Cop Out

Starring Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan

Kevin Smith tries his hand at the old buddy cop formula here and well, 48 hrs it ain't.
That being said, there are some funny moments here and there from Tracy Morgans character who is pretty much just his 30 Rock persona only with a gun. Between the shouting of every punchline and zinger the more subtle lines end up being the best. Willis looks tired and perhaps that's warranted after having played a cop in at least a dozen films to date, but he manages to let Morgan do his thing and believe me, this isn't a Bruce Willis movie despite his top billing.
Now onto the little things that tick me off in movies like this. I know Kevin Smith doesn't have the biggest budget in the world but small things like the thugs having tattoos that look like an 8th grade art class drew and applied them just kinda bugs me. Sloppy oversights like no one wearing seat belts, cops or bad guys, just seems lazy. Also the over use of certain Latin bad guys is getting stale quickly. The head baddy here is played by Guillermo Diaz and you may recognize him as playing the Latin bad guy in The Shield, Weeds, Law And Order, E.R, The Sopranos or in other drug related movies like High School High, Half Baked and so on. WE GET IT!!!!! You are the only actor that can play a no good Latino. This sort of type casting makes me cringe.
Again, you get what you pay for I guess.
I did at least love the soundtrack with the film opening to the Beastie Boys No Sleep Til Brooklyn and keeping an old school flair with Run DMC and even a little Poison thrown in for good measure. The music fit nicely into every scene, especially the one with the bad guy Mexicans and Insane In The Brain (Spanish version) by Cypress Hill being the backdrop. Clever.
You will chuckle here if you like Tracy Morgan but he definitely isn't for everyone. All others, tread lightly.

Rating 2 movie quotes out of 5



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