Timecop

As time-travel stories go, Timecop is strictly by-the-numbers. [22 Sept 1997, p.E1]

It doesn't help that the hero is tediously macho and wisecracking. But then Timecop diminishes history into a silly, trivial adventure with a few jazzy special effects. [21 Sept 1997, p.F1]

There is only so much time in a day, and Timecop, unless your only demand is for a lightweight diversion, fails to make a sufficient case for one-twenty-fourth of it. [22 Sept 1997, p.3C]

Enjoying Timecop either requires putting your mind entirely into neutral or simply deciding to suspend a lot of disbelief. I couldn't suspend enough, so I wound up worrying about little things like why the folks of Victorian London, which he visits in tonight's opener, don't think Logan's spiky 1997 haircut is one bit peculiar. [22 Sept 1997]

The special effects on "Timecop" are below feature-film standards, but they're better than the Cockney accents.

No flying feet, nor much blood here, nor much excitement either. [22 Sept 1997]

T.W. King in the title role just isn't at all involving. Frankly, my dear, I don't give a Van Damme.

The creators of the show, some of whom were involved in the movie, have done little more than throw together familiar sci-fi fantasy influences, including H.G. Welles, "The Time Tunnel," "Quantum Leap," and even the movie "Mad Max," and then presented these elements without much intelligence or brio, despite the slick futuristic gadgetry and the moody, "X-Files" lighting. [22 Sept 1997, p.C9]

Timecop is a pint of ersatz vanilla ice cream composed mostly of whipped air. [22 Sept 1997, p.E1]

Don't give us talk about "temporal displacement," "sublimaters" and "space-time continuum," then expect us to buy as lame a story as Timecop throws at us. [22 Sept 1997, p.4]

A mediocre and predictable adventure series based on a mediocre and predictable Jean-Claude Van Damme movie. [22 Sept 1997, p.5E]

With so-so special effects, mediocre writing and a shrug-it-off performance by lead actor T.W. King, Timecop will tick off Van Damme fans and science-fiction highbrows. CBS, NBC and Fox should clean ABC's clock at 7 p.m. Mondays. [22 Sept 1997, p.37]

A profound yawner. [22 Sept 1987]

It's dull and predictable and makes that old '60s time-travel series Time Tunnel look like the work of Robert Heinlein. [22 Sept 1997, p.33]

While it might sound like fun, the premise is so flat-out dopey that it's impossible to care about any of the characters or alleged story, and the leaden dialogue discourages any attention that the occasional cool gadgetry might attract. [22 Sept 1997, p.5E]

If you are a Timecop, eons can flash past in the blink of an eye. If you're watching Timecop, a mere hour can seem like an eternity. [22 Sept 1997, p.B-8]