Trancers: City of Lost Angels
{{Infobox film
| name = Trancers: City of Lost Angels
| image = Trancers City of Lost Angels.jpg
| caption = DVD cover art
| director = Charles Band
| writer = Danny Bilson
Paul De Meo
| starring = Tim Thomerson
Helen Hunt
| producer = Charles Band
| music =
| cinematography =
| editing =
| distributor = Empire Pictures
| released = {{Film date|2013|9}}
| runtime = 20 minutes
| language = English
| country = United States
}}
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.{{cite web |url=http://www.fullmoondirect.com/Trancers-City-of-Lost-Angels-DVD_p_819.html |title=Trancers: City of Lost Angels DVD |accessdate=2016-02-10 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222165748/http://www.fullmoondirect.com/Trancers-City-of-Lost-Angels-DVD_p_819.html |archivedate=2014-02-22}} The short is marketed as a digitally restored lost sequel. The short takes place between Trancers and Trancers II.
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.
Cast
- Tim Thomerson as Jack Deth
- Alyson Croft as Little McNulty
- Helen Hunt as Leena Deth
- Art LaFleur as McNulty
- Telma Hopkins as Ruthie Raines
- Grace Zabriskie as The Warden
- Velvet Rhodes as Edlin Shock
Production and release
The film was "shot in the 1980s but not released before 2013".{{Cite web |last=Hamman |first=Cody |date=2023-07-25 |title=Trancers TV series: Jack Deth may return on a major streaming service |url=https://www.joblo.com/trancers-tv-series/ |access-date=2024-03-01 |website=JoBlo |language=en-US}} This "halfquel"{{Cite web |last=adminHQ |date=2014-11-22 |title=TRANCERS: Film Review |url=https://www.screamhorrormag.com/trancers-film-review/ |access-date=2024-03-01 |website=THE HORROR ENTERTAINMENT MAGAZINE |language=en-US}} was "thought to be a lost film" until then.{{Cite web |title=Trancers City of Lost Angels |url=https://www.fullmoonfeatures.com/trancers-city-of-lost-angels |access-date=2024-03-01 |website=Full Moon Features |language=en}}
Reception
The film was described as a "fast food production that has its charm".{{Cite web |last=Milici |first=Marcelo |date=2022-12-12 |title=Trancers: City of Lost Angels (1988) |url=https://bocadoinferno.com.br/criticas/2022/12/trancers-city-of-lost-angels-1988/ |access-date=2024-03-01 |website=Boca do Inferno |language=pt-BR}}
References
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Category:American independent films
Category:American science fiction short films
Category:2010s films about time travel
Category:2013 science fiction films
Category:Trancers (film series)
Category:2013 independent films
Category:2010s English-language films
Category:Films directed by Charles Band
Category:Rediscovered American films
Category:English-language science fiction films
Category:English-language short films
Category:English-language independent films
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