Monday, August 09, 2010

Like Kevin Smith? Check Out Cop Out!

By Aurelia Coffey

Are you a huge Kevin Smith film? Are you skeptical of this film as it is his first film he did not write and is directing? Fear not, even though it is done by a major motion picture studio, it is a great film and still has that Kevin Smith flare that his fans know and love. Cop Out still has that special thing that makes his movies his own.

Can you picture these two actors working together as police officers, Tracy Morgan and Bruce Willis? Surprisingly they worked amazingly well together. They both play police officers for New York City, and have a very hilarious method of working together which you will see immediately in the beginning of the movie. In many spots of the movie, it looks like Bruce Willis is trying to keep from laughing the entire time with Tracy Morgan and Sean William Scott.

We already know that the actors are playing cops as the main characters of the movie. They are placed on suspension for not catching a criminal and during that pursuit causing a large neighborhood shootout. Being suspended for a month with out pay, Jimmy, Bruce Willis' character, is short of cash to pay for his only daughters wedding, and decides to sell a baseball card worth a lot of money. While he is taking that card to be looked at, he is then robbed by Sean William Scott's character, Dave. Sean William Scott is well known for his parts in the American Pie movies and he definitely keeps his comedy up in this movie as well.

And guess who plays Jimmy's ex-wife's new husband, the one and only Jason Lee, that many of the Smith followers should remember from all of his other films. As usual, Lee plays the perfect scumbag! Jimmy insists on selling the card to get the money to pay for the wedding so Lee's character, Roy does not take all the credit for it.

After a many up and downs and twists and turns that no one would expect, the cops end up in a major drug ring, and to not spoil the movie, you will have to see what happens in the movie for yourself! Just think, how can a baseball card, get them into a drug ring?

For many of those fans of Kevin Smith looking for something similar to what he has done in the past, this movie carries over his same humor from anything of sexual nature, to bodily functions. Even the music for the film has that special flare that he always had for his previous films. And if this does not get you excited to see this film, Smith decided to direct this film because the main characters reminded him of Randal and Dante.

It was originally released in the United States in February 26, 2010 and then in the United Kingdom in May 21, 2010. Before it came out on DVD, it had grossed about 53 million with a budget of only 37 million to work with. It is not a huge blockbuster, but one definitely worth your time viewing.

If you want to see something out of the ordinary, and a hilarious cop movie, seeing Cop Out is a must! It is currently out on DVD as well as on pay per view for many of the cable companies out there. It will be a great time spent for 107 minutes! - 2361

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