Jack Deth
| Jack Deth | |
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| Trancers character | |
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| First appearance | Trancers (1985) |
| Last appearance | Trancers: City of Lost Angels (2013) |
| Created by | Charles Band |
| Portrayed by | Tim Thomerson, Zette Sullivan |
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| Occupation | Trancer Hunter |
| Spouse(s) | Wife Lena (divorced), Alice (deceased)/(separated) |
| Children | Daughter Josephine Forrest |
Jack Deth is the main protagonist in the Trancers franchise, produced by Charles Band of Empire Pictures and later Full Moon Entertainment, from 1985–2013.
The Trancers franchise started out as an homage to pulp detective novels, with noted similarities to other cult sci-fi movies, such as Blade Runner and The Terminator (the latter of which was released the previous year). In the series, time travel is initially made possible using a drug that sends the person into the consciousness of a relation, but expanded to include the pre-set co-ordinates of a time machine. Although parts 4 and 5 introduced other means of time travel between dimensions.
Jack Deth is a wisecracking police detective (or “trooper”) in Angel City (formerly Los Angeles) and is portrayed by Tim Thomerson in six out of the seven films, as well as having a cameo appearance in the movie Evil Bong. He is transported into the body of his ancestor Philip in 1985. Zette Sullivan assumed the role for the sixth film in 2002, since the Deth character can be inside the body of a relation, of either gender.
Jack’s job is finding and “singeing” “Trancers”—the zombie like sub-humans, who obey the command of the powerful and (often psychic) villains throughout the series. But it won't work on those whose will is strong.
Deth appears in all the films, while Trancers 6 only has archive footage of Thomerson and a double body played by Christopher Farrell is used for some scenes. Zette Sullivan plays his daughter, Josephine, whom Jack is inside.
Jack Deth is a cop who, originally was from the 23rd century, c. 2247 in Angel City (the renamed Los Angeles, following an earthquake). Jack was married to a woman called Alice B. Stillwell, who was also his partner, until she was killed by zombie like enemies called "Trancers" after an operation went wrong.
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