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Timecop, a review by Tom

Timecop (1994/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia (United Kingdom) Director: Peter Hyams Writing: Mike Richardson (Original Material By), Mark Verheiden (Original Material By), Mark Verheiden (Screenwriter) Length: 94 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1, German: Dolby Digital 5.1, French: Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1, Czech: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround Subtitles: Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish

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Stars:
Jean-Claude Van Damme as Walker
Mia Sara as Melissa
Ron Silver as McComb
Bruce McGill as Matuzak
Gloria Reuben as Fielding

Plot:
In the year 2004, time travel is not only a reality, but an opportunity to alter the past for power and profit. Jean-Claude Van Damme stars in the sci-fi thriller that mixes hard-hitting action with awesome special effects, romance and murder. Ron Silver co-stars as Van Damme's cunning adversary in what People Magazine touts "Clever and original, Timecop is a thinking man's movie."

Awards:
Won:

Saturn (1994)

Best Supporting Actress (Mia Sara)

Nominated:

Saturn (1994)		Best Science Fiction Film
Saturn (1994)		Best Special Effects (Gregory L. McMurray)
Saturn (1994)		Best Writing (Mark Verheiden)

Extras:

• Production Notes
• Scene Access
• Trailers

Better than expected when I first bought it (before that I only saw pieces of the spin-off TV series). And the movie has the beautiful Mia Sara in it
The futuristic cars (of the year 2004 ) look bad though. The time-travel theme takes a little backseat to Van-Damme's ass-kicking, but not as bad as I feared.

Rating:

(From Tom's Time-Travel Movie Reviews on January 4th, 2008)

Iron Man, a review by Jon

Iron Man
4 out of 5

A lot of you have already reviewed this and I've little to add. I'm going to though!  I thought it was great, we film-lovers were spoiled last year by high-class superhero efforts with this and The Dark Knight. Although, has Goodguy reviewed this yet? 

There are basically two types of comic story; a deep, contemplative study of the human condition, or blowing shit up and looking cool while doing it! Characters like Judge Dredd can do both, Batman tends to lean to the first and that's why The Dark Knight was a perfect realisation of the character. The great thing about Iron Man is that it also feels like a perfect realisation of the "blowing shit up/looking cool" story.

It's a thin, predictable plot, broadly told, but that just makes it easier to have indulgent fun with fantastic set-pieces and a great cast. RDJ is wonderful as is his snappy dialogue with everyone, including his robots. Paltrow doesn't have a lot to do, but she looks great while doing it. And Jeff Bridges must have relished a playing Stane. He's an obvious character, but very different to a lot of Bridges' previous.

The only real problem with the film is the plot. Like many origin films, the origin takes too much of the running time (though it's always fun) and the resolution of the first mission has to be tacked on, meaning when you think about it, there's very little of substance. Comics have the advantage of being able to concentrate on Issue 1, while only having to set-up an element for Issue 2 to pick up on. And of course, they can stretch out the character arc used here for months. I still think the best origin was Burton's take on Batman because he was able to tell it in ambiguous flashback and not cripple his main plot. That said, I do think Iron Man runs a good second, certainly better handled than Spider-Man or even Nolan's first Batman film.

I'm looking forward to the sequel because hopefully they'll get into something a bit deeper (The Shiny Knight?) before getting caught up in this multi-film arc that Marvel are attempting. I'm in two minds about that. Again it's a comic staple (not literally the little metal ones), but will it translate to films?

I'm also disappointed that Trevor Howard won't be back, with Rhodes to be played by Don Cheadle. I already think his role smacks of the producers thinking they got the wrong guy. Most of his stuff is in the deleted scenes and I think a couple of them would have been great, especially one which would make it clear how long Stark was in the cave, except the running time is already over two hours. I liked him though and I'm sorry he can't expand on it himself.

And remember the conversation Pete had in another thread regarding this film: keep watching till after the credits!

(From Jon's Random Reviews on March 8th, 2009)

Tom's Random Reviews, a review by Tom

Title:
Year: 1983
Director:
Rating: FSK-6
Length: 965 Min.
Video: Full Frame 1.33:1
Audio: German: Dolby Digital 1
Subtitles:

Stars:
Gustl Bayrhammer

Plot:Extras:
Scene Access

#	Episode	Rating
01	Der Kurpfuscher / Der Seemann / Der Kraftprotz
02	Der Schlaumeier / Der Tandler / Das Gspusi
03	Der Freund / Der Vater / Der Heilige / Der Retter
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05
06	Der Kohlhas / Der Gendarm / Der Schutzheilige
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09
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11	Der Rosenkavalier / Die Schraube / Die Tuba
12	Bua oder Madl / Der Briefwechsel / Der Gasableser / Der Dorfbrunnen
13
15	Ein Bus nach Alicante / Herta / Bergvagabunden / Penner-Party
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20	Die Hauspost / Das Echo vom Karfunkelsee
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(From Tom's Random Reviews on April 18th, 2010)