Third World Cop

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Movie Info

Having cut his teeth as a lad in his uncle Perry Henzell's cult hit The Harder They Come (1972), Jamaican filmmaker Chris Browne debuts with this wild thriller about an ass-kicking crime fighter out to battle the bad guys. To combat Kingston's spiraling crime rate, the police ask Capone (Paul Campbell) to free his old neighborhood from a band of villainous gunrunners. Capone is presented with a moral problem when he realizes that his old buddies are now the villains in question. He pauses briefly before killing the thugs, annoying his superiors and wowing audiences with his high-flying hijinks. This film was screened at the 1999 Toronto Film Festival.

Rating:

R (adult situations/language, violence)
Genre:

Action & Adventure, Drama, Mystery & Suspense
Directed By:

Chris Browne, Christopher Browne
Written By:

Christopher Browne, Suzanne Fenn, S. Chris Salewicz, Chris Browne
In Theaters:

Jun 1, 1999 wide
On Disc/Streaming:

Aug 29, 2000
Runtime:

98 minutes
Studio:

Palm Pictures

Cast

Paul Campbell VIII
as Capone

Mark Danvers
as Ratty

Carl Bradshaw
as Wonie

Audrey Reid
as Rita

Winston Bell
as Floyd

Lenford Salmon
as Not Nice

Desmond Ballentine
as Deportee

Winston 'Bello' Bell

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Critic Reviews for Third World Cop

All Critics (14) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (3) | Rotten (11)

This is thoroughly old-school Blax-ploitation. Except there's more.

Nov 27, 2017 | Full Review…

Antonia Quirke
Independent on Sunday
Third World Cop shows that Hollywood hackdom isn't that far removed from independent (and foreign) digital video posturing.

Aug 19, 2003 | Rating: 1/4 | Full Review…

Jeremiah Kipp
ToxicUniverse.com
...proof that not just the Americans are capable of churning out cliched action flicks.

Jul 27, 2003 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…

David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews
A strictly by-the-numbers script prevents Third World Cop from becoming a cult favorite in the tradition of The Harder They Come.

Jan 1, 2000 | Full Review…

Bruce Feld
Film Journal International