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Cop Out

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Stars: Bruce Willis, Tracy Morgan, Seann William Scott

Director: Kevin Smith

Rated: R

Showing:

Runtime: 107 minutes

Action/comedy/crime

Cult indie director Kevin Smith, of Clerks and Dogma fame, makes his first studio movie - the first film he hasn't written himself.

Cop Out is a homage to 80s buddy cop movies such as Lethal Weapon and Beverly Hills Cop served up with plenty of gross-out comedy and action sequences.

Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan are Jimmy and Paul, a mismatched pair of veteran NYPD cops hunting a Mexican drug lord.

The memorabilia obsessed crook is behind the theft of Jimmy's prized rare baseball card, which he needs to sell to pay for his daughter's wedding.

Morgan is a great comic foil to Willis's straightman and behaves pretty much as he does in 30 Rock.

Sadly, the movie just isn't that funny, well written or the clever, tongue-in-cheek tribute to buddy cop films it aspires to be.

Smith's movies usually focus on witty, humorous dialogue and he probably could have done a better job with the contrived script.

Watch if you liked: National Lampoons' Loaded Weapon.

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