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17 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleThe desire to go back in time to change things -- or just to visit -- is so central to the experience of being alive and stuck in time that Timecop has a built-in power. It's a power the film, a satisfying science-fiction thriller, takes full advantage of.
- 60EmpireEmpireVan Damme once again bends and twists his muscular frame to superhuman excess, but his Belgian tonsils have all the flexibility of the Himalayas when it comes to splurting out his one-liners.
- 60The New York TimesJanet MaslinThe New York TimesJanet MaslinYears of tireless persistence have begun to work in Mr. Van Damme's favor. It's hard not to enjoy his energy, even if his acting gifts still leave a lot to be desired. The fact is that he looks good, behaves affably and kicks with gusto, which is quite enough to satisfy the demands of Timecop.
- 50Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertTimecop, a low-rent "Terminator," is the kind of movie that is best not thought about at all, for that way madness lies.
- 50Chicago TribuneGene SiskelChicago TribuneGene SiskelVan Damme is compelling only when he takes his clothes off, which he doesn't do often enough here.
- 50Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanThe 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.
- 50ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliAs a shoot-'em-up, blast-'em-to-pieces film, it's not half bad. As a futuristic time travel movie, however, it has some very serious problems.
- Timecop is good dumb fun, but it's likely to receive the same sentence most Van Damme projects do: a few weeks in movie theaters and eternity on video store shelves and cable television.
- 40Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovAustin ChronicleMarc SavlovIt's dumb, to be sure, but then again, so were most of the old movie cliffhangers, from which Timecop is obviously derived.
- 40VarietyBrian LowryVarietyBrian LowryFor the most part, Hyams’ lackluster direction and the repetitive quality of the action sequences squander an intriguing premise and impressive production design, leaving few moments that elicit the sort of “Wow!” response such fare needs in order to prosper.