after he kills his brother in a kickboxing match...Van Damme trains and trains and finally gets to get in a match with Tong Poi. The Action and fighting sequences are amazing..The intensity is also astonishing as well. Believe me blood sport was good but the intensity doesn't compare..Trust me...if u don't own this movie..ur missing out...and im the one missing out..cuz this movie is out of print!!! And i can find it naywhere....But if u do see this buy it..and please don't hesistate..!!!
My fav Van Damne movie everThis movie kicked ass, with karate fighting.He fights Tong Po and kicks his ass.This is the best Van Damne movie ever.
Kickboxer
Released in VHS Tape by Hbo Studios (13 January, 1998)
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme
Average review score:
Better than "Bloodsport"...Yes, this movie was better than "Bloodsport." Basically, as one reviewer said, it's a basic plot: good guy's brother gets beat up, good guy trains real hard and beats bad guy. However, they did it so cool:) When Van Damme goes to Thailand, the movie gets awesome. There are some very nice Thai fights in the ring (both in the background AND during Van Damme's bouts). The training scenes are rather long (always a plus with martial arts movies) however they aren't accurate to Muay Thai. Why? Thai boxers don't do Van damme's "splits kick," among other things. And Thai boxers (in the old days) kicked banana trees (with rubber bark), NOT palm trees. Don't let this movie influence you to go try and kick down a tree with your shin. There, that being said. Go watch this movie:) Still want more? Hmmm... cool music (the old guy's flute rules), beautiful women, and comedy. What else is there?
The Best Van Damme EVer Made!!I own many movies of Van DAmme...(not to sound kocky or anything)But let me tell you this is his best movie ever..better than bloodsport!! Van Damme is (Nuk Sue Coa) A.K.A. the great White Warrior...he tries to fight Tong poi after he kills his brother in a kickboxing match...Van Damme trains and trains and finally gets to get in a match with Tong Poi. The Action and fighting sequences are amazing..The intensity is also astonishing as well. Believe me blood sport was good but the intensity doesn't compare..Trust me...if u don't own this movie..ur missing out...and im the one missing out..cuz this movie is out of print!!! And i can find it naywhere....But if u do see this buy it..and please don't hesistate..!!!
My fav Van Damne movie everThis movie kicked ass, with karate fighting.He fights Tong Po and kicks his ass.This is the best Van Damne movie ever.
Bloodsport
Released in VHS Tape by Warner Studios (19 October, 1994)
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Donald Gibb, and Leah Ayres
A well-oiled Jean-Claude Van Damme makes his starring debut in what may be one of the few kickboxing films to be based on a true story. The Muscles from Brussels plays Frank Dux, the first Westerner ever to win the extreme "whupfest" known as the Kumatai (a long-running, no-holds-barred fighting tournament in Hong Kong). While a bit deficient in the script department (to say the least), this undeniably exciting flick succeeds by letting Van Damme play to his strengths: namely, minimal acting and a lot of impossibly acrobatic splits while kicking people in the head. A guilty-pleasure testosterone blast of the highest order, with a memorable villain (the massive Bolo Yeung from Enter the Dragon), and a multitude of well-choreographed fight scenes. An embarrassed-looking Forest Whitaker cameos as a hapless (and non-kickboxing) cop. --Andrew Wright
Average review score:
Everyone loved these kind of movies until they saw the U.F.CHow naïve were we back in the day. When this came out every wanna be tough guy was mimicking it. Then the Ultimate fighting Championship came around and showed us all how useless spinning round kicks were. Once you see a real fight, you just watch these fight sequences and just shake your head and wonder how they could destroy such a great true story. The true story of Frank Dux sounds very interesting, but his name will be forever attached to the now has been that is Jeanne-Claude Van Damme. Most of us wish that Jeanne-Claude's only role was the role of Predator in a blue body suite that they would basically blur out and show only the tracers. He only did that role for one day then quit. I imagine he wanted to K.O. his agent after booking him for that role. Ironically, many people including myself believe that this was his best role. Talk about depressing. Peaking your career at arguably the lowest point of cinima.
Best Van Damme Movie EVER!This movie great, I fell in love with it when I hired it from my local video store. I own it on video now, but I would recommend DVD, because DVD would enable you to do some slow motion on those fight scenes! Very Cool! But thanks to the makers of the film there is already cool slow motion inserted in the right places!
I would get bored seeing the whole movie over and over, thats why I watch the final fight over and over! Its so cool! There are some other cool fight scenes in the film, but the final fight takes the gold!
My recommendation: BUY THE DVD!
CHONG LI! CHONG LI! CHONG LI! CHONG LI! CHONG LI! CHONG LI!This movie is so Hardcore Barry Windham, that i almost spilt my under-cheese all over my security blanket. Van Damme's preformance is golden, but Chong Li! holds the torch tighter than a cat that has the power to shrink itself. Everytime I watch this totally radical, creative masterpiece, it gets me wetter than watching a flash-kick about to take out your pyscho-crusher. My only problem, with this movie is, that the monkey-man gets defeated. He is clearly the most well developed character besides the main actors, and i feel that he should have a spin-off movie called "Monkey-Man and Ray Jackson versus the Amazin-Fruit Bears and their dark legion of Gooch-berzerkers." Otherwise, this movie rocks my socks off hotter than Axel Rose in a red spandex (and thats pretty damn hot).
Replicant
Released in VHS Tape by Artisan (Fox Video) (16 October, 2001)
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme and Michael Rooker
Jean-Claude Van Damme (star of Timecop and Universal Soldier) plays two roles in this surprisingly good action thriller. Replicant also stars Michael Rooker (of Henry, Portrait of a Serial Killer, The Replacement Killers) as Jake Riley, a cop who's been tracking a serial killer called "The Torch" (Van Damme). Frustrated, Riley decides to retire--and the National Security Department makes him an offer: they've cloned "The Torch" as part of a program to track down terrorists; they'll turn this replicant (Van Damme again, of course) over to Riley as a sort of test run for the program. The idea is that the replicant will slowly recall the original person's memories and lead the cops to the original. It's ridiculous, but no more ridiculous than the setup for the highly successful Face/Off, and it works just as well as the engine for an effective action flick. What makes Replicant more unusual is that the writers actually put some thought into the relationship between Riley and the replicant, which starts to mirror parent-child relationships in emotionally complex ways. Furthermore, while it's no surprise that Rooker gives a solid performance, it is surprising that Van Damme does just as good a job in both of his roles--he's perfectly creepy as the serial killer and genuinely affecting as the quickly developing replicant, projecting a mixture of innocence and turmoil. Replicant was directed by Hong Kong director Ringo Lam, the man behind Full Contact and City on Fire. He was clearly working on a limited budget, but the movie looks good, moves with lean efficiency, and has some riveting action sequences and good quality effects--the scenes where Van Damme (inevitably!) fights himself are completely convincing. A satisfying movie. --Bret Fetzer
Average review score:
One of Van Damme's bestWhile Jean-Claude Van Damme may be a direct to video action star now, Replicant is a surprisingly good film that should have seen time in theaters instead of other Van Damme flops like Knock Off and Double Team. The storyline, which has Van Damme doing double duty as a serial killer called The Torch and a clone of the killer, is instantly ignored as we see how surprisingly creepy and effective Van Damme is as the killer, and how naive and innocent he is as the developing clone. Michael Rooker is great as well (he always is though) as the ex-cop on the killer's trail. The action scenes are very well put together, and as I said before, the acting from Van Damme is so unbelieveably good in his dual roles that you might forgive him for films like Street Fighter and The Quest (well, maybe not), but all in all, Replicant is one of Van Damme's best, and it is a shame it has gone direct to video.
For a Van Damme anyway...Okay, folks. Nobody is going to mistake Jean Claude for Al Pacino, but let's be honest - he's a fun actor with a slew of fun movies. If you like action and martial arts, you can't help but admire the master (and former world-champion) Jean Claude Van-Damme.
Directed by Ringo Lam (Maximum Risk) the action sequences are as realistic as they come (que the apartment exposion with debris floating over innocent passer-by's down below). This is a direct-to-video flick, but the budget is higher than most theatrical blow-busters ... Yes, Van Damme squares off against himself (again), but this time, it manages to be fun (unlike Double Impact where the acting is simply grotesque). The music is complimentary to the dark theme, and the acting is (surprisingly) average. ... For Van Damme fans, you'll love it. The protagonist, Van Damme, is silly but interesting. The antagonist, Van Damme, is convincing as if our former world-champ missed his calling in non-verbal roles as the broad-shouldered bad-ass capable of defeating even a Terminator.
Okay, okay. Yes, I love Van Damme flicks. But this film is simply cool. There are no stupid one-liners or ridiculous special-effects. The stunts are amazing, and Jean Claude finally returns to the amazing arts we haven't seen since Kickboxer or Bloodsport.
If you love Van Damme, you'll cheer over this flick. If not, drive through. This movie is fun and full of explosions, fight-sequences, incredible accidents and thrill-rides. Enjoy, and rok on, Jean Claude! You're still the man!
This is one of Van Damme's BEST!I saw this movie earlier this year, very good effects, stunts, fights, characters, story, acting and all! The entire package is there! I would recommend getting this movie on DVD. Its one of Van Damme's BEST films ever.
Replicant
Released in VHS Tape by Artisan (Fox Video) (26 February, 2002)
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme and Michael Rooker
Jean-Claude Van Damme (star of Timecop and Universal Soldier) plays two roles in this surprisingly good action thriller. Replicant also stars Michael Rooker (of Henry, Portrait of a Serial Killer, The Replacement Killers) as Jake Riley, a cop who's been tracking a serial killer called "The Torch" (Van Damme). Frustrated, Riley decides to retire--and the National Security Department makes him an offer: they've cloned "The Torch" as part of a program to track down terrorists; they'll turn this replicant (Van Damme again, of course) over to Riley as a sort of test run for the program. The idea is that the replicant will slowly recall the original person's memories and lead the cops to the original. It's ridiculous, but no more ridiculous than the setup for the highly successful Face/Off, and it works just as well as the engine for an effective action flick. What makes Replicant more unusual is that the writers actually put some thought into the relationship between Riley and the replicant, which starts to mirror parent-child relationships in emotionally complex ways. Furthermore, while it's no surprise that Rooker gives a solid performance, it is surprising that Van Damme does just as good a job in both of his roles--he's perfectly creepy as the serial killer and genuinely affecting as the quickly developing replicant, projecting a mixture of innocence and turmoil. Replicant was directed by Hong Kong director Ringo Lam, the man behind Full Contact and City on Fire. He was clearly working on a limited budget, but the movie looks good, moves with lean efficiency, and has some riveting action sequences and good quality effects--the scenes where Van Damme (inevitably!) fights himself are completely convincing. A satisfying movie. --Bret Fetzer
Average review score:
Two Van Dammes,One Damme Good Movie...I hate to say it but Van Damme's days as a box office superstar are over and probally we'll never see one of his flicks in theaters again.Replicant another film that went straight to video is a surprisingly good film.The film is directed by Ringo Ram,who also directed "Maximum Risk$Q brings alot of story and thought into the picture.Even though we've seen two Van Dammes before like in "Double Impact" this one has a more convincing story.Michael Rooker who plays Detective Jake Riley really does a great job acting.Van Dammes acting was also good and it's the first time he's really acted like a child,it's really funny.Even though liscensed critics down the movie,I however like it enough so that I own the DVD,it's a great film to watch if you like drama,action and a great sequence to a storyline.
Van Damn!The Replicant proves that Van Damme can really act. He again portrays two people as in Double Impact. He is both a villan and his DNA duplicate...hence "Replicant". Van Damme displays a great range of emotions as the Replicant like a child discovering the world. As the villan he's truly psycho. The feds make the Replicant of this serial killer called the Torch in hopes of learning how to catch him. The story line will keep you watching, in suspense and guessing. Don't look for all of the usual martial arts scenes here.
This is one of Van Damme's BEST!I saw this movie earlier this year, very good effects, stunts, fights, characters, story, acting and all! The entire package is there! I would recommend getting this movie on DVD. Its one of Van Damme's BEST films ever.
Replicant
Released in VHS Tape by Artisan (Fox Video) (20 August, 2002)
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme and Michael Rooker
Jean-Claude Van Damme (star of Timecop and Universal Soldier) plays two roles in this surprisingly good action thriller. Replicant also stars Michael Rooker (of Henry, Portrait of a Serial Killer, The Replacement Killers) as Jake Riley, a cop who's been tracking a serial killer called "The Torch" (Van Damme). Frustrated, Riley decides to retire--and the National Security Department makes him an offer: they've cloned "The Torch" as part of a program to track down terrorists; they'll turn this replicant (Van Damme again, of course) over to Riley as a sort of test run for the program. The idea is that the replicant will slowly recall the original person's memories and lead the cops to the original. It's ridiculous, but no more ridiculous than the setup for the highly successful Face/Off, and it works just as well as the engine for an effective action flick. What makes Replicant more unusual is that the writers actually put some thought into the relationship between Riley and the replicant, which starts to mirror parent-child relationships in emotionally complex ways. Furthermore, while it's no surprise that Rooker gives a solid performance, it is surprising that Van Damme does just as good a job in both of his roles--he's perfectly creepy as the serial killer and genuinely affecting as the quickly developing replicant, projecting a mixture of innocence and turmoil. Replicant was directed by Hong Kong director Ringo Lam, the man behind Full Contact and City on Fire. He was clearly working on a limited budget, but the movie looks good, moves with lean efficiency, and has some riveting action sequences and good quality effects--the scenes where Van Damme (inevitably!) fights himself are completely convincing. A satisfying movie. --Bret Fetzer
Average review score:
One of Van Damme's bestWhile Jean-Claude Van Damme may be a direct to video action star now, Replicant is a surprisingly good film that should have seen time in theaters instead of other Van Damme flops like Knock Off and Double Team. The storyline, which has Van Damme doing double duty as a serial killer called The Torch and a clone of the killer, is instantly ignored as we see how surprisingly creepy and effective Van Damme is as the killer, and how naive and innocent he is as the developing clone. Michael Rooker is great as well (he always is though) as the ex-cop on the killer's trail. The action scenes are very well put together, and as I said before, the acting from Van Damme is so unbelieveably good in his dual roles that you might forgive him for films like Street Fighter and The Quest (well, maybe not), but all in all, Replicant is one of Van Damme's best, and it is a shame it has gone direct to video.
For a Van Damme anyway...Okay, folks. Nobody is going to mistake Jean Claude for Al Pacino, but let's be honest - he's a fun actor with a slew of fun movies. If you like action and martial arts, you can't help but admire the master (and former world-champion) Jean Claude Van-Damme.
Directed by Ringo Lam (Maximum Risk) the action sequences are as realistic as they come (que the apartment exposion with debris floating over innocent passer-by's down below). This is a direct-to-video flick, but the budget is higher than most theatrical blow-busters ... Yes, Van Damme squares off against himself (again), but this time, it manages to be fun (unlike Double Impact where the acting is simply grotesque). The music is complimentary to the dark theme, and the acting is (surprisingly) average. ... For Van Damme fans, you'll love it. The protagonist, Van Damme, is silly but interesting. The antagonist, Van Damme, is convincing as if our former world-champ missed his calling in non-verbal roles as the broad-shouldered bad-ass capable of defeating even a Terminator.
Okay, okay. Yes, I love Van Damme flicks. But this film is simply cool. There are no stupid one-liners or ridiculous special-effects. The stunts are amazing, and Jean Claude finally returns to the amazing arts we haven't seen since Kickboxer or Bloodsport.
If you love Van Damme, you'll cheer over this flick. If not, drive through. This movie is fun and full of explosions, fight-sequences, incredible accidents and thrill-rides. Enjoy, and rok on, Jean Claude! You're still the man!
This is one of Van Damme's BEST!I saw this movie earlier this year, very good effects, stunts, fights, characters, story, acting and all! The entire package is there! I would recommend getting this movie on DVD. Its one of Van Damme's BEST films ever.
Hard Target
Released in VHS Tape by Universal Studios (01 February, 2000)
Starring: Lance Henriksen, Yancy Butler, and Jean-Claude Van Damme
Jean-Claude Van Damme, "the Muscles from Brussels," has sought to revitalize his flagging career by working with the most adrenalized directors from Hong Kong action films. His first such effort was this, the umpteenth remake of The Most Dangerous Game, which teamed him with Hong Kong's most fluid action poet, John Woo. Woo does what he can but, as much magic as he injects into the action, he can't turn Van Damme into an actor. Still, this is above-average fare for the wooden Belgian, in which he plays a guy trying to bust a ring of hunters who pay for the right to track and kill human quarry. And Woo has the ever-reliable Lance Henriksen as the chief bad guy, always a plus. --Marshall Fine
Average review score:
God Damn Van Damme!Let me just say here and now that I hate Jean Claude Van Damme. Loathe, detest, despise; all these words spring to mind when I think of him.
It is therefore a tribute to the talents of his co-stars and director that I quite enjoyed this movie. If this film had cast someone else as it's lead I would probably have loved it.
Let's start with the direction shall we? I'm sure you're only looking this up as you're a Woo fan (if you're a Van Damme fan you're probably already planning on saying this review wasn't helpful, but I have to type what I think, OK?).
I'll be brutally honest, and say this is probably one of Woo's worst films. It is nowhere near as good or original as his Hong Kong work. However, rather poor John Woo than, for instance, peak Chris Columbus? It had all his trademark flourishes, and I was only bored when van Damme had to try to act emotional, which I have to say isn't Woo's strong point at the best of times. Other than that it was fun, however.
Plot? Hmm, well, basically the bad guys charge people large sums to hunt homeless ex-Nam veterans for the thrill. Yasmine Bleeth's father is killed and she hires Van Damme to help her track down who did it. Believe me, it's less exciting than it sounds.
Van Damme compete's for worst acting award with his co-star Yasmine Bleeth, and he only wins by a narrow margin. Her character should be feisty and sympathetic; as it was I wouldn't have cared less if she got taken out in the first 20 minutes. Wilfred Brimly also gives an embarressing impersonation (note the word is impersonation, not performance) as a French backwoods man
OK, bitching over, on to the good points. There are two, and their names are Arnold Vosloo and Lance Henrikson. They are clearly having so much fun being bad I just wanted to get up on the screen and join them. By the end of this film I guarentee you'll be wishing they'd won!
Henrikson is just icy as the head honcho in charge of the hunts. He gets some great lines and is quite menacing. His last line as he drops a grenade cracked me up.
Vosloo (The Mummy himself) just oozes cool. He is clearly loving this role, and even if he wasn't superb I'd still love him for kicking Van Dammes arse into the middle of next week. However he doesn't get angry. He's a professional...
So, is this a film you should watch? I'd say yes if you are one of the following;
1) A Van Damme fan. It's probably his best film apart from Time Cop.
2) A Woo fan (like me); not his best work but still with classic Woo trademarks.
3) A Vosloo/Henrikson/ badguys in general fan (like me again!); they really help make this film work.
4) A fan of cheesy action flicks; I fall into this group as well I'm afraid.
If you want an intelligent action thriller with urbane and witty dialogue throughout, avoid this film like the plague. If you've a taste for fun cheese, like Woo in the driving seat and can't get enough of cool but humourous bad guys, then this is definitely a film you should take a look at.
Hard Boring Action!Van Damme teams up with John Woo{Mission Impossible 2}for a hard hitting all out gunning extravaganza.The storyline starts out good but by the end you can't wait to turn it off.Ex-vietnam veterans are the prey of nemesis one being Lance Henrikson who have nothing else better to do than kill.Van Damme is the only threat to the big bad gang of tycoons.Slow motion effects take up most of the fight scenes,which makes the movie even more boring than it already is.Even though I like Van Damme this film is one he should regret doing,because it has been forgotten.
An excellent action shoot-em-up film from director John WooI would consider this movie as on of the best action films that I have ever seen. Excellent gun fights and special effects explosions, decent story and plot, lots of violence, and good camera angles and screen shots, dispite the one scene when Van Damme rode the motorbike toward the SUV and did a sommersault over the roof, I think that that was a little fake because of the timing of it. In conclusion, a must see for actioners!!
Timecop
Released in VHS Tape by Universal Studios (19 January, 1999)
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme
Pay no attention to the fact that Timecop is an insult to intelligent science fiction, and that it gradually succumbs to an acute case of the sillies. It is a Jean-Claude Van Damme movie, after all, so check your brain at the door and enjoy this action flick set in the year 2004. Van Damme plays an officer in the Time Enforcement Police, assigned to prevent criminals from traveling to the past with the intent of altering the future. Ron Silver plays the evil politician who plots to retrieve a stockpile of gold from the Civil War to finance his latest campaign. The film is clever to a point, and entertaining if you can ignore the dumb jokes and inconsistencies. Best of all, it's an above-average vehicle for Van Damme (relatively speaking), who gets to kick some villainous butt and share a few scenes with Mia Sara, who plays the Timecop's wife. As Van Damme fans can tell you, this is one of the action star's better movies. --Jeff Shannon
Average review score:
one is for no widescreen versionOnce again, we're stuck with a full screen version of a movie that deserved better then what it got. As with "The Shadow", this is a decent little movie. It's not going to win any awards but it will certainly keep you entertained. Nice premise and decent Van Damme presence (I don't want to call it "acting"), but once again the studio decides to go on the cheap and not even give us a decent letterboxed version.
Excellent script, quality actors and Van Damme as a bonus!!I used to be a big Van Damme fan. Nowadays, he is producing some junk and this is a big turn off. However, all he is needed is to add some good actors and a good story and viewers would get great entertainment!
Timecop is one of my favorite Van Damme movies. I think that the whole time travel Sci-Fi plot was very good and without any obvious flaws. I would grade this story 10 times better that the recently released Time Machine with Guy Pierce. The special effects were pretty good. Ron Silver, Bruce McGill, Gloria Reuben are all acting very well. Finally, Van Damme plays very well. Overall, an excellent mix of Sci-Fi / Adventure / Action and a real treat for fans of any of these genres.
I wish I could see Van Damme is high quality movies with good stories and good cast again and not the junk he is producing now. My other Van Damme suggestions would be Lionheart and Hard Target.
A Dazzling Movie!All in all this was not a bad movie. Van Damme played the role of the hero to the max. The role of his wife played by Mia Sara was also very good.As a villain Ron Silver was very good. He used the role of a Senator to make his part in the movie very believable. The special effects in the movie were outstanding as well. In this film Ron Silver wants to go back in time and steal a storage of Civil War gold to be used to finance his campaigns. It is the role of our hero as a time cop to stop him. This proves to be a nonstop battle. Van Damme is even forced to use the time device to save his wife. But the battle between Van Damme and Silver is the main event. This movie is a true action movie. Watch it because you will enjoy it.