Indeed, the star looks so agile that he doesn't need the choppy editing that breaks up his action scenes, making his stunts look more artificial than they probably are.
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Van Damme's ability to leap onto a kitchen counter and land in a full split. It concentrates on more tangible assets, like intermittent humor and Mr. "Timecop," directed in reasonably snappy fashion by Peter Hyams, indulges in fashionable morphing tricks without otherwise spending much time or money on futuristic touches. Stick around to learn that when two versions of the same person accidentally occupy the same space, they melt. Silver has warned his own younger counterpart to quit eating cookies, you may feel like time-traveling just to get out of the theater.
Van Damme has begun helping avert tragedy for his 1994-vintage self, and a jowly 2004-vintage Mr. True, the film also indulges in those noxious wisecracks that are the bane of no-brainer action film making stars in this genre should be permanently prohibited from clobbering anyone while saying "Have a nice day." Another problem with the script is its giddy overcomplication, with characters eventually talking to their own earlier incarnations and saying things like "Never interrupt me when I'm talking to myself."īy the time 2004-vintage Mr. "With your English," says his wife, "he doesn't have much choice." Van Damme jokes, after stopping that purse-snatcher early in the story.
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And the screenplay, based by Mark Verheiden on the comic series he created with Mike Richardson, even mentions the Belgian-born star's efforts to grapple with a new language. Short but sweet is the only hope when it comes to Van Damme dialogue. Van Damme what he thinks about at such moments. Reuben braces herself for a scary time trip and asks Mr. Van Damme displays a nicely self-deprecating nature, as when Ms. Also well used is Gloria Reuben, a fellow time-police officer who plays the inevitable new partner with effervescent charm. Silver makes an entertaining villain in a film that finally supports Mr. Even crooks now appreciate the star's famous fighting feet. And when a thief grabs the old lady's purse, all it takes to stop him is a glimpse of the Van Damme shoe, strategically placed in mid-air. He does this strolling through a mall with his devoted wife (Mia Sara), while the film works overtime to show off his domestic side. Last time out, in John Woo's super-violent "Hard Target," he was seen biting the head off a rattlesnake this time he can be found returning a stolen handbag to a grateful little old lady. Van Damme has been engaged in a bit of image-doctoring. Van Damme gets his own part of the process right.Ĭlearly, Mr. When the style is Junior Terminator, success lies in the details, and this time Mr. The fact is that he looks good, behaves affably and kicks with gusto, which is quite enough to satisfy the demands of "Timecop," a knotty but formulaic tale of the future. It's hard not to enjoy his energy, even if his acting gifts still leave a lot to be desired. Years of tireless persistence have begun to work in Mr. This time, through sheer force of willpower, he may just kick that barrier down. As it is, he has languished as an also-ran, with a barrier between him and those surer-fire action stars whose names begins with S: Schwarzenegger, Seagal and Stallone. If he'd had better luck with any of his hard-working, flat-footed martial-arts films (among them "Bloodsport," "Kickboxer" and "Universal Soldier"), he could be well over the top by now. In other words, someone whose life is shaped by disappointments can have a different, happier fate once those letdowns have been revisited and set right.īy those rules, there might even be a time warp or parallel dimension in which Mr.
And changes made in the past will alter the future. IN the year 2004, according to the sci-fi thriller "Timecop," it will be possible for a law-enforcement officer like Walker (Jean-Claude Van Damme) to go back into the past and correct injustices.
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