Monday, August 9, 2010

Like Kevin Smith? Check Out Cop Out!

By Aurelia Coffey

Are you a huge Kevin Smith film? Are you skeptical of this film as it is his first film he did not write and is directing? Fear not, even though it is done by a major motion picture studio, it is a great film and still has that Kevin Smith flare that his fans know and love. Cop Out still has that special thing that makes his movies his own.

So you take two different actors, completely opposite of each other, Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan. Surprisingly their chemistry works well together as they both play cops in New York City. And of course, they have a hilarious and unusual way of working together. Mix all that together with some really great comedy, they did a very great job with this movie. If you watch carefully, it looks as if Bruce Willis is trying to contain himself from laughing so hard.

We already know that the actors are playing cops as the main characters of the movie. They are placed on suspension for not catching a criminal and during that pursuit causing a large neighborhood shootout. Being suspended for a month with out pay, Jimmy, Bruce Willis' character, is short of cash to pay for his only daughters wedding, and decides to sell a baseball card worth a lot of money. While he is taking that card to be looked at, he is then robbed by Sean William Scott's character, Dave. Sean William Scott is well known for his parts in the American Pie movies and he definitely keeps his comedy up in this movie as well.

Another surprise for his fans is that Jason Lee is in the film as well. He plays the new husband to Jimmy's ex wife. And as usual, plays a perfect little scumbag for the film as only he could pull off just right. Jimmy insists on selling his card to keep Jason Lee's character Roy, paying for his daughters wedding, thus taking all the credit for it.

After a many up and downs and twists and turns that no one would expect, the cops end up in a major drug ring, and to not spoil the movie, you will have to see what happens in the movie for yourself! Just think, how can a baseball card, get them into a drug ring?

For those true followers of Smith, you can still get that feel that it is one of his movies. The hilarious sexual jokes, the way it was filmed and even the music chosen to undertone the film itself, it absolutely speaks Kevin Smith. And if that is not reasoning enough for you, he chose to direct it because of the two cops relationship reminded him of Dante and Randal.

This film was released in the United States originally in February 26, 2010 and then again in the United Kingdom in May of 2010. Before it was officially released on DVD and pay per view, it had grossed about 53 million. With a budget of about 37 million, it is not a massive money making film, but very worth seeing.

If you want to see something original and out of the ordinary of Smith's world, seeing Cop Out is a definite. It is worth every one of the 107 minutes it is on.

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