Two longtime NYPD partners on the trail of a stolen, rare, mint-condition baseball card find themselves up against a merciless, memorabilia-obsessed gangster in this buddy action comedy.
The slow-mo train wreck that is Kevin Smith's directorial career continues unabated with the aptly entitled 'Cop Out'. Now we forgave him 'Jersey Girl', overlooked the pangs of desperation that produced 'Clerks 2' and smiled politely at the hit n' miss (mostly miss) shenanigans of 'Zack and Miri Make A Porno' all the while wondering what'd happened to the maverick Gen X auteur who penned an enjoyable quintet of cult classics (i.e. 'Chasing Amy', 'Clerks', 'Mallrats', 'Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back' and 'Dogma') before collapsing into a creative heap.
'Cop Out' follows buddy-cops Tracy Morgan and Bruce Willis, as they attempt to recover a priceless Baseball card only to stumble upon the nefarious schemes of some Mexican drug cartel. Its starts off quite well; with Morgan's movie quote / homage interrogation scene, in which he proceeds to harass a hapless suspect with one liners from increasingly inappropriate films ranging from 'Heat' and 'Scarface' to 'Dirty Dancing' and 'The Colour Purple'. He even utters the line "Yippee-ki-yay motherf****er" to which a puzzled Bruce Willis wryly replies: "I don't think I've even seen that one". So it's not entirely laugh-free, but not nearly enough mirth for a comedy.
Bruce Willis is pretty much on autopilot here and just gets by on charisma, Tracy Morgan has some good gags at his disposal but tends to over act at any every given opportunity, Sean William Scott makes a chucklesome cameo as an annoying cat burglar whilst the lovely Ana de la Reguera sets Hispanic actors back by a decade with a thankless, clichéd role that even Carmen Miranda might've deemed insulting. The gist of it is that her character can't speak English...and that's it; we're supposed to laugh when she says "hi" instead of bye. Yes, its that bad. If you want to see this genre done well then seek out Shane Black's 'Kiss Kiss Bang Bang' (2005): It's faster, funnier and generally better than this bloated, haphazard timewaster. Back to the drawing board Smith!
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Kevin Smith directs this action comedy starring Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan. Two NYPD detectives - no-nonsense veteran Jimmy Monroe (Willis) and his wacky sidekick Paul Hodges (Morgan) - are on the trail of merciless, memorabilia-obsessed Mexican gangster Poh Boy (Guillermo Diaz). Meanwhile both are beset by problems in their personal lives: Jimmy must unearth the rare, mint-condition baseball card that is his only hope of footing the bill for his daughter's upcoming wedding, while Paul has become so suspicious of his wife's infidelity that he has hidden a CCTV camera inside a teddy bear in their bedroom.
Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play. Officers Jimmy Monroe and Paul Hodges have their weapons drawn on a gun-wielding killer. They agree to shoot on three. But, wait, does that mean 1...2...shoot or 1...2...3...then shoot? Punches hit hard and laughs hit harder (or is it the other way 'round?) when action star Bruce Willis and ace comic Tracy Morgan pair as bickering-but-got-your-back Brooklyn buddy cops. Kevin Smith (Clerks, Chasing Amy) directs the gritty, goofball goings-on as the guys hunt for a stolen 1952 mint-condition baseball card (Jimmy needs it to fund his daughter's wedding), a hunt plunging them into a gunslinging war with a deadly drug ring. Batter up, fans. The boys are ready to take you out to the ol' brawl game! Actors Bruce Willis, Tracy Morgan, Michelle Trachtenberg, Seann William Scott, Jason Lee, Adam Brody, Fred Armisen, Kevin Pollak, Juan Carlos Hernández, Ana de la Reguera, Guillermo Díaz, Alberto Bonilla & Robinson Aponte Director Kevin Smith Certificate 15 years and over Year 2010 Screen Widescreen 2.35:1 Languages English - Dolby Digital (5.1) Subtitles English
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