Review of Trancers 4: Jack of Swords (1994) by Allan C — 10 Sep 2016

Weak fourth Trancers films seems more like a cash grab than a real attempt to make a decent film. In this film, Jack Deth lands in the 22nd century where vampires rule a medieval society. Even though it's supposed to be the future, the film mostly takes place around a Romanian castle that was also used in several other Full Moon films.

My suspicion is that Full Moon had a deal to film in and around this castle and they wanted to make as many films there as possible, regardless of their quality. The castle does give the film some impressive production value, but the story is just dull and even though Tim Thomerson returns as Jack Deth, he seems more a parody of the character (which was already a bit tongue-in-cheek).

More likely though, it's just badly written dialogue that comes off as just ridiculous. The film was directed by X-Files regular director David Nutter, but he sadly can't bring any real suspense or intrigue to tis awful script.

This film was made back-to-back with "Trancers 5: Sudden Deth." And according to IMDB, Tim Thomerson is embarrassed by his involvement with this film and part 5.