The centerpiece of the film sees Ryan warped into a prison riot to prevent Miller’s escape, forcing him to fend off of swarms of inmates, including one vengeful bruiser he has a history with. Due to its brief running time, the film never pauses too long between action scenes, opening with a couple of fast-paced battles in Nazi Germany then moving into Ryan’s brawl with a gang of bad cops in the 19th century within minutes. While the film won’t draw comparisons with “ Ong Bak” or “ The Raid”, the fight sequences are consistently hard-hitting and well-orchestrated. “Timecop 2” is also well aware that its leading man famously portrayed Bruce Lee and its antagonist is an alumni of “ The Karate Kid III”, and is eager to give action fans what they want. In so doing it earns the viewer’s sympathy for its far from evil villain, as well. It’s nothing that’ll probably change anyone’s life, but “Timecop 2” is well-aware that the easiest way to gain the viewer’s empathy for its protagonist, is to force them to ask themselves what they would do in the same situation. Towards the end of the film, Ryan has the opportunity to do just that literally within his grasp, with Miller rightly calling him out on that hypocrisy. What is the point of time-travel, he asks, if not to undo the most horrific sins in mankind’s past? By the same token, Ryan Chan’s view of preserving the past for the sake of the future is much more black-and-white, but like Jean-Claude Van Damme in the original, the film gives him the temptation to erase a personal tragedy from his own past with the death of his father. Ryan is a dedicated agent of the Time Enforcement Commission Ryans grandfather holds his own against Miller A sticky spot in Germany Ryan gets by in TEC on a wink and a nod Miller is determined to keep Ryan off of his trail Ryan defends himself against an attacking Nazi Millers activities have already rewritten Docs history Ryan fends off an attacking inmateīrandon Miller’s ambitions, and certainly his methods, may be misguided, but it’s clear his heart’s in the right place. Ryan quickly goes back in time to put a stop to Miller’s killing spree, and before long, realizes the dark connection Miller has to the death of Ryan’s father decades earlier. However, when another TEC makes physical contact with his younger self, the agent is wiped out of existence, causing a chain reaction in the timeline that frees Miller from incarceration, who then quickly sets about assassinating the ancestors of every TEC agent, allowing him to alter the past unabated. However, one of the Society’s most idealistic agents, Brandon Miller, is determined to undo the atrocities of the past, and TEC agent Ryan Chan narrowly thwarts Miller’s attempted assassination of Hitler in Nazi Germany, with Miller’s wife, Sasha, tragically being killed in the process. TEC operates in tandem with the Society for Historical Authenticity, created to serve as a check on rogue TEC agents. In the year 2025, the Time Enforcement Commission (TEC) continues to police time travel in order to prevent the catastrophic ramifications that can be wrought upon the future if the past were to be altered. Ryan pays a visit to the Wild West Danger concerns John Beck tackles the role of the TEC’s head officer O’Rourke, while Kenneth Choi and Wen Yann Shih portray Ryan’s parents, Josh and Cyndi, with Sam Ly taking on the role of Ryan as a child. Tricia Barry portrays Miller’s wife, Sasha, while Tava Smiley and Josh Hammond assume the role of Ryan’s TEC partners, Tyler Jeffers and Michael Travis, whilst Mary Page Keller appears in the role of the team’s medical support technician, Doc. Jason Scott Lee steps into the role of Time Enforcement Commission (TEC) agent Ryan Chan, who finds himself at odds with his idealistic fellow timecop, Brandon Miller, played by Thomas Ian Griffith. However, despite a significantly lower budget and much smaller scale than its predecessor, “Timecop 2” proves itself a fun little sci-fi romp, elevated considerably by the commanding presence of its leading man and villain. “A low budget sequel to a 90’s blockbuster, based on a little known Dark Horse comic book, with none of the original cast” doesn’t exactly sound like the kind of thing to inspire investors to greenlight a project in the pre-Netflix era. The pitch meeting for “Timecop 2: The Berlin Decision” must have been intimidating, to say the least.

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