At the Movies with Fatwayne

Yet another cop buddy flick replete with action, humor and pervasive foul language. Let’s look at each of these individually. The film delivers on the action front with the usual car chases, gun fights and fisticuffs. It offers us the typical foreign villains (this time Mexican drug dealers) some of who meet at church to plan and carry out their killings! I suppose this is designed to make them seem despicable in both the eyes of man and God alike. Now we get to the humor. Some of it is decidedly childish, especially that emanating from Seann William Scott (Stifler from American Pie).  As Dave, a petty thief and general nut case, his bantering with Tracy Morgan as Paul Hodges,  borders on hilarious in a juvenile way. The facial expressions of Bruce Willis (Jimmy Monroe) serve as a great back board to bounce the nonsense around. Tracy Morgan’s character comes across as funny but almost retarded at the same time. Now it is time to deal with the foul language. It seems that not a scene went by without the use of the “F” word. Why do you suppose that is? Its use has become mundane to say the least not to mention offensive when not used in a proper situation. I did not find its usage added a single thing to the movie but rather detracted from it.

The storyline evolves around two NYPD detectives who have been partners for nine years. To say the least, theirs is quite a quirky relationship. Jimmy Monroe’s daughter wants a big wedding for her upcoming marriage but Jimmy doesn’t have the funds to pay for it. His daughter’s step dad (Jason Lee) offers to foot the bill but Jimmy wants no part of that even if he is on suspension for thirty days without pay. He is in possession of a rare baseball card worth about $80,000 which he plans to cash in to generate the needed money. Unfortunately for him, he is robbed by Scott’s character Dave just as he is surrendering his card to a collector. This almost unbelievable scenario leads Jimmy and Paul on a hunt for the stolen card and in the process they cross paths with a baseball memorabilia obsessed drug dealer.

In general, I enjoyed this movie. Be warned however, I have been known to sit through equally mindless drivel and come out of it in a happy mood! You should also be aware of the fact that I may be somewhat biased since I am a fan of both Bruce Willis and Seann William Scott.

Quotes from Cop Out

Rated  -  R  -

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