西暦2300年の未来世界から、狂信的カルトの教祖が1985年の世界に逃亡した。教祖はロサンゼルス市警察の刑事ホイッスラーに憑依、他人を次々と自分の使い“トランサー”に仕立て上げて殺人を重ねていく。未来世界の敏腕刑事ジャック・デスは教祖の凶行を止めるべく、自らも1985年の世界に降り立ち、教祖と対決する。
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監督: Charles Band
脚本: Danny Bilson / Paul De Meo
音楽: Phil Davies / Mark Ryder
制作: Charles Band
撮影監督: Mac Ahlberg
制作会社: Empire Pictures / Lexyn Productions / Charles Band Productions / Altar Productions
**_Fun time-travel sci-fi thriller with a young Helen Hunt_** A no-nonsense detective in 2247 (Tim Thomerson) has to go back in time to stop a cult leader who has the power to mesmerize people into a zombie-like state. He enlists a likable blonde to assist him, an assistant for Santa at the local mall (Helen Hunt). "Trancers" (1984) has similarities to “The Terminator” mixed with a little “Blade Runner” and Humphrey Bogart, but that more popular James Cameron film is vastly superior because it had 14 times the budget; it also beat it to theaters. This one has a wink of amusement, like they weren’t taking it too seriously. Still, if you can roll with that, it’s entertaining enough and has some interesting ideas, like the unique method of time travel with people going back by injecting a drug that enables them to take over the body of an ancestor. It obviously influenced “Warlock,” which came out five years later, and was popular enough to produce six sequels between 1988-2002. I’m including the 20-minute 1988 short “Trancers: City of Lost Angels,” which wasn’t actually released until 2013 because it was originally set to appear on a shelved anthology called “Pulse Pounders.” The proper full-length sequel, “Trancers II: The Return of Jack Deth,” debuted in 1991 with Thomerson, Hunt and Biff Manard returning from this one. Helen was 21 during shooting and never looked better. Exhibit A is her opening scene in a green leotard. The flick’s short ‘n’ sweet at 1 hour, 16 minutes. It was shot in Los Angeles, except for the beach scene in nearby Malibu. The mall sequence was filmed at Panorama Mall. GRADE: B-
