since the 70 and writer or producer or director charles band have be responsible for literally hundred of science fiction and fantasy and horror b movie . some of them be wonderful example of how to use a tiny budget to maximum effect while many of them be pretty bad . trancers ( 1985 ) be one of those rare gem . a terminator style tale of time travel and action and trancers saw tim thomerson play jack deth and a future cop give the task of track down bad guy whistler and who travel into the past by inhabit the body of an ancestor . whistler be capable of control other human with his psychic power and convert them into obedient zombie ( the trancers of the title ) and and attempt to alter the course of history by kill off the ancestor of the leader of the future . jack follow him to 1985 and determine to stop him . in this 1991 sequel and jack be still live in 1985. have destroy whistler and he have settle down and married leena ( helen hunt ) and the young woman who help him succeed in the first movie . but and for jack and thing do not stay calm for long and and trouble appear in the form of whistler brother and e. d. wardo and who be try to build a trancer army . trancers ii lack the charm and simplicity of the original and be a huge disappointment consider how good the original be . the story be difficult to pick up if you haven not see the first film ( or at least not for a long while ) and and there be load of unimpressive action and a few poor special effect . go be the inventiveness and wit that make trancers so much fun while instead we get some cheesy one liner and a script that feel like it be write on the fly . about the only reason i can give for recommend this film to fan of the genre be the cast and which boast many name that will be familiar to follower of sci fi and horror movie represent jeffrey comb and barbara crampton and richard lynch and martine beswicke . unfortunately and most of them seem to be have an off day whilst film trancers ii and and performance be mediocre at best . the trancers series obviously have it fan while four further sequel have since be churn out . unless the quality have take up massive upward swing and i can not imagine them be any good .