Cop Out (2010)

Jimmy's rare baseball card is robbed. Since it's his only hope to pay for his daughter's upcoming wedding, he recruits his cop partner Paul to track down the robber, a memorabilia-obsessed gangster.

Director:

Kevin Smith

Writers:

Robb Cullen, Mark Cullen

Stars:

Bruce Willis, Tracy Morgan, Juan Carlos Hernández

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Bruce Willis	...	Jimmy
Tracy Morgan	...	Paul
Juan Carlos Hernández	...	Raul (as Juan Carlos Hernandez)
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:

united states of america | usa | weapon | death | cop | 

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Taglines:

Rock out with your Glock out

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

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

Did You Know?

Trivia

When Kevin Smith found out the studio was going to lock in the title of the film as "A Couple of Cops" so they could run the trailer behind Sherlock Holmes (2009) Christmas weekend he told a producer, "God that title is going to feel like such a fucking cop out." The producer replied, "We should just call the movie that."

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Goofs

In order to push the tattoo artist for information, Jimmy holds a tattoo machine up to the artist's eye while they question him. During the close up shots of the artist the tattoo machine is directly in front of his eye but every time the shot moves to Jimmy and Paul, the tattoo machine is being held away from him.

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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 is ...

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Connections

References Jerry Maguire (1996)

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Soundtracks

King of Rock
Written by Darryl McDaniels, Joseph Simmons and Larry K. Smith (as Lawrence Smith)
Performed by Run-D.M.C. (as RUN-DMC)
Courtesy of Profile Records, Inc.
By arrangement with Sony Music Licensing

User Reviews

Nothing spectacular...

This movie was alright, but it failed to become something spectacular and memorable.

First of all, I am going to comment on the cast and the acting. As for Bruce Willis, well his acting is great, as usual, and he was good for this role. Now, for me, what really carried this movie was the character that Seann William Scott played, it was hilarious, even though it was just a supporting role. He was so cool in this role and I loved every moment of it. Now, on to Tracy Morgan, well I have to say that I found him amazingly annoying in this role, and I just wanted to reach in there and .... oh well, never the less, I think a guy like Chris Rock or Chris Tucker might have been better for this particular role.

Moving on to the story. Well, the plot and story was good, and constantly moving, so you weren't really bored at any point in the movie. And there were lots of hilarious scenes and moments as well. And there were also just enough twists and turns in the story to make it interesting.

The music in this movie sort of made me feel like I was watching a re-make of the old Eddie Murphy movies "Beverly Hills Cop". At times it was like the music was a remix or a homage to the music from those movies. That was kind of a bit too much for me.

I hadn't actually heard anything about this movie, prior to picking it up for the first time. But of course, by that way I had no expectations to the movie, which I think worked well in favor of the movie. The movie does provide good entertainment, but there isn't much in it that you haven't already seen in other movies. And for me, personally, this is not the type of movie that I would watch a second time around.

Details

Official Sites:

Warner Bros. [France] Warner Bros. [Japan]

Country:

USA

Language:

English Spanish

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:

$30,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$18,211,126, 28 February 2010

Gross USA:

$44,875,481

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$55,611,001

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