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| - In the first film, Jack Deth is sent to the past to track down the manufacturer of a drug. When used, the uses becomes a 'Trancer', a ravenous, zombie-like killer. The police force of the future uses a machine to send Jack to the past. When sent 'down the line' into the past, the device seeks out an ancestor of Jack Death whose body he inhabits while working there. In the first 5 films, Jack is portrayed by actor Tim Thomerson in both his future form and in the body he inhabits in the past. In the sixth film, Zette Sullivan portrays the body of the ancestor Jack Deth inhabits, a female version called Jo Deth. The future Jack Deth is still played by Tim Thomerson. Thomerson appears only briefly in an uncredited appearance, utilizing archival footage. Another film, Trancers: City of Lost Ang
- Played by actor / comedian Tim Thomerson in five out of the six films, Jack Deth is a Police Trooper / Trancer Hunter from the 23rd Century who uses a method of time-travel to inhabit the body of his last known relative, a journalist named Philip Deth. Deth can identify a trancer by scanning them with a special bracelet (as seen in the first movie) and then scorch them using a "heater", which (according to the comics) is the name of Deth's plasma powered gun.
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| - Played by actor / comedian Tim Thomerson in five out of the six films, Jack Deth is a Police Trooper / Trancer Hunter from the 23rd Century who uses a method of time-travel to inhabit the body of his last known relative, a journalist named Philip Deth. Trancers are Zombie like sub-humans (nicknamed "squids"), who pledge their lives to their power hungry (and often psychic) leaders in each of the six films. At first, they look normal, but will become savage when in trancing mode. According to Deth, trancing only works on people with weak minds, although later entries introduced other themes, including outer space, botany and vampires which made this statement less suggestive. Deth can identify a trancer by scanning them with a special bracelet (as seen in the first movie) and then scorch them using a "heater", which (according to the comics) is the name of Deth's plasma powered gun.
- In the first film, Jack Deth is sent to the past to track down the manufacturer of a drug. When used, the uses becomes a 'Trancer', a ravenous, zombie-like killer. The police force of the future uses a machine to send Jack to the past. When sent 'down the line' into the past, the device seeks out an ancestor of Jack Death whose body he inhabits while working there. In the first 5 films, Jack is portrayed by actor Tim Thomerson in both his future form and in the body he inhabits in the past. In the sixth film, Zette Sullivan portrays the body of the ancestor Jack Deth inhabits, a female version called Jo Deth. The future Jack Deth is still played by Tim Thomerson. Thomerson appears only briefly in an uncredited appearance, utilizing archival footage. Another film, Trancers: City of Lost Angels, is constructed almost exclusively of archival footage and takes place around the time of the first and second films. Helen Hunt plays Jack's love interest and eventually wife through the first three films. Films 4 and 5 send Jack Deth into a world with a Medieval atmosphere, where Trancers act as a type of intelligent vampire, using their power as royalty and drawing life-force from their victims taken from the lower class.
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