Cop Out

Director: Kevin Smith

Stars: Bruce Willis, Tracy Morgan, Seann Everett Scott

Genre: Comedy

Studio: Warner Brothers

Audience Suitability: PG

Running Time: 107 Minutes

Release Date: Feb. 26, 2010

By Robert Waldman

Buddy movies get played for laughs big time in Cop Out, the latest film from Warner Brothers. All is not well in New York. Precinct troubles plague the captain of one particular police station where two of his men have a habit of continuously screwing things up. Nothing officers Jimmy Monroe or Paul Dodges do seems right. Bruce Willis (Live Free or Die Hard) comes on sort of strong as bad cop Jimmy while Tracy Morgan (The Longest Yard) must make do as fall guy Paul. One would never figure these two as partner material and their strength lies in how they deal with one another when the going gets tough.

A bad bust here, ineffective handling of a police situation there sees our men in blue put on a short leash because of their various indiscretions. Most of their problems relate to the drug trade and some cocky criminals out to control the market of illicit narcotics in New York and beyond. Target number one is local tough guy Raul played by Juan Carlos Hernandez. Hernandez embodies all evil as the tempermental Raul, a man who shoots first and asks questions later. Against this backdrop all sorts of shenanigans ensue with many of New York’s finest dragged into a sordid affair of mistakes, mishaps and missteps galore.

Director Kevin Smith (Jersey Girl) knows his way around the comedy track and he’s concocted a ridiculous police story that works well because of the two leads. Willis is terrific as a wise-cracking by the book officer while Tracy Morgan is the real find here as the completely off the wall second banana whose methods of policing will set law enforcement back decades, if not centuries. Audiences won’t be able to contain their laughter as the scenes between these two well-meaning buffoons and the audacity of the bombastic dialogue borders on the insane.

Lots of bullets fly freely as the crime scenes explode in another race against time thriller. Ethnic stereotypes are in full view here as are the hilarious take-offs on other popular films and genres what will have cinema buffs rolling their eyes heavenward as the zaniness just keeps on piling up.

107 minutes flies by in this tale that also has a great family angle showing once again Bruce Willis’ dominant persona as a steady as he goes head of the household type figure. And the insertion of another wacky character, Dave, just ups the comic ante even more as the tangents of a plot here scatter in a number of different directions before intersecting in perfect syn. Seann William Scott (American Pie) almost walks away with the movie as Dave, another off the wall type whose passion for language and double entendres will have onlookers in stitches.

Hard to keep a straight face after watching Cop Out will ensure a good time at the movies for those who like their comedy served with a crazy kink and flourish of frivolous activity.

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