Review of Trancers (1984) by Shaun H — 08 Oct 2013

Not crazy about remakes but this would be a nice one.

This review of Trancers (1984) was written by Shaun H on 08 Oct 2013.

Trancers has generally received mixed reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

Trancers (1984) Movie Reviews (98)
Trancers (1984) User Reviews (98)

More Reviews of Trancers

Review of Trancers (1984)

By Robert H (1,967) on 28 Oct 2011

This crazy lo-fi scifi film combines elements from The Terminator, Blade Runner, Timecop and Mad About You to form a classic piece of filmmaking…

Read Review

Review of Trancers (1984)

By Lee B (1,154) on 26 Jan 2011

Trancers really deserves no more than 2 stars but I couldn't help it. It's such a damn entertaining B-movie that I had to bump it up a star…

Read Review

Review of Trancers (1984)

By Anthony J (283) on 19 Nov 2014

A unique little sci-fi with Jack Deth, the tough, no non-sense cop from the future, out to hunt Trancers in 1985…

Read Review

Review of Trancers (1984)

By Michael H (3,299) on 12 Jan 2015

Hard boiled cops, time travel, zombie Santa's, torture by tanning salon and punk rock - a throw it all in the mix and see what sticks 80's…

Read Review

Review of Trancers (1984)

By Dan B (1,694) on 29 Nov 2011

Futurecop Jack Deth is sent back to Christmas 1985 to battle an evil time traveling madman and his zombie denizens…

Read Review

Review of Trancers (1984)

By James C (2,975) on 09 May 2010

In the Los Angeles of the future, the criminal mastermind Whistler controls weak minded people with the power of his mind, and only one man…

Read Review

Review of Trancers (1984)

By Gabriel Arthur P (76) on 03 Apr 2016

This IS a classic…

Read Review

Review of Trancers (1984)

By Marcus M (342) on 21 Aug 2011

Terrific 80's low-budget sci-fi cult gem…

Read Review

Review of Trancers (1984)

By Brett W (781) on 01 Mar 2010

I can't decide which is the more craptastic Blade Runner knockoff; this or Runaway starring Tom Seleck and his mustache…

Read Review

Review of Trancers (1984)

By Bill M (1,080) on 16 Feb 2015

A gloriously unpretentious bit of cheesy 80's sci-fi goodness, for starters the heroes name is Jack Deth, so if that makes you then you will…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)

By Kenneth Turan (2,323) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 12 Mar 2010

The result is a calculated, cynical piece of business that epitomizes the creative bankruptcy and contempt for the audience that infects so…

Read Review

Review of Nowhere (1997)

By Shane M (526) on 01 Jan 2004

This movie is like a bad acid trip....scene after scene of vile, disgusting images with no redeeming qualities whatsoever…

Read Review

Review of Irreversible (2002)

By Joshua Tanzer (113) for Offoffoff (113) on 10 Mar 2003

Likely the worst movie of the year, Irreversible exhibits fascist, gay-bashing tendencies, goes backwards for no reason, dizzies you with aimless…

Read Review

Review of Lethal Weapon (1987)

By Johanna Steinmetz (72) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 12 May 2013

As action-adventure, it's pointlessly puerile, a movie where the heroes are so childish they try to one-up each other with fancy shots at the…

Read Review

Review of Heat (1995)

By Jaredc. (130) on 06 Oct 2007

A nice choice of actor's, too long of a plot, boring, dull, and cliched with many flaws…

Read Review

Review of The Thirteenth Floor (1999)

By Ernest Hardy (466) for L.A. Weekly (3,142) on 20 Dec 2011

Offers no perverse philosophical conundrums and no eye-popping visuals. It's a dull, lifeless bore…

Read Review

Review of Next (2007)

By Jiminybbeat (1) on 26 Apr 2007

What a total POS movie! Terrible on nearly every level with Cage turning in yet another dreadful, self-indulgent performance…

Read Review

Review of Scarface (1932)

By Quran E (14) on 05 Jun 2018

You know how people say this movie was great but really wasn't…

Read Review

Review of Re-Animator (1985)

By Dave Kehr (1,442) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 17 Oct 2010

Ludicrous and inept, this low-budget 1985 splatter film directed by former Chicagoan Stuart Gordon tries to compensate for its complete failure…

Read Review

Review of Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)

By Guest1 (1) on 25 Apr 2020

If you like dogs or cats, this franchise isn’t for you…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

The Voyeurs

2021

58%19 Reviews

Hereditary

2018

72%1,650 Reviews

Barbarian

2022

72%115 Reviews

Love

2015

54%174 Reviews

Dune

2021

77%276 Reviews

A Quiet Place

2018

76%1,685 Reviews

No Time to Die

2021

74%254 Reviews

Terrifier 2

2022

64%48 Reviews

The Gentlemen

2020

70%170 Reviews

Split

2017

71%1,218 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

Trancers

1984

57%98 Reviews

Fired Up!

2009

52%547 Reviews

Armageddon

1998

62%857 Reviews

The Last House on the Left

1972

59%598 Reviews

Rumor Has It...

2005

45%511 Reviews

Cliffhanger

1993

64%430 Reviews

A.I. Artificial Intelligence

2001

67%938 Reviews

88 Minutes

2007

45%602 Reviews

Gimme Shelter

2013

66%247 Reviews

Pastorela

2011

62%20 Reviews