Cop Out (2010)

director: Kevin Smith

writers: Mark & Robb Cullen

starring: Bruce Willis, Tracy Morgan

genre: Comedy

Tracy Morgan and Bruce Willis in a buddy cop film is not match made in heaven. A duo I never really expected to see together and acualty didnt miss anything by seeing them now together on screen. But it isnt only there fault. The whole film is kind of a sad joke. It's a rehash of every buddy cop film youve ever seen and if your in the mood for that then you wont be complaining. Truth be told at least you will enjoy Tracy Morgan and Sean William Scott at work who are the only shinning lights in a film devoid of originality.

A interesting fact is that this film was on a list of best unproduced scripts back in 2008. Why the hell did they think this was such a good script? Did this script revolutionize the buddy cop genre without me realizing it? Nope. Then why was it then considered to be so good? Not even God or science knows that question.

The film is just a formulaic cop film where 2 cops have a small sublpot of there own, one with his daughter getting maried and the other who thinks his wife is cheating on him. And the main plot is as you can a imagine about a crooked drug dealer. The dialogue and jokes are mediocre at best especially when delivered by Wills who's acting in the film is wooden as hell. But when the jokes come from Morgan and Scott is where the film gets its strength.

Like with romantic comedies there is no need for these films to exist as long as they are plain and unoriginal as Cop Out. Either make a funny and inteligent cop film or a funny parody of the genre or a deep cop drama not this crap. Is it so difficult to avoid cliches or to make fun of them. Not to mention that there is similar film coming out in a while called the Other Guys with Will Ferell and Mark Whalberg. Lets just hope that fairs better than Cop Out.

Thinking this film was made for a reason besides cashing in a paycheck is ludicrous. See the film in flash forward to catch all the good moments and then press stop. Otherwise your just wasting your time.

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Review by Paul