As a sequel though, it’s a definite disappointment that feels like a waste of a fairly fun concept. If viewed with low expectations or caught randomly on late night TV, ‘Timecop 2: The Berlin Decision’ might make for a minor distraction. As for the action, it’s fairly bland but adequate for a straight-to-DVD action flick, with a heavy reliance on simple one-two punch combinations. Likewise, Thomas Ian Griffith portrays a fairly credible, if somewhat hammy bad guy and is amusing for his dreadful ‘Matrix’ inspired attire alone. If you’re a fan of b-movies however, there is still a chance that you’ll find something to appreciate in ‘Timecop 2’. Jason Scott Lee, best known for his role in ‘Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story’, certainly makes for a believable and likeable action hero, and he is more than capable of displaying the two emotions that are required of his character. It also has to be said that the production feels a lot more low budget, with no real effort putting into fleshing out the characters and the majority of situations always feeling like they were ripped right out of bigger, better movies. Unfortunately though, ‘Timecop 2’ really fails to capitalise on the original concept as it features a story that is bogged down by silly plotholes, bizarre inconsistencies and predictable clichés. Being a time travel movie, it also featured a premise that was ripe for additional exploration so it’s no surprise that a sequel eventually emerged.
While the first ‘Timecop’ was admittedly no masterpiece, it was still a fun little 90’s Sci-Fi actioner that benefited greatly from the presence of Van Damme. The plot sees a cop, Jason Scott Lee, prevent a fellow time traveller, Thomas Ian Griffith, from killing Hitler.
With time fast running out, its up to Ryan Chan to travel back and try and stop Miller at various intervals in history before he is able to kill off all of the TEC and change the future as we know it. DTV sequel to the 1994 Dark Horse hit Timecop, The Berlin Decision moves away from Jean-Claude Van Damme's Max Walker, switching focus to a different era jumping police officer. Two years later though, Miller escapes from prison with a new objective – wipe out the members of the TEC agency so there is no one left to stand in the way of his devious plans. Therefore he decides to travel back and wipe out Hitler but is stopped and imprisoned by top agent Ryan Chan (Scott Lee). However, they didn’t envisage that the danger could come from within and problems arise when agent Brandon Miller (Ian Griffith) decides that the best use of his power would be to correct the mistakes made throughout history. I also appreciated the more chaotic approach to time travel here, with the disorienting goosechase through different periods and timelines embracing the butterfly effect rather than getting bogged down by the logic & technicalities of time travel.Set twenty years after the original film, the Time Enforcement Commission (TEC) agency is still working hard to ensure that no one is abusing the capabilities of time travel for their own benefits. Sure, everything looks a bit cheap, but the fights are fairly kinetic with some slow-mo and other trickery, there's some atmospheric sets, and the CGI actually looks pretty decent (admittedly perhaps due to the generally blurry image quality).ĭespite starting out on a silly "travel back in time to kill Hitler" premise, the story gets quite intense, with both Jason Scott Lee & Thomas Ian Griffith not just doing fight choregraphies but delivering some unexpectedly emotive acting, in particular the latter as the troubled villain. Had zero expectations for this DTV spin-off-rather-than-sequel, but it turned out to be a surprisingly solid late-night watch.
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Brazil (cable TV title) Timecop 2: O Guardião do Futuro. Argentina (video title) Timecop 2 - La decisión de Berlín.
Woovember 5 Film #23 - Starring Thomas Ian Griffith Also Known As (AKA) (original title) Timecop: The Berlin Decision.
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