a5c7b9f00b Max Walker, an officer for a security agency that regulates time travel, must fend for his life against a shady politician who&#39;s intent on changing the past to control the future. When the ability to travel through time is perfected, a new type of law enforcement agency is formed. It&#39;s called Time Enforcement Commission or TEC. A cop, Max Walker, is assigned to the group. On the day he was chosen, some men attack him and kill his wife. Ten years later Max is still grieving but has become a good agent for the TEC. He tracks down a former co-worker who went into the past to make money. Max brings him back for sentencing but not after telling Max that Senator McComb, the man in charge of TEC, sent him. Max has his eye on McComb. There isn&#39;t much to say about TIMECOP that hasn&#39;t been said before. I must admit that this film has devised the most pragmatic situation (to date) that allows Van Damme to perform his famed splits. I never thought I would see a film where it was not gratuitously blatant or forced. I am speaking, of course, of the fight sequence in the kitchen, where he avoids electrocution by the means detailed above; it is simply exceptional work. Kudos to Michael Richardson who wrote the screenplay and to Peter Hyams for his powerful direction of this scene. A special credit goes to Jean-Claude Van Damme, who has remained limber enough after years of opulent living, still able to position his legs at a straight angle for all the world to ponder. Truly, poetry in motion.<br/><br/>The scene where Van Damme does the splits real good like: 10/10; the incredulous film overall: 3/10. I see from the box office total that this was a fairly successful film especially considering the star of the film. However, it did not really work for me. I am not a big fan of Van Damme and that is most likely why I do not rate this one high. I am just not a fan of his at all, not to say all his movies are awful or anything a couple of them were okay such&quot;Blood Sport&quot; and &quot;Universal Soldier&quot; had its moments, but for the most part I find his films lacking. This one had an interesting premise, but unfortunately with time traveling films with relatively small budgets the film never really &#39;wows&#39;. Most of the time traveling is like one week earlier or something to that effect rather than going back to the old west or some other period of time where many sets must be made. Van Damme is a time cop in this one and he must battle a person using said device for their benefit. Which for some reason they try to make this political. Seriously? Was that necessary? How about you just make your movie and make it a fun shoot em&#39; up where at the end they go through many times and do battle, kind of the way they did in &quot;Waxwork II&quot;. Though I did like the way the film endedI was afraid they would never show us what happened when a person touched them self in the past. The plot is more confusing than clever, and the only actor who seems to be having any fun is Silver, who's at his best throwing masochistic hissy fits at his younger, not-quite-so-evil self.
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