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{{short description|1994 film by Peter Hyams}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Timecop
| image          = Timecopposter.jpg
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| alt            = A man holding a gun near his face. Below a figure stands against a octagonal shaped portal. 
| director       = [[Peter Hyams]]
| producer       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Moshe Diamant]]
* [[Sam Raimi]]
* [[Robert Tapert]]
}}
| screenplay     = [[Mark Verheiden]]
| story          = {{Plainlist|
* [[Mike Richardson (publisher)|Mike Richardson]]
* Mark Verheiden
}}
| based_on       = {{Based on|''[[Timecop (comics)|Timecop]]''|Mike Richardson|Mark Verheiden}}
| starring = {{Plainlist|
* [[Jean-Claude Van Damme]]
* [[Ron Silver]]
* [[Mia Sara]]
}}
| music          = [[Mark Isham]]
| cinematography = Peter Hyams
| editing        = Steven Kemper
| production_companies = {{Plainlist|
* [[Largo Entertainment]]
* Signature Pictures
* Renaissance Pictures
* [[Dark Horse Entertainment]]
}}
| distributor    = [[Universal Pictures]]
| released       = {{Film date|1994|9|16}}
| runtime        = 98 minutes<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/timecop-1970-2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180404201852/http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/timecop-1970-2|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 4, 2018|title=''TIMECOP'' (18)|publisher=[[British Board of Film Classification]]|access-date=4 April 2018}}</ref> 
| language       = English
| country        = United States
| budget         = $27-28 million<ref>{{cite news |title= Van Damme very determined |work= [[Hartford Courant]] |url= https://www.courant.com/1994/09/16/van-damme-very-determined/ |access-date= 2010-11-27 |archive-date= 2012-04-02 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120402135437/http://articles.courant.com/1994-09-16/features/9409210865_1_action-director-john-woo-movie-scripts |url-status= live }}</ref><ref name="numbers" />
| gross          = $102 million<ref name="numbers">{{Cite web |url= https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Timecop#tab=summary |title=Timecop (1994) |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date= March 9, 2022 }}</ref>
}}

'''''Timecop''''' is a 1994 American [[science fiction]] [[action film]] directed by [[Peter Hyams]] and co-written by [[Mike Richardson (publisher)|Mike Richardson]] and [[Mark Verheiden]]. Richardson also served as executive producer. The film is based on ''[[Timecop (comics)|Timecop]]'', a story created by Richardson, written by Verheiden, and drawn by [[Ron Randall]], which appeared in the [[anthology comic]] ''[[Dark Horse Comics]]'', published by ''Dark Horse Comics''.  It is the first installment in the [[Timecop (franchise)|''Timecop'' franchise]].

The film stars [[Jean-Claude Van Damme]] as Max Walker, a police officer in 1994, with [[time travel]] having been made possible, and later a [[United States|U.S.]] [[Federal government of the United States|federal]] agent in 2004. It also stars [[Ron Silver]] as a corrupt politician and [[Mia Sara]] as Melissa Walker, the agent's wife. The story follows Walker's life as he fights time-travel crime and investigates the politician's plans.

''Timecop'' remains Van Damme's highest-grossing film as a lead actor (his second to break the $100&nbsp;million barrier worldwide).  Although met with mixed reviews, it is generally regarded by critics as one of Van Damme's best films.