Copshop
Copshop does what all good stories do. It takes its own sweet time to tell.
Starring the always likeable Gerard Butler and the massively underrated Frank Grillo. It is perhaps Alexsis Louder as Rookie cop Valerie and Toby Huss as the psychopathic hitman Anthony Lamb who really steal the show. In fact the character Lamb is hilarious getting all the best lines.
Copshop doesn't break the mould but is utterly satisfying with some colourful and charismatic dialogue, Intense and graphic violence with action scenes that remain grounded. (Grounded for the most part, there's the odd moment here and there where characters survive the unsurvivable).
On the run from a lethal assassin, a wily con artist devises a scheme to hide out inside a small-town police station-but when the hitman turns up at the precinct, an unsuspecting rookie cop finds herself caught in the crosshairs.
Copshop was a pleasant surprise managing to keep me entertained for its entire 1hr 47min runtime. It's a good looking movie too. One that should look sublime in 4K. I watched in 1080p and was rather impressed. There's no film grain. A slick presentation that reveals wrinkles, pores and the finest of detail.
For the Home Theatre connoisseur, sound is decent too with plenty of bang for your buck when the action ignites.
Good low budget action movies such as this are becoming harder to find. Director Joe Carnahan is usually pretty reliable when it comes to this sort of thing and this is another highlight in his movie career.
Copshop does what all good stories do. It takes its own sweet time to tell.
Starring the always likeable Gerard Butler and the massively underrated Frank Grillo. It is perhaps Alexsis Louder as Rookie cop Valerie and Toby Huss as the psychopathic hitman Anthony Lamb who really steal the show. In fact the character Lamb is hilarious getting all the best lines.
Copshop doesn't break the mould but is utterly satisfying with some colourful and charismatic dialogue, Intense and graphic violence with action scenes that remain grounded. (Grounded for the most part, there's the odd moment here and there where characters survive the unsurvivable).
On the run from a lethal assassin, a wily con artist devises a scheme to hide out inside a small-town police station-but when the hitman turns up at the precinct, an unsuspecting rookie cop finds herself caught in the crosshairs.
Copshop was a pleasant surprise managing to keep me entertained for its entire 1hr 47min runtime. It's a good looking movie too. One that should look sublime in 4K. I watched in 1080p and was rather impressed. There's no film grain. A slick presentation that reveals wrinkles, pores and the finest of detail.
For the Home Theatre connoisseur, sound is decent too with plenty of bang for your buck when the action ignites.
Good low budget action movies such as this are becoming harder to find. Director Joe Carnahan is usually pretty reliable when it comes to this sort of thing and this is another highlight in his movie career.