Trancers: City of Lost Angels

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Trancers: City of Lost Angels
Directed by Charles Band
Written by Danny Bilson
Paul De Meo
Produced byCharles Band
Starring Tim Thomerson
Helen Hunt
Distributed by Empire Pictures
Release date
  • September 2013 (2013-09)
Running time
20 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Trancers: City of Lost Angels (also known as Trancers 1.5) is a short science fiction film that was released on DVD in 2013 and later a bonus addition for other releases of the original Trancers on Blu-ray. It consists of approximately 20 minutes of footage lifted from the unreleased 1988 anthology film, Pulse Pounders , which also featured two other segments. It stars Tim Thomerson who reprises his role as the time journeying cop, Jack Deth, from 1985's Trancers. [1] The film is marketed as a digitally restored lost sequel. The film takes place between Trancers and Trancers II .

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Plot

Jack Deth, the super cop from the future, has put away three centuries' worth of time traveling criminals. But Deth’s most dangerous collar, the ultraviolent assassin Edlin Shock (Velvet Rhodes), has escaped from her maximum security holding cell and will not rest until she has exacted revenge. Meanwhile, Deth is trying to make a life for himself as a private eye in 1988 Los Angeles with his hot-blooded girlfriend Lena (played by Academy Award-winning actress Helen Hunt). Relationship troubles are just the beginning of Deth’s problems when he learns that Edlin Shock has followed him back in time. Aided by his former police chief McNulty, whose consciousness is inhabiting the body of a 13-year-old girl, Jack Deth will have to use his wits, as well as his fists, to save the past, present and future.

Production and release

The film was "shot in the 1980s but not released before 2013". [2] This "halfquel" [3] was "thought to be a lost film" until then. [4]

Reception

The film was described as a "fast food production that has its charm". [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Trancers: City of Lost Angels DVD". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2016-02-10.
  2. ↑ Hamman, Cody (2023-07-25). "Trancers TV series: Jack Deth may return on a major streaming service". JoBlo. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
  3. ↑ adminHQ (2014-11-22). "TRANCERS: Film Review". THE HORROR ENTERTAINMENT MAGAZINE. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
  4. ↑ "Trancers City of Lost Angels". Full Moon Features. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
  5. ↑ Milici, Marcelo (2022-12-12). "Trancers: City of Lost Angels (1988)". Boca do Inferno (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-03-01.


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