included · Mechanical

Timecop

Peter Hyams · 98 minutes

In 2004, an officer for a security agency that regulates time travel must fend for his life against a shady politician who has a tie to his past.

Crime, Thriller, Science Fiction, Action

Before you choose

What kind of time-travel story is this?

Temporal events and their consequences run throughout the story.

Meets the archive’s time-travel criteria. The mechanism is classified as Mechanical.

Why the archive makes this assessment (spoilers)

Enforcing time-travel rules and undoing a politician's historical interference drive both the action and personal stakes.

The Time Enforcement Commission uses a rocket-sled time-travel system.

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An editorial assessment based on the archive’s documented plot research.

Scale, legacy & time

The scores

Titan84.8

Weighted archive score

Time-travel significance9/10

high confidence

Quality consensus6.0/10

Aggregate source ratings

How Titan works

Titan combines the archive’s quality, audience and legacy base with the significance of time travel. It is an index, not a score out of 100, and is distinct from the FMV archive’s scoring model.

Titan = base × [0.20 + 0.80 × (time-travel score ÷ 10)²]

This film: 99.94 base × 84.8% weighting.

Partial inputs flag incomplete source metadata. Provisional weighting flags a time-travel assessment that remains uncertain; it receives no additional confidence penalty.

The evidence

Research & sources

Research notes may reveal plot details.

These sources support the plot facts and catalog research. The numerical scores are the archive’s judgments, not ratings supplied by these sources.

Cast: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Mia Sara, Ron Silver, Bruce McGill, Gloria Reuben

Edition by edition

Releases & formats

15 cataloged editions. Narrow by format, then check region, audio and subtitles. Missing specifications mean unknown, not absent.

These listings do not establish a best edition. Use the specifications to shortlist compatible releases, then follow the source to verify details and availability.

4K UHD

Timecop 4K (1994)

Compare this edition’s specifications

Release date: Apr 29, 2025
Studio: Shout Factory
Resolution: Native 4K (2160p)
Region / playback: 4K Blu-ray: Region free | 2K Blu-ray: Region A
Discs: 4K Ultra HD | Blu-ray Disc | Two-disc set (1 BD-66, 1 BD-50)

Timecop

What kind of time-travel story is this?

The scores

Research & sources

Releases & formats

Timecop 4K (1994)

Timecop (1994)

Bloodsport / Timecop (1988-1994)

Bloodsport / Timecop (1988-1994)

Timecop (1994)

Timecop (1994)

4-Film Action Collection (1991-2002)

Timecop (1994)

4-Film Action Collection (1991-2002)

Timecop (1994)

Timecop (1994)

Timecop (1994)

Timecop (1994)

Van Damme Collection (1988)

Van Damme Action Pack Quadruple Feature (1993-1996)