Cop Out

Today is the day that Bruce Willis has officially become to old to do any more action movies. I think someone needs to pass that information along to him. Sure we all loved him when he was younger in "Die Hard". I mean, who wouldn't love that. We know we all loved the much under appreciated movie "The Fifth Element", but lets be honest we knew he was getting a little to old in that movie for all of the tough action scenes and that was in '98. The final straw was in "Live Free or Die Hard". Ok, I get the nostalgia behind it; that doesn't mean I have to like it. But lets be serious, he is going to break a hip. I mean who does he think he is, Clint Eastwood? Lets just pray that this is the final straw.

Now that I have that out of my system, let's redirect our focus from an old and unrealistic actor to a horribly misdirected movie that I am not sure was worth the price of admission (and I got in for free).

Funny man Kevin Smith directs this train wreck of a movie. "Cop Out" Stars Bruce Willis as Jimmy Monroe, a dark and brooding mans man, and Tracy Morgan(co-star of the television show "30 Rock") as Paul Hodges, a insecure movie obsessed fun loving lunatic. Both unlikely quick witted cops are partners who, as most buddy cop movies dictates, are misunderstood and under appreciated by their police force. And because of their less than traditional ways, they find themselves suspended for one month without pay. This is very bad news for Jimmy (Willis) because his daughters wedding is coming up six weeks. So in hopes of securing enough money to be able to pay for the wedding, Jimmy decides that he is going to sell his extremely valuable Baseball Card (geek, and not in a good way). With card in hand, Monroe walks into a card shop that 30 seconds later gets robbed by Seann William Scott's character Dave. Of course Dave gets away, and Jimmy and Paul must bring Dave to justice in order to pay for his daughters wedding, which proves to be more challenging than first expected.

Exciting I know. The problem with this movie is that it looses its appeal within the first 30 minutes; troubling seeing as how it is about 2 hours in length. The jokes and gimmicks are fun up to a certain point and then they become labored and very predictable. This is pretty much true for the entire movie except for one of the ending scenes with Seann William Scott. You will know what I am talking about if/when you see it.

And the climax of the movie is not really that spectacular. Without giving anything away, a person with half a brain would be able to figure out that this movie would end in a showdown between the two partners and a mass of bad guys (I think they just didn't get enough love in their childhoods). But it doesn't really feel like they are ever in real danger or that what they are doing is important. I know not every movie can be like "Gran Torino" but many more should try.

Overall, this is not a terrible movie, just disappointing. If you are looking for something to waste a couple of hours with, this might just be for you. If you are looking for anything other than mediocrity, I urge you to stay away...very, very, very far away.

3 out of 5