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Overview
Release Date:
March 1988 (USA) moreTagline:
When a cop cares too much, how far is too far. [USA Theatrical] morePlot:
Lloyd Hopkins, a hard-boiled American police detective is on the trail of a mass murderer who is victimizing women in Los Angeles... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
One of the best cop thrillers ever made moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| James Woods | ... | Lloyd Hopkins | |
| Lesley Ann Warren | ... | Kathleen McCarthy | |
| Charles Durning | ... | Dutch Peltz | |
| Charles Haid | ... | Delbert 'Whitey' Haines | |
| Raymond J. Barry | ... | Captain Fred Gaffney | |
| Randi Brooks | ... | Joanie Pratt | |
| Steven Lambert | ... | Bobby Franco | |
| Christopher Wynne | ... | Jack Gibbs | |
| Jan McGill | ... | Jen Hopkins | |
| Vicki Wauchope | ... | Penny Hopkins | |
| Melinda Lynch | ... | Sarah Smith | |
| John Petievich | ... | Deputy | |
| Dennis Stewart | ... | Lawrence 'Birdman' Henderson | |
| Randy Pelish | ... | Employee | |
| Annie McEnroe | ... | Amy Cranfield |
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Iceland:16 | Australia:M (original rating) | Australia:MA (re-rating) | Germany:16 | Finland:K-16 | Norway:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:16MOVIEmeter: 
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At one point in the movie Lloyd (James Woods) rings a doorbell to an apartment building. One of the names of the residents is Gene Rudolf, which is the name of this film's production designer. moreQuotes:
Lloyd Hopkins: How'd he know the guys were Mexican?Detective: They spoke with Mexican accents.
Lloyd Hopkins: To each other?
Detective: Um, didn't ask.
Lloyd Hopkins: There's your first lead.
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James Woods (always a good sign) stars as a hell-bent LAPD Homicide detective in this gem from the '80's. A serial killer is butchering women and it's up to Woods to track him down and bring him to justice. Problem is that Woods becomes so obsessed with the case, that by the end well...he just doesn't care about bringing in the killer. I have this movie on tape and over the years it has not become dated or soft looking, and the success of LA Confidential, has not affected this movie in the slightest, it is still possibly one of the darkest movies ever. Woods' character is not a man-seeking-redemption, instead he is a man who has looked into the Abyss, and has seen himself looking out. Cop is a great film, that has been over-looked by many people, watch it with Training Day, Internal Affairs, Dark Blue, Romeo Is Bleeding etc. It's a good film. 5/5. Also, the best ending I've ever seen on this type of movie