Trancers Movies: Release Order
The Trancers series is a low-budget sci-fi action franchise starring Tim Thomerson as Jack Deth, a tough-talking cop from the 23rd century who travels through time to hunt down Trancers - zombie-like creatures controlled by the villainous Whistler. The series spans six films, combining time travel, interdimensional adventure, and mostly straight-to-video production values.
This release order watch list follows Jack Deth's complete journey from his initial mission in 1980s Los Angeles through alternate dimensions and into the next generation. The films maintain a consistent timeline and narrative progression, making release order the natural way to experience the entire franchise, though quality drops off significantly in the later sequels.
There is 1 other watch order available – see the link up above.
Linear Timeline: Release Order = Story Order
Trancers II: The Return of Jack Deth
Future cop Jack Deth, stranded in the past, must stop another army of mind-controlled human zombies called Trancers from being created. His mission becomes complicated when his boss sends his future wife back in time to help him, despite the fact that he's already married someone in the 20th century.
Trancers 3: Deth Lives
Time-traveling cop Jack Deth returns to the past with a crucial mission to destroy the dangerous Trancer program before it can plunge the world into chaos and war.
Trancers 4: Jack of Swords
Time-traveling cop Jack Deth finds himself stranded in an alternate dimension where a different breed of trancers rule the planet under the evil Lord Calaban. He joins forces with rebel fighters called the Tunnel Rats to overthrow their oppressive regime.
Trancers 5: Sudden Deth
Jack Deth finds himself trapped in the magical other-dimensional world of Orpheus, where he must search for the mystical Tiamond while facing the return of Caliban, the supposedly dead king of the trancers.
Trancers 6: Life After Deth
Time-traveling cop Jack Deth returns in this sci-fi sequel, but with a twist - he's trapped in his own daughter's body while battling deadly zombie-like Trancers. He must adapt to his new female form while facing the most dangerous enemies of his career in a mission to save both his daughter and the world.
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