Ten minutes in we get a Muscles from Brussels ass shot.

Twenty minutes in he does a mid fight split like it's the most normal thing in the world.

It just isn't a van Damme film without them!

I love the Windows Movie Maker special effects, but it's still a paradoxical cesspool filled with paradoxes and things that are paradoxical.

But it's still kinda cool.

Which sounds paradoxical, I know.

This is only my third Van Damme film and he's already slowly becoming my all time favorite action star. At the moment, he's just a very close second to my boy "Ahnold".

If only the two did a film together and went one on one to settle such a predicament (Expendables 2 doesn't count).

Maybe the dumest time travel movie ever made. But that's part of why I love it. A full and passionate defense coming on next week's Filmspotting: SVU.

In a parallel universe, this was filmed three years later, in 1997, starred Keanu Reeves, and was considered an unofficial semi-sequel to Johnny Mnemonic. Fortunately, in our universe it stars Jean Claude Van Damme, and so acrobatic roundhouses are as important to the plot as the time travel element - which is handled remarkably well, from a technical (if not mechanical) standpoint. There are moments of genuine dread on display here as the plot doubles back on itself near the end - there's a real charge watching Van Damme execute the later dramatic moments. He's an incredibly effective actor when he's not forced to deliver bizarre post-kick quips that wouldn't cut that Batman Forever mustard. Although those quips - closer to non-sequiturs here - are a genre staple, their presence becomes an especially baffling choice as the movie suddenly gets awesome in its heavy, serious, legitimately exciting third act.

Such a dumb movie even by Van Damme standards, time travel has probably never been more poorly handled but you don't watch Van Damme for story. He kicks people in the head and it is a lot of fun. There's a lot of humor in the fight scenes in this one much like a Jackie Chan movie, that was refreshing.

I could have done without the awkward ass shot five minutes into the movie however.

The title is all one word with no separation between the two sums up the film because once it starts, there is no stopping it because it is action packed the entire time. I think if you don't think about this film than logistically it works but if you spend anytime thinking about it then very little of it makes sense because when try travel back in time where does the machine go and how does it reappear when they need it. Does it just stay with an influx in time where it is in between times and that is where it stays. The acting is what you expect from JCVD here. This is a film that I have heard so much about but for some reason never saw in my youth but now I can say I have seen it.

Qué bien pintaba 2004 y qué mierda acabó siendo.

Such a dumb movie even by Van Damme standards, time travel has probably never been more poorly handled but you don't watch Van Damme for story. He kicks people in the head and it is a lot of fun. There's a lot of humor in the fight scenes in this one much like a Jackie Chan movie, that was refreshing.

I could have done without the awkward ass shot five minutes into the movie however.

Maybe the dumest time travel movie ever made. But that's part of why I love it. A full and passionate defense coming on next week's Filmspotting: SVU.

I can't wait until 2004 when we get those awesome cars that drive themselves.

This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.

Probably the best film Van Damme will ever release. Plot holes aside, it's still pretty entertaining and interesting. Plus, Ron Silver makes for an amusing villain.

Timecop is the fucking shit. Case and point. It's a time travel film with Van Damme in it. Good enough for me. Definitely worth a watch if you are a fan of 80's action films!