Max Walker, an officer for a security agency that regulates time travel, must fend for his life against a shady politician who's intent on changing the past to control the future. The perfection of time travel brings with it new opportunities for criminals. The government sets up a special police force (T.E.C.) to ensure the new technology isn't abused. Max Walker, one of these timecops learns of a corrupt politician's plot to become president using the device. Senator McComb discovers Walker on his trail and the real action begins–in Walker's own past! In 1994, the year of the film's release, time travel became a reality and a secret police unit, the Time Enforcement Commission (TEC), is formed to prevent people travelling back in time and changing history. Up and coming senator Aaron McComb agrees to oversee the project. Policeman Max Walker has been offered a job a TEC but on the night he plans to tell his wife their house is attacked by people intent on killing him; he survives but his wife is killed.<br/><br/>Moving forward to 2004 and Walker is an established TimeCop whose latest mission sees him chasing down his former partner who has gone back to 1929 to buy dirt cheap stock after the Wall Street crash that he knows will be worth a fortune in the present. He isn't working for himself though; he says that he is employed by McComb but he'll die before he testifies. Walker is now determined to stop McComb, who is in the running for the presidency. It won't be easy though; he doesn't know who he can trust and he is up against somebody who can go back in time repeatedly eliminate those who pose a threat to him.<br/><br/>Like most time travel dramas it is best not to think too much about the effects it would have and just accept the rules as stated in the film. The story is relatively simple, we know from early on that McComb is the villain and while there are a couple of twists they aren't a total surprise. None of this matters though as it is mostly about the action which is plentiful and exciting. Jean-Claude Van Damme might not appear on many people's lists of greatest actors but he is ideally suited to the role of Walker; he does the action scenes with ease and manages to bring some wit to the character. Ron Silver does an impressive job as McComb keeping him just the right side of becoming a pantomime villain. Overall I wouldn't say this is a great film but it is pretty good; I'd certainly recommend it to fans of action and science fiction. This is one great movie. This is a movie I would watch every time it came on HBO. Van Damme does great work here, many people tend to pan his acting as too "wooden". Number one, who goes to a Van Damme movie to watch his acting skills? Number two, I think he does act better than most people give him credit for (relatively speaking of course, you wouldn't catch me saying this about him in "Street Fighter"). His problem is that hellacious accent he has to overcome!<br/><br/>The story is compelling. the special effects are wonderful (just where does the time machine go when they arrive in the past?). Ron Silver does a good job as the evil smart ass presidential wannabe. All in all good entertainment Years 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.
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