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Title: What's your favorite cop movie?
Post by: buddha on June 29, 2008, 05:40:02 PM
My favorite is the original "Lethal Weapon".
I was really disappointed in the sequels, all of them. Mel Gibson's character, IMO, in the original was compelling because he was "on the ragged edge", but, I thought they took a guy who was always one minute from decorating the ceiling with his own brains and turned him into a clown in the first sequel. I don't think they wavered from that clowning the rest of the way. I was really able to relate to the character initially but they lost me after the first one. Plus, I thought the interaction between Gibson and Glover in the first one was really great, Glover never knowing when Gibson would go off or what he would do. I think they tamed Gibson's character a little too much.

Which cop movies rank high on your "favorites" list?
Title: Re: What's your favorite cop movie?
Post by: Razor X on June 29, 2008, 08:40:40 PM
The Untouchables and anything from the Dirty Harry series.
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Post by: KeeperOfTheBeard on June 29, 2008, 09:08:40 PM
Copland - great movie - my favorite Sly Stallone role.

The Onion Field - I remember seeing this as a kid and being blown away by it.
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Post by: Jer on June 29, 2008, 09:50:38 PM
Well, My absolute favorite is "Bon Cop, Bad Cop"
It's a Canadian movie starring Colm Feore and Patrick Huard.  It I highly doubt any of you have heard of it, and I don't know how much you would enjoy it as it's in both English and French, so unless you have a basic knowledge of Quebec French you probably wouldn't get the whole movie.  It's also very typically Canadian in that it's all about hockey!!!

After that I'd have to say "Hot Fuzz"
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Post by: MagmaBabe on June 30, 2008, 05:55:43 AM
I have a few:

Beverly Hills Cop
Police Academy
Die Hard
Dirty Harry
the Untouchables
Title: Re: What's your favorite cop movie?
Post by: tomgallagher on June 30, 2008, 05:57:54 AM
Heat
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Post by: skiking on June 30, 2008, 12:33:24 PM
To Live and Die in LA
Title: Re: What's your favorite cop movie?
Post by: buddha on July 03, 2008, 11:15:41 AM
Heat

I liked HEAT, too. The bank shootout was the best gunfight scene, IMO, of any modern day cop film, ever.
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Post by: Marz on July 03, 2008, 12:22:16 PM
The Departed, hands down.

I liked Super Troopers and Hot Fuzz for cop comedy.
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Post by: PigPen on July 03, 2008, 12:42:20 PM
Lethal Weapon, Untouchables, Dirty Harry, Cobra, Police Academy series, Super Troopers, Hot Fuzz that' s about all I can think of right now.
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Post by: hammerdrill376 on July 03, 2008, 08:37:05 PM
The Original -Walking Tall (not the latetest one with The Rock) .....True story of Tenesse Sheriff Buford Pusser.
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Post by: GASlick on July 03, 2008, 08:54:17 PM
Dirty Harry

and the Die Hard Movies
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Post by: RICKYBOBBY74 on July 10, 2008, 07:10:17 PM
borat....... ;D
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Post by: TheTrucker on July 10, 2008, 08:39:42 PM
Blazing Saddles
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Post by: Capt. Crunch on August 28, 2008, 05:56:15 PM
Training Day
Die Hard-s
Bullitt
Kindergarten Cop
Night Patrol
The Departed
SWAT

Title: Re: What's your favorite cop movie?
Post by: zzaapp on August 30, 2008, 09:52:33 PM
"Fargo"  I had a cop friend tell me that it really shows the way things usually happen.  Most crimes are solved, not through brilliant police work, but because the criminals eventually do something dumb...
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Post by: IRONHORSE on September 25, 2008, 01:21:03 AM
Training Day
and
The original Walking Tall

Have to give some more love to "Blazing Saddles" too, Mel  Brooks is a genius! O0
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Post by: Brkeatr on September 25, 2008, 04:02:25 AM
Dirty Harry

Police Academy

Walking Tall   ( Original )
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Post by: Swordfishtrombone on October 10, 2008, 02:06:21 PM
The first ones that come to mind for me are:

LA Confidential (I can't believe I'm the first one to mention it)
Heat
Hana-bi (AKA Fireworks)
Beverly Hills Cop
Hot Fuzz
Hard Boiled
Infernal Affairs (much better than its remake, The Departed)
The Naked Gun
Violent Cop
Title: Re: What's your favorite cop movie?
Post by: Dome of Steele on October 10, 2008, 04:36:21 PM
Die Hard (Willis is sly in number 4)
and Lethal Weapon.
I love the Danny Glover quote "I'm gettin too old for this $h@t!"
Title: Re: What's your favorite cop movie?
Post by: Alexander215 on October 15, 2008, 09:08:27 AM
Well, My absolute favorite is "Bon Cop, Bad Cop"
It's a Canadian movie starring Colm Feore and Patrick Huard.  It I highly doubt any of you have heard of it, and I don't know how much you would enjoy it as it's in both English and French, so unless you have a basic knowledge of Quebec French you probably wouldn't get the whole movie.  It's also very typically Canadian in that it's all about hockey!!!

After that I'd have to say "Hot Fuzz"

Being French Canadian myself, I absolutely loved Bon Cop, Bad Cop
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Post by: Tom McGarry. on October 15, 2008, 09:40:12 AM
Like most of you, I too like the Lethal Wepon series, and the Die Hard franchise, however my all time favorite would have to be The Fugative with Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones.
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Post by: tomgallagher on October 15, 2008, 09:43:54 AM
Fargo was great but I lean toward Heat with DiNiro, Pacino and Pitt.
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Post by: Alexander215 on October 15, 2008, 10:00:19 AM
Like most of you, I too like the Lethal Wepon series, and the Die Hard franchise, however my all time favorite would have to be The Fugative with Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones.
I forgot about that one! I'll have to watch it again, it was good