Trancers (1985)

Director: Charles Band

Starring: Tim Thomerson, Helen Hunt

More Info: IMDB

Tagline: Jack Deth is back... and he's never even been here before!

Plot: Jack Deth is a kind of cop/bounty hunter in the bleak Los Angeles of the future. He's become obsessed with chasing Whistler - an evil criminal who uses powerful hypnotic powers to convert 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.



My Rating: 7/10

Would I watch it again? Damn, straight!

This is great low budget, sci-fi, TERMINATOR knock-off, 80s fun. Like I mentioned in my review of DOLLMAN (1991), Tim Thomerson kicks ass and makes a great action hero. In TRANCERS, he's got that 40s detective dialogue and straight-face down pat. And he's from the future. The script is lean and quick and that patented humor of Thomerson's is scattered throughout. The small budget only hurts in the special effects department, but if you're used to that early-to-mid 80s brand of effects then it's nothing new for you. It really helps the film because nothing in this film is trying to be Oscar-worthy; it's just trying to be a lot of fun and it succeeds with flying colors.