The moment you read Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan in the credits, you know there will be several black guy-white guy jokes! While the former is a semi-retired out-of-work actor, the latter is genuinely funny on a TV show named 30 Rock.
Cop out
A; Drama
Dir: Kevin Smith
Cast: Bruce Willis, Tracy Morgan, Adam Brody, Kevin Pollak, Guillermo Diaz, Seann William Scott, Jason Lee, and Ana de la Reguerau00a0
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What's it about: The moment you read Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan in the credits, you know there will be several black guy-white guy jokes! While the former is a semi-retired out-of-work actor, the latter is genuinely funny on a TV show named 30 Rock.
In Cop Out, they play Jimmy and Paul, partners in the NYPD, who are out of work after an accidental shootout.
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However their second calling comes in the chance of Seann William Scott who steals an antique and rare baseball card off Jimmy which was to be a ticket to getting his daughter married.
The chase leads them down the rabbit hole to a Mexcian drug dealer who's obsessed with collecting rare artifacts.
What's hot: There are scenes when the film tries to pay homage to other cop classics like the Police Academy series or Beverly Hills Cops.
The genre is tried and tested hence easy to explore. Willis seems at ease and keeps his cocky attitude intact throughout.
Knowing this ain't no Die Hard nor The Sixth Sense, he tries to have fun and succeeds most of the time.
What's not: There is zero chemistry between Willis and Morgan. They both act as if they're parts of two separate movies with two different cameras facing them.
Perhaps insecure of each other's inability to evoke laughter, they soon start spiraling down a very narrow staircase of self degradation.
The jokes fall flat and the cheap cracks and toilet humour gets annoyingly embarrassing. Morgan does damage to all the success he's got by playing a dysfunctional star in 30 Rock.
With no clue where the story is going, he keeps grinning and back slapping his co-star most of the time. Car chases and action scenes are shoddy and lack any finesse.
Getting the basics wrong, how long can the hunt for some tacky baseball card provide a reason to sit through 120-odd minutes?
What to do: Bad script, bad plot and some very bad acting will make you opt out of this Cop Out.
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