Cop Out (2010)
Average Rating: 3.8/10
Reviews Counted: 159
Fresh: 30 | Rotten: 129
Cop Out is a cliched buddy action/comedy that suffers from stale gags and slack pacing.
Average Rating: 3.9/10
Critic Reviews: 38
Fresh: 6 | Rotten: 32
Cop Out is a cliched buddy action/comedy that suffers from stale gags and slack pacing.
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Average Rating: 3/5
User Ratings: 479,205
Movie Info
Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan team up for the Warner Bros. police buddy movie Cop Out in this Kevin Smith-directed production. From a script by Robb and Mark Cullen, the story centers around police detectives Jimmy (Willis), a no-B.S. divorced dad, and Paul (Morgan), a crazy-talking loose cannon. Despite nine years as partners, the two lawmen can still sometimes seem like polar opposites -- especially when Paul's unpredictable antics get them suspended without pay. Already strapped for cash and
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Cast
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Bruce Willis
Jimmy -
Tracy Morgan
Paul -
Seann William Scott
Dave -
Adam Brody
Barry Mangold -
Kevin Pollak
Hunsaker -
Guillermo Díaz
Poh Boy -
Jason Lee
Roy -
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Sean Cullen
Captain Romans -
Francie Swift
Pam -
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Rashida Jones
Debbie -
Alberto Bonilla
Julio -
Cory Fernandez
Juan -
Keith Joe Dick
Big Al -
Jim Norton
George -
Susie Essman
Laura -
John D'Leo
Kevin -
Adrian Martinez
Tino -
Marcus Morton
Tommy -
Fred Armisen
Russian Lawyer -
Hannah Ware
Russian Lawyer's Wife -
Ana de la Reguera
Gabriela -
Mark Consuelos
Manuel -
Jayce Bartok
Eddie -
Jacinto Taras Riddick
Darnell -
Carlos Jordan
Eric -
Jason Hurt
Youth 1 -
Jeff Lima
Youth 2 -
Robinson Aponte
Banger 1 -
Jeremy Dash
Banger 2 -
Mando Alvarado
Mexican Man 1 -
Ernie O'Donnell
Masked Man 1 -
Ephraim Lopez
Busboy -
Larissa Drekonja
Hourly Housekeeper -
Jeff Chena
Cop -
Robb Cullen
Coroner -
Ray Quinlan
Priest -
Ryan Quinlan
Groom -
Michael Pitt
Henry the Neighbor
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All Critics (161) | Top Critics (38) | Fresh (30) | Rotten (129) | DVD (6)
Joyless, pointless, humorless.
Top Critic[A] pitifully unfunny 'hommage' to '80s action comedies.
Smith certainly does his thing here, delivering a film that's part celebration and part parody of the well-worn genre.
It just wants to remind audiences of something they've enjoyed before, like looking at an old photo album.
Cop Out is a little too well-shot to be full-on cheesy and too much a redux to be, well, as fresh as Beverly Hills Cop or Lethal Weapon.
An unholy mess.
Smith's love of long takes where people talk about nothing in particular just isn't right for this movie.
Cop Out is marvelously juvenile, not just in its typical situation comedy and sight gags, but from its ability (even desire) to frequently bring its plot to a shuddering halt so its characters can engage in a few minutes of quiet ridiculousness.
Even if many of the jokes in Cop Out aren't all that funny, Smith's facility with crude wordplay is what he salvages from this huge mess of a film.
O roteiro estúpido só não se revela pior do que a direção amadora de Smith, que, também assinando a montagem, não consegue criar lógica ou estabelecer ritmo algum, demonstrando que ainda não aprendeu nem o básico da profissão depois de tantos anos.
Cop Out feels like a pilot lost without 20 or so episodes to follow it up.
A half-baked concept halfheartedly executed.
As something of a Kevin Smith fan, this mostly hurt to watch.
Willis and Morgan are a devilishly delightful down and dirty detective duo, as Kevin Smith releases their combo inner zany outlaws in a kind of Clerks with badges.
...it looks as though everyone in the film had a better time making it than the audience has watching it.
Once you've boogied out to Harold Faltermeyer's self-parodic "Axel F"-style music, it's all downhill from there. [Blu-ray]
Ultimately, there are hints that Cop Out was supposed to be something smarter and less lazy, but no-one involved seems to be able to counter the truly terrible script.
It could have been a match made in heaven. The snake in the garden is a tired script from Rob and Mark Cullen, which purports to "spoof" Eighties buddy movies (Beverly Hills Cop, Lethal Weapon, etc) but lacks any real brain power of its own.
Trying to make up for a lack of genuine wit, this film adopts a frenetic pace with a constant stream of jokes and action. The result is watchable, occasionally funny and instantly forgettable.
Seann William Scott provides some amusing moments as irrepressible thief Dave but they are few and far between.
The whole enterprise plays out like a bad, dumbed-down US version of Hot Fuzz, or Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang, minus Robert Downey Jr and the meticulously structured verbal riffs.
It's just not very funny -- despite the all-too-apparent struggle to deliver verbal fireworks, there's something immovably sluggish and inert about it.
Cop Out marks a new low which is really saying something given that Smith's the man behind Mallrats, Chasing Amy and Jersey Girl.
Whilst Smith uses crash zooms and slow motion to evoke the likes of Michael Bay, it just feels clumsy and drawn-out.
Kev, get thee to a typewriter. You're so much better than this.
Audience Reviews for Cop Out
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- Paul: You just shot down the wrong mother fucker 'mother fucker'.
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- Paul: Why did you smack me?
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- Paul: Fuckin' monocle wearin' mother fucker.
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- Paul: This is the stuff that my mom would tell friends about me, 'My son is genius, my son is a genius'.
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I didn't really find it funny, it just seemed so forced and to eager to result to bad language to try and make things funnier. There isn't much action, well anything to shout about anyway and well its all been done before but much much better, not even close to 'Beverly Hills Cop', '48 Hours', 'Lethal Weapon' or even 'Red Heat', I could go on. Cast wise Tracy Morgan is basically a fat Chris Tucker and nowhere near as good where as Willis is just Willis as in most of his other action flicks, in my opinion he doesn't do comedy too well mainly because he's a bald plank of wood with a set number of facial expressions.
Cop out? yes it is, don't bother, nowhere near Die Hard standards on action and nowhere near the above mentioned buddy cop flick standards on comedy, plus zero originality.