Kopps (2003)

Director:

Josef Fares

Writers:

Josef Fares (writer)
Mikael Håfström (writer)

Release Date:

7 February 2003 (Sweden)

Genre:

Action | Comedy

Tagline:

Hvis du tænder på: - stramt siddende uniformer - citron halvmåner med varmkaffe - blå blink og bah-buh lyde vil du slå gnister over KOPS

Plot:

When a small town police station is threatened with shutting down because of too little crime, the police realise that something has to be done...

Plot Keywords:

Police | Small Town | Police Officer | Shootout | Sweat Band

Awards:

5 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Fares Fares	...	Jacob
Torkel Petersson	...	Benny
Göran Ragnerstam	...	Lasse
Sissela Kyle	...	Agneta
Eva Röse	...	Jessica
Christian Fiedler	...	Folke
Erik Ahrnbom	...	Håkan
Harry Goldstein	...	Göran
Michael Fares	...	Mike
Viktor Friberg	...	Janne
Jan Fares	...	Mike's dad
Yngve Dahlberg	...	Gunnar
Kerstin Hellström	...	Kindergarten teacher
Paula McManus	...	Jacob's first date
Maj-Lis Hörne	...	Elsa

Also Known As:

Kops (Denmark) (Sweden) (alternative spelling)
Josef Fares 2002 (Sweden) (working title)
Josef Fares 2003 (Sweden) (working title)
Josef Fares nya (Sweden) (working title)

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

Sweden | Denmark

Language:

Swedish | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:10 | Iceland:LH (video rating) | Australia:M | Denmark:7 | Finland:K-11 | Germany:12 | Norway:11 | Philippines:R-13 | Singapore:NC-16 | Sweden:11

Filming Locations:

Bäckefors, Västra Götalands län, Sweden

Company:

Memfis Film

Trivia:

The actors had to learn how to fire a gun on the Police Academy before filming began.

Goofs:

Factual errors: The call signal sounds from their radios are wrong. The Swedish Police and Rescue services use two different radio systems (when the film was made. They are now changing to a TETRA system). The S80 is only used by the Police in the three biggest cities. The S70 is used by everyone, (Police, Rescue, SAR, Mil etc) everywhere else. Since the film is "far from everything" they should use the S70 system but the sounds are from a S80 system.

Quotes:

Benny's neighbour: What are you, a woman?
Benny: No, I'm a cop!

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Super Troopers (2001)

Soundtrack:

KÄRLEK ROSTAR INTE

Good comedy

Small Swedish village is pretty much free of all crime. Police force doesn't have much else to do than to loiter around, hoping for something to happen. But one day they hear, that their work place is under cancellation threat, so they must boost up their arrest and crime rate to keep their beloved police station.

They figure out, that if they don't have crime they might as well start doing crime themselves.

Hardly never movies with this kind of settings are good but Kopps does fine exception from that rule. A funny film with good acting and great jokes. Especially the crimes and descriptions of "Russian mafia" shoot outs and such are hilarious and well done.

My thumbs up.