Cop Out (2010)

A comedy about a veteran NYPD cop whose rare baseball card is stolen. Since it's his only hope to pay for his daughter's upcoming wedding, he recruits his partner to track down the thief, a memorabilia-obsessed gangster.

Director:

Kevin Smith

Writers:

Robb Cullen, Mark Cullen

Stars:

Bruce Willis, Tracy Morgan, Juan Carlos Hernández

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Bruce Willis	...	Jimmy Monroe
Tracy Morgan	...	Paul Hodges
Juan Carlos Hernández	...	Raul
Cory Fernandez	...	Juan
Jason Hurt	...	Youth 1
Jeff Lima	...	Youth 2
Sean Cullen	...	Captain Romans
Kevin Pollak	...	Hunsaker
Adam Brody	...	Barry Mangold
Guillermo Díaz	...	Poh Boy
Alberto Bonilla	...	Julio
Robinson Aponte	...	Banger 1
Jeremy Dash	...	Banger 2
Mando Alvarado	...	Mexican Man 1
Michelle Trachtenberg	...	Ava

Storyline

After a clumsy operation trying to capture a drug dealer, the N.Y.P.D Detectives Jimmy Monroe and Paul Hodges are suspended for one month by their Captain Romans. Jimmy decides to sell his rare baseball card to pay for his daughter's expensive wedding while his jealous partner believes that his wife is cheating on him with their next-door neighbor. When Jimmy sells his card to a memorabilia store, the place is burgled by two small-time thieves and the detective loses his card. They track down the thieves.

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Plot Keywords:

wedding | partner | baseball card | detective | gangster | 

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Taglines:

Rock out with your Glock out

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Crime

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for pervasive language including sexual references, violence and brief sexuality

Details

Official Sites:

Warner Bros. [fr] Warner Bros. [jp]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 February 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Couple of Cops

Filming Locations:

Colonial Rd & 81st St, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$37,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£64,935 (UK) (21 May 2010)

Gross:

£64,935 (UK) (21 May 2010)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros, Marc Platt Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

107 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The screenplay was in the 2008 Black List (a list of the best unproduced screenplays).

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Goofs

When driving around in the Crown Victoria patrol car, the vehicle has LED lights in the grill, back window, and one dual light attached with suction cups in the front windshield on the dashboard. In later scenes, the dash light is missing.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Paul Hodges: You know what today represents? Nine Jim. Nine years me and you been together. *Nine* we been main shit stains. I know some dogs that don't even live to be nine. You're lucky if you get seven years out of a Great Dane. But me and you been puttin' it together for nine...
[whips out a card]
Paul Hodges: Happy anniversary Jim.
Jimmy Monroe: I don't celebrate anniversaries.
Paul Hodges: Jim, open it up. I wanna see the expression on your face.
Jimmy Monroe: You wanna see the expression on my face? The expression you're gonna see on my face...

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Connections

References Scarface (1983)

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Soundtracks

"Follow the Leader"
Written by Eric B. (as Eric Barrier), William Griffin and Bob James
Performed by Eric B. & Rakim (as Eric B. And Rakim)
Courtesy of Geffen Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Contains a sample of "Nautilus"
Performed by Bob James
Courtesy of Tappan Zee Records

User Reviews

Cheaply done buddy film

Cop Out has a few laughs, but otherwise it's a surprisingly bland experience. It suffers from a generic storyline, questionable performances and the simple fact that almost none of the intended sources of humour achieve the desired effect.

Bruce Willis (an old timer) and Tracy Morgan (a new timer) are an odd couple indeed, but they had potential. The problem is that their levels of commitment to the film are polarized. Willis seems lazy and uninterested never putting much effort into it. Morgan on the other hand, tries way too hard. His over the top style is more clumsy than funny, it and upstages pretty much everyone else in the cast.

After about ten minutes, we have a pretty good idea of how this film is gonna play out, but we go with it in the hope that the trip is worth while. Unfortunately there are more silly contrivances and poorly written lines than there are laughs. The only time when Cop Out is funny (and remotely clever) is over a Good Cop Bad Cop routine that Willis and Morgan have. There are enough action movie jokes to make it clear to the audience that at least Kevin Smith has the self-awareness necessary for satire. But from what I saw, Cop Out isn't really a satire at all. It no better or worse than any other failed cop/comedy. I'm not sure if it's laziness or lack of thinking behind it, but Cop Out hasn't got the goods