Editing Timecop (section)

==Reception==
===Box office===
''Timecop'' was released in the U.S. and Canada on September 16, 1994, where it opened at [[List of 1994 box office number-one films in the United States|number one]] with a gross of $12,064,625 from 2,228 theaters, and a $5,415 average per theater gross.<ref>{{cite news |title= Weekend Box Office : An Arresting Opening for TimeCop |work= [[Los Angeles Times]] |date= 1994-09-20 |url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-09-20-ca-40950-story.html |access-date= 2012-06-13 |first= Elaine |last= Dutka |archive-date= 2013-12-18 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131218121224/http://articles.latimes.com/1994-09-20/entertainment/ca-40950_1_weekend-box-office |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=MOVIES |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=1994-09-26 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-09-26-ca-43133-story.html |access-date=2010-08-31 |first=Beth |last=Kleid |archive-date=2012-11-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102041541/http://articles.latimes.com/1994-09-26/entertainment/ca-43133_1_quiz-show |url-status=live }}</ref> In its second week, it took the top spot again with $8,176,615.<ref>{{cite news|title= MOVIES 'Timecop' on Top: It's "Timecop" time again.|work= [[Los Angeles Times]]|date= 1994-09-26|url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-09-26-ca-43133-story.html|access-date= 2010-11-08|first= Beth|last= Kleid|archive-date= 2012-11-02|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121102041541/http://articles.latimes.com/1994-09-26/entertainment/ca-43133_1_quiz-show|url-status= live}}</ref> It finished its run with $54 million in the U.S. In other territories, it grossed about $75 million, for a total worldwide gross of $129 million.<ref name="numbers" /> This makes it Van Damme's highest-grossing film in which he played the leading role, and his third to make over $100 million overall worldwide (after [[ Double Impact ]] (1991) & [[Universal Soldier (1992 film)|''Universal Soldier'']]).

===Critical response===
{{Rotten Tomatoes prose|score=42|average=5.2|count=45|consensus=It's no Terminator, but for those willing to suspend disbelief and rational thought, ''Timecop'' provides limited sci-fi action rewards.|ref=|access-date={{RT data|access date}}}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Timecop (1994)|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/timecop|language=en|access-date=2022-04-26}}</ref> {{Metacritic film prose|48|17|access-date=24 May 2025}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Timecop |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/timecop |website=[[Metacritic]] }}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.<ref name="CinemaScore">{{cite web |url=https://cinemascore.com |title=CinemaScore |work=cinemascore.com}}</ref>

Critics were mixed on ''Timecop'', citing its various plot holes and inconsistencies.<ref>{{cite news |title= A Giant Leap For Van Damme In 'Timecop' |work= [[Hartford Courant]] |url= https://www.courant.com/1994/09/16/a-giant-leap-for-van-damme-in-timecop/ |access-date= 2010-11-25 |archive-date= 2011-01-09 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110109083547/http://articles.courant.com/1994-09-16/features/9409210923_1_time-enforcement-commission-van-damme-s-max-walker-timecop |url-status= live }}</ref> 

[[Roger Ebert]] called ''Timecop'' a low-rent ''Terminator''.<ref>{{cite news |date=1994-09-16 |author=Roger Ebert |author-link=Roger Ebert |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/timecop-1994 |title=Timecop |newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |publisher=RogerEbert.com  |access-date=2022-02-09 }}</ref> 

Richard Harrington of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' said, "For once, Van Damme's accent is easier to understand than the plot."<ref>{{cite news |title= "Timecop" reviewed by Richard Harrington|newspaper= [[The Washington Post]] |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/timecoprharrington_a0abcf.htm |access-date=2021-10-12 }}</ref> 

David Richards of ''[[The New York Times]]'' disparaged Van Damme's acting and previous films but called ''Timecop'' "his classiest effort to date".<ref>{{cite news|title= FILM; Jean-Claude Van Damme, the, uh, Actor? |work=[[The New York Times]]|date=1994-09-04|url= https://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/04/movies/film-jean-claude-van-damme-the-uh-actor.html |access-date=2010-08-08 | first=David | last=Richards}}</ref>

The film made ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'''s "Underrated Films" list in November 2010, mostly because of Van Damme's acting.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Connolly |first=Kelly |title=12 Underrated Movie Gems |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |url=http://www.ew.com/gallery/12-underrated-movie-gems/439811_timecopljpg-0?iid=sr-link1 |url-status=dead |access-date=2010-11-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181101095429/https://ew.com/gallery/12-underrated-movie-gems/ |archive-date=2018-11-01}}</ref>