Trancers 5: Sudden Deth (1994)

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Trancers 5: Sudden Deth is the second part of Jack Deth as Ator and the story has finally run out of steam. To think this cheap fantasy two-parter was written by then-respected comic book writer Peter David. His greatest hit here is probably the pun Tiamond (time diamond), as the MacGuffin of the piece. The rebels are still fighting the vampire trancers, but Jack is also on a quest to get home to his dimension and time. Cue some DnD encounters, which I don't dislike, and the villain from the first film, which I don't care for. I'm really not a fan of Jack's pliant love interest in these last couple films either. When Jack eventually gets back to the future, it's to a schmaltzy happy ending of sorts, and I can't help but think the character deserved a much more satisfying "final chapter". There WOULD be another Trancers film in the future, but this is at least it for Tim Thomerson's portrayal of the hard-as-nails "Future Cop". He just barely saves this one from rock bottom, but it dips damn close, largely because this isn't the kind of movie we want to see from Trancers. Scorpion King, maybe. Trancers, hell no! 4 years 10 months ago