Cult Movie Review: Trancers (starring Helen Hunt & Tim Thomerson)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ส.ค. 2024
- Meet Jack Deth. He's a Cop From The Future Trapped in the Present, and he's chasing a 23rd century menace in 1985. We review Trancers, 1984 - Starring Helen Hunt and Tim Thomerson.
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Summary: Jack Deth is a kind of cop/bounty hunter in the bleak Los Angeles of the future. He's become obssessed with chasing Whistler -- an evil criminal who uses powerful hypnotic powers to transform people into zombie-like creatures known as trancers. Whistler has managed to escape through time travel and is loose in 1980s L.A., but Deth is on his trail.
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I meant Tim Thomerson @ a convention he was nice but didn't want to take a picture with me because he said he had a bad hangover !!!!! 🤣🤣🤣 True story
That's great
That's the most Tim Thomerson thing I've ever heard.
That’s awesome
Ladies and gentlemen, Tim muthafu**ing Thomerson!@@DarkmanPoe
Tim Thomerson, like Jeffrey Combs, was the Bruce Campbell of Charles Band’s Empire Pictures, back in the struggling B and C-movie theatrical days before Full Moon’s direct-videos. 😄
He knew how to play the right blend of action and self-aware tongue-in-cheek parody that made Zone Troopers and even Dollman watchable. The sequels suffered when Band thought he now had a “franchise”, but the first movie still has a back-of.-the-rental-shelf cult fun to it.
We would seek out Full Moon movies at the video store…. You know, in the days of stone knives and bear claws. 😂 They were always good fun. Kind of the straight-to-tape Hammer Films of the era.
@@freereinvoltaic- Bear skins.
Meleagar the Magnificent on _Xena._
Thomerson is the man! Charismatic as hell
I actually meet Charles Brand in 2017, and I got a Trancers box set, and he signed every movie in the set. Fun film, and a very kind man
It's "Band"...not "Brand"
@@TheUluxian Nope, he met Charles Brand who was selling bootleg Trancers DVDs. That guy fools so many people with knock-off products that star Tom Timerson.
TRANCERS!! Right up there with I Come in Peace and Turbulance for good\bad Xmas movies. As to McNaulty...I just assumed the little girl was adopted - so the parents weren't blood. Trust me, I can rationalize away ANY plothole! It's my superpower.
That's the art of being a good movie watcher. There's essentially nothing wrong with a movie that doesn't want to make you think and just wants to entertain you. The skills of suspended disbelief will always give you more movies to enjoy.
Treasure that gift as I seem to have lost mine. My patience and attention span are limited these days.
and then you have *The Last Jedi*
@@TheRealNormanBates with no inconsistencies of any kind!
Tim Thomerson is why this this one is fun to watch. I've always liked him no matter how bad the movie was.
This is one of the great B movies and its easy to forgive the many plot holes. I believe it was Hitchcock who more or less said that if you're questioning the movie then it's the fault of the film for not keeping you fully engaged. Trancers keeps you entertained and you're able to easily enjoy the film and overlook the plot holes. Merry Christmas everyone.
That reminds me of the story Mark Hammel tells about his concerns over a continuity issue during filming Star Wars and doing a fine Harrison Ford impression says, Kid, ...if people are thinking about your hair, then we've got bigger problems!
Merry Christmas to you as well!
Helen Hunt just has that “it” factor. You can totally see she’s going to be big. Remember when stars used to have things like charisma and… personality.
Very,very true-l’ve always enjoyed her in whatever movie or television show she’s in.
And, to paraphrase the old joke, if you’re looking for an actress with better screen presence, you can go to Helen Hunt for one. 😛
It's the reason that I still remember watching the Quarterback Princess way back then. She's simply delightful with a real charm captured so well on camera.
Tho she is totally unrecognizable now. All thanks to plastic surgery
Really? She's wooden and hits exactly one note. I'm surprise after watching this that she ever had a career.
Plot holes all over the place but Charlie Band sure managed to cram a lot of fun in a 70 minute movie.
Trancers is an old favourite of mine. Straightforward, pulpy entertainment. I first saw it on Moviedrome introduced by Alex Cox, donkeys years ago and I like to catch up with it now again.
me too
Always liked Tim Thomerson. He was pretty much the only thing that made Cherry 2000 watchable.
Prime Melanie Griffith doesn't make a movie watchable?
Holy crap!!! You’re doing TRANCERS!!!!
Merry Christmas to me!!!! I love this movie.
My dad and I use to rent this when we first got a vhs from a local video store when the tape first came out.
Hope you guys are having a very merry Christmas and a happy new year.
Maybe McNulty's ancestor (the little girl) was an orphan, so her parents weren't her biological parents.
BTW, I really liked that they got the same actress to play her/him as a teenager in Trancers II. I doubt most people would have been able to tell if they had recast the role, but they went to the trouble of getting the same person to reprise the character.
Merry X-Mas, Robin! The reason you didn't dislike Jack Deth is because Tim Thomerson seems a likeable fellow and the script, while making him out to be over-the-top macho, doesn't make him "toxic". In fact, the film seems to use him to lampoon such characters. Full Moon's "Dollman" series featuring Thomerson does that as well.
I love the 'Tracers' films, they're great fun, yes, as you say full of plot holes but it doesn't take away from the enjoyability of them at all.
Merry Christmas!!!!!
Thank you for a year of reviews and specials! I look forward to every week’s review, most are a blast I’ve seen and immediately forgot about. But seeing them reviewed reminds me of what limited options we had and my horrible taste in movies! 😂
I watched this last week and was charmed. I saw it actually on the big screen back in the day. The ending is weak because of the budget but its still great fun. Thomerson is awesome
Back in the 80's I used to hang out with a friend whose father videotaped EVERY movie that came on TV. I remember seeing the title on a VHS, popping it in, and being taken in by both the cheesy sci-fi setting and Thomerson's performance. For the longest time afterward I would get this film confused with Blade Runner, and any time I went to play 'guns' my character would be a mix of Rick Deckard and Jack Deth named Deckard Deth rofl.
at 53 I grew up in the 80s and I enjoy some... not all... action movies. THough not sure exactly what classifies as pure action so as long as it didn't involve Segal I'll at least watch it.
I watched Brandon Tenold's review of this a little while ago, and it just further cemented my appreciation of Tim Thomerson. I still need to see this, not sure if I really should watch the sequels, but I can't say no to Thomerson or '80s cheese.
POSSIBLE SPOILER:
Gotta be Wonder Woman 1984
Not what I was thinking of and I haven't seen that film but you're not the only person to suggest it.
Was going to guess this too!
@@DarkCornersReviewsThe guy Steve took over did end up getting his body back - after he'd been sexual violated and put in all sorts of danger.
I'd guess that god-awful Stephanie Meyers crap fest "The Host" but turns out very few people have seen it...except people who review bad movies on TH-cam.
Cinematic Excrement did a great job eviceratingit.
I can think of at least one modern film that did something like that with the bodies. It was set in the ever popular '80s. Trancers is an entertaining movie. Naturally, store reality in a convenient closet.
Merry Christmas. Trancers is an absolute classic.
Plot holes are for squids! 😎👍
Possible Spoiler ----- Looper?
It's definitely not Looper. The time travel in thst doesn't involve possessing anyone.
Possessing an ancestor time travel was done in the serial _Dark Shadows._ Seriously.
I love Dark Shadows. They had a lot of weird storylines but they worked.
I love the stuff with the hand of Petofi and all that. Such a strange soap opera.
Charles Band created so many daft, fun films. 😁
The 12 reasons Christmas matters to the plot of Die Hard.
1. Christmas was the reason building security was laxed allowing the thieves their initial entry to the Nakatomi Plaza.
2. Christmas was the reason that police activity near the building was limited to one officer who would normally be on desk duty.
3. The Christmas party was the reason the hostages were all conveniently there to serve as a distraction.
4. Holly's presence at the Christmas party and the accidental invite brings McClane to LA on that fateful evening.
5. Allowing for the many law enforcement agencies response times was an integral part of the plan. Christmas was the best time for the heist.
6. McClane secures the weapon that he uses against Hans with Christmas wrapping tape.
The many lines of dialogue that are made significantly better because of Christmas!
7. Hans - “It’s Christmas, Theo, It’s The Time Of Miracles, So Be Of Good Cheer.” Bonus: You asked for miracles, Theo, I give you the F.B.I..
8. Hans - “Now I Have A Machine Gun. Ho Ho Ho.” (written by McClane, but read aloud by Hans)
9. Theo - “Not A Creature Was Stirring, Except The Four A******* Coming In The Rear.”
10. McClane - “Welcome To The Party, Pal!” Bonus: “I Got Invited To The Christmas Party By Mistake. Who Knew?”
11. McClane - “This Is Christmas Music?” - This of course led to Die Hard's very merry and official theme song, Christmas In Hollis by RUN DMC.
12. Argyle - “If This Is Their Idea Of Christmas, I Gotta Be Here For New Year’s!”
Also: Little Girl McNulty could have been orphaned and living with foster parents or her actual parents could have been squids.
Ah, what the H***. It's Christmas! - Captain Carmine Lorenzo (Die Hard 2 : Also A Christmas Movie)
Jack Death is right up there with Ash as a weird movie protagonist. For me, the character carries the whole movie.
Was having a movie night "back in the day" with a few friends, and we grabbed this one off the video store shelf "just because"..And I LOVED IT!
Tim Thomerson has just the right amount of "snark" to be a charmingly cheesy, without descending into annoying. Helen Hunt being sweet as can be..
And then you add in "The McNulty" factor. The "You're out of control, Deth!" police chief placed into the body of a 12 year old girl..Priceless!
The story itself is mediocre, but it's got some decent action scenes, and the music score works.
Hope you do some of the sequels in the future, Robin... Merry Christmas! 🎄
As an actor, Tim Thomerson can play both dramatic and comedic roles, but he was tailor-made to be an 80's action hero. There is one scene in the tanning salon which uses some of the same dialogue from "Lady In The Lake" (1946), clearly a tribute to Chandler's Philip Marlowe, which Thomerson delivers in the same gritty way.
Tim Thomerson plays his part with confidence and no humility. From Trancers to Doll Man and Zone Troopers Thomerson was a star that deserved more praise. Alway a fun ride.
YAY TRANCERS! Merry Christmas, good sir!
I love this entire series very much. Some folks don't like 4 and 5 but I love the medieval setting.
I miss when they hade these kinds of films and they were a staple of "Late Friday Cinemax. "
i'm reminded of the framing device of _Assassin's Creed,_ where the main conceit of the series is that the "actual" player character is doing a scientific version of astral projection into an ancestor or someone they have a DNA sample from in order to see how things "actually" happened. naturally, though, it's not that simple.
@docwhammo truthfully, i kinda doubt that anyone at Ubisoft was actually thinking of this movie when they came up with the Animus and the genetic memory concept, but it IS an interesting parallel
That “more recent film” did have the one caveat in that the original person was otherwise going to be dead (along with everyone else) and the protagonist did not have any choice in the matter. But I was thinking… so, how is this guy who has basically dropped into a completely different life going to deal with meeting his new parents or the fact that all the people in his old life are still around but to them, he is dead.
I know what movie it is... *Nightcrawler,* right? Or is it *Moon?*
Trancers is probably my favorite Full Moon franchise. To some degree, all of the movies are entertaining. Well, except the sixth one. I try to forget it exists. But the first five, particularly the 1st, 4th, and 5th. Awesome! Full Moon kept trying to make Doll Man a thing, but in my mind Jack Deth is by far the best Thomerson character! And it IS fun how the movie kept pointing out it's own plot holes. You have to give them points for at least knowing they were there if not how to fill them.
i love trancers! i occasionally say 'i've gotta go down the line and singe whistler' before leaving a room
My friends and I want to make a time travel cop movie too but none of us want to play the cop because it means having to say dialog lines like "I'm a cop from the future and I need your help in saving the future and arresting my own great grandfather".
Charles Band really "classed up" the bottom shelf of the VHS New Releases section at the video store. Unlike most of the competitors, Band had decent production values and 1 or 2 actors that didn't stink up the joint.
I just played Trancers for a bunch of dudes at our monthly dudes movie night and it got the biggest barrel of laughs. Everybody was into it. That made me happy because it's long been one of my favorite low budget 80's flicks. Whistler was a great baddie! Fun performances all around
“Cahoonja Boulevard” ……. Death’s pronunciation of Cahuenga Blvd. when he is checking out Los Angeles. Extremely funny little detail……
The trancers series was awesome.
8:30 Did not discuss the five other Trancer films and the short.
"Had I but time - as this fell sergeant, Death, Is strict in his arrest." - Shakespeare's Hamlet, Act 5, scene 2.
Thanks for all the great reviews this year!
Merry Christmas!🎄
I always felt Tim Thomerson could have had a better career.
He was incredibly effective in smaller roles in Near Dark and Uncommon Valor.
He could do kinda haunted, kinda empathetic characters.
Always been a fan!
'...but, it's fun.' And that's Trancers and its ilk in a nutshell.
As for your question at the end:
Oh, is it Source Code, isn't it??
I remember watching the happy ending and 3 seconds later going... wait a minute, that poor Math teacher!!!!
Yes it is.
Merry Corners! 🎅
_"He came here Steve and left as Eydie."_
Dorothy, The Golden Girls. From when Thomerson guest starred as a baseball player who dated Blanche then decided to come out as a crossdresser.
Trancers is a lot of fun. I have a lot of affection for Charles Band Empire Pictures era flicks... A staple of my happy childhood video renting with Trancers being one of their best.
Merry Christmas Dark Corners team, can't wait for 2024, doesn't matter because its coming whether I like it or not!!!🙏☃️📽️👌🦉❣️
Merry Christmas everyone!
Since Jack takes over the life of his ancestor.
Is Helen Hunt Jack Deth's great great ect... grandmother?
Thats like a Futurama episode.
I unapologetically love this one.
I say the best time travel movie ever made is "Midnight in Paris." No attempt is made to explain how it happens and all the pieces fit together in the end.
Last time I watched it was afrer walking out of 'Last Night in Soho' (maybe an hour in the theater) so I can see the concept done right.
I'm a big fan of midnight in Paris
The Jake Gyllenhaal film "Source Code" ends with his character's consciousness taking over another person's body.
That is what I was thinking of
5:05 "Time for the magic watch!"
... and just like that YT puts in its advertainment...
Me thinking, "Mmmm, one second stretched to ten... so that's how it works... she was right -- it all makes sense!"
Merry Christmas, love y'all!
2:10
Basically the plot to The Terminator 1
I would say Salma Hayek's "Everly" is abother tangentially Christmas-related action gem, though it's really a good action/revenge film, albeit with questionable taste.
The questionable taste is one of the best things about it!
Robin and Jason Brandt are starting to get close to the same wavelength of what movies they review, this is the second movie both of them have watched in a short amount of time :D
Does that mean Robin has started drinking more or that Jason is drinking less?
@@JCIce007 Dave would make up what Jason doesn't drink.
Yeah but Robin's sober and not sitting next to Lauren Boebert
1:08 speaking of *Blade Runner,* that's Deckard's car.
this series is the definition of stupid fun, and it was self aware in ways that I loved it so much - they want to remake the series but I don't have faith in the remakes.
Remakes are always iffy, no matter the reasons for them. The makers can hit all the right notes and still fail to engage the audience for one reason or another. Or they can completely misunderstand the original and be left scratching their heads as to why.
I'm not a fan of remakes, mostly because so many seem to be attempts to cash in on the originals, but there are some that I like. Either they modernize appropriately, or take the elements and make new use of them.
Adaptations of books, graphic novels, plays, and radio shows are another matter. Unless a studio decides that they should remake their adaptation rather than go back to the source material (looking at you, Disney).
God, I bloody love Trancers! So does Neil Gaiman (he told me on Twitter). And Kim Newman called it "The B-Movie of the 80's". Yes, it's got a fair few contrivances, but not as many genuine plot holes as you'd think. Plus, the energy and inventiveness more than make up for them. And I love the "Nice tan; very Christmassy" line, which is lifted straight from Raymond Chandler, if I remember correctly. As for the sequels? Yes, we needed the short from Pulse Pounders, because it's brilliant, and while the others drop in quality quickly, all but the last one star Tim Thomerson, so they're not a total loss.
You’ve delved into the Hammer films. What about doing a series on Full Moon?
In the impressively and depressingly vast Band oeuvre el cheapo hackery this is his directing peak by a country mile. Charismatic cast and fun, clever touches overcome... well everything else. Prime 80's cult film.
“her parents are also your ancestors”
…this is one plot hole that might have an excuse: maybe she’s an orphan and she’s the only one alive then? or more likely, maybe the only one living in that city?
Loved this series so much.
1) 6:08 "You understand, her parents are also your ancestors, right?" arguments about how family lineage actually works aside, you do realize the kid could be adopted or orphaned, right?
2) is it X-Men: Days of Future Past?
Plot-holes galore! But, it's got a young Helen Hunt. So it's a trade off.
A Christmas Classic. Also with maybe 6 or more sequels. Each worse than the last. Tim is always fun.
Fab review - only seen this and Trancers II so far but they are delightfully entertaining.
Your body stays put while your mind leaps into your ancestor. Didn't final season "Quantum Leap" borrow that to give Sam an excuse to, um, break one of the key tenets of the series i.e. you can only time travel through periods you were alive in..
1:43 Refusal of the call? Check!
At 8:05 when he says "subscribe" the "subscribe" button below the video kind of gets this glow around it for a second. Has it been doing that the entire video?
Not the same and I'm sure not the film you're thinking of, but Wolverine in "Days of Future Past" changes the past so that when his consciousness returns to the present, it effectively kills his the version of himself that had lived 50 years in the new timeline.
Yeah, I wondered if Xavier has a way to telepathically given may memory restoration or something. He knew this was going to happen for decades.
A favorite in our household
aka "Future Cop" decent Blade Runner satire maybe eventually review 2 & 3?
Worst effect ever is Death and the girl "driving" while obviously on the back of a flatbed truck.
While I love listening to all your videos, I'm always a little disappointed if your dad doesn't show up.
Marry Christmas!
Great review dude
Stretched te-ten
Thomerson is 38 here but looks 58. Much like those "college kids" from that movie a few weeks ago.
Always forget Helen Hunt was in this
Dept of More Looks Like: I could be wrong but that could be one of the ground vehicle props fr BLADE RUNNER in the film’s opening.
Dollman was the best. Thomerson should've been in more mainstream movies.
Jesus Christ, you're working today ! i commend you young man and happy Christmas to you sir (the 3 punks is a terminator reference ?)
It's likely a scheduled upload.
Amen to that @@john_blues
Indeed it is. We normally shoot once every 5-7 weeks. this particular episode however was shot back in June when we realised it was set at Christmas so decided to bank it for later in the year.
Save the bloopers for the out take reel!
If it's Tim Thomerson it must be the 80s
gotah say i do like their car (black convertable)... MERRY CHRISTMASS!!
These outtakes are hilarious... !!!
It is such a fun and interesting movie!
Could we please have a general episode on Charles Band / Full Moon?
a christmas classic
As was said on "Community": time travel's really had to write about
This is one of the the movies where I have seen many of the sequels but never the original.
Go on then, what was the film you did not want to reference at the end?
Merry Xmas To you also
The fly on the screen just makes me think of Drachenlord.
1.5, 2 and 3 are still watchable. 4 and 5 are kind of a slog. 6 might have worked as another short.
Is it just me, or does the premise for this film sound a bit like the premise behind the Assassin’s Creed games?
Somewhat. There you are reliving past lives. You’re not actually controlling them