Trancers 6 (2002)

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8 years after the last one, 18 years after the first one, there's an attempt at rebooting the franchise with Trancers 6 (Life After Death), bringing the premise back to its roots (Quantum Leaping into an ancestor), with new villains creating a new breed of trancer. Had this been a success, it would have spawned more, I'm sure, because the ending suggests it. In this one, they cleverly use old footage of Tim Thomerson to make Jack Deth jump back into his and Lena's daughter in the year 2022. Great! Zette Sullivan has the unenviable task of giving a full-on Thomerson impression for the whole of the movie, which wouldn't be easy even if she had more than a couple screen credits. What kind of saves her is that 99% of the cast is made of worse actors than she is. Not quite comfortable in the part, she initially gives off a Melissa Benoist as a Kara/Supergirl vibe, but as Jo Deth, doesn't have much range. Overall, we could definitely use more humor, because while they resurrect the premise, and attempt to resurrect the character, give or take a couple scenes where Jack struggles with being a woman (is this supposed to be a pun?) they don't really manage to resurrect the tone that is crucial to the series' cult appeal. 4 years 10 months ago