Future
cop Jack Deth (Tim Thomerson) is living it up in 1991 when he gets word that
the evil Dr. Wardo (Richard Lynch) is creating a “Trancer Farm”. It’s then up to Jack and his wife Lena (Helen
Hunt) to take Wardo down. Things get
complicated when Jack’s future wife (Megan Ward) returns to the present to aid
them in their quest.
Trancers
2 gets off to an inauspicious start with a massive exposition dump filled with
enough gobbledygook to make your head spin.
It’s been a while since I saw the first Trancers, but I remember
enjoying it. With this one, I was lost
before it even got going. Director
Charles Band doesn’t do much to correct that either as there isn’t much drive
or imagination on display. It also plods
along at a lumbering pace and the action set pieces are clunky and cheap
looking. (The finale in particular is
weak.) Still, it’s hard to completely
hate any movie that contains a homeless baseball game AND an exploding ham.
The
cast do what they can, but Band fails to capitalize on their talents. I mean what can you say about a movie that
features Richard Lynch, Martine Beswick, and Jeffrey Combs as villains, and
none of them are ever given a chance to tap into the oddball energy that make
them such valuable cult icons? It looks
like Band just shot and used the rehearsal as their scenes together are mostly
lifeless.
Even
Thomerson’s grizzled machismo isn’t enough to keep you watching. His limp quips and lame wisecracks don’t help
matters either. The only sparks are
provided by Ward and Hunt. The scenes
where they vie for Thomerson’s affections are the only worthwhile parts of the
film, and even then, they’re mostly weighted towards the end.
AKA: Future Cop 2.
AKA: Trancers 2: The Two Faces of Deth. AKA:
Trancers 2: The Return of Jack
Deth.
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