Cop Out

Film: Cop Out
Cast: Bruce Willis, Tracy Morgan
Genre: Action
Direction: Kevin Smith
Duration: 1 hour 58 minutes
Critic's Rating: 3 stars


Synopsis : Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan are the most unusual NYPD cop buddys. They almost always end up in trouble. But this time, the trouble gets personal when Willis loses his priceless baseball card in a heist. He wanted to sell the card to marry off his daughter. The search for the card leads them to a crazy Mexican gang. The rest is mayhem....

Movie Review: It's crude. It's rude. And it's downright funny, but only in a down and out way. Bruce Willis sure has come a long way from his Diehard days to replay a cop, albeit in Cop Out style. His NYPD detective act as Jimmy Monroe is in stark contrast to his singlet-wearing, no-nonsense officer John McClane in the Diehard series. But hey, no need to go in for comparisons, are they? Just sit back and have some silly fun as Jimmy teams up with the loud, brattish and uncouth Paul (Tracy Morgan) to bust up a Mexican gang and get back his rare baseball card.

Most of the humour is left to Tracy Morgan who chooses to play it from below the belt. Sometimes he succeeds, sometimes he doesn't. But most of the time, he does have you laughing, even as Willis tries to keep a straight face through it all. The fact that Morgan's unsure of his wife's fidelity only adds to the problem and makes him more testosterone-strung. Add to that a beautiful stowaway who has a language problem and a fetish for chocolate men and you know there's going to be chaos.

Enjoy the nonsensical, one evening....