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What's your favorite cop movie?
« 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?


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Re: What's your favorite cop movie?
« Reply #1 on: June 29, 2008, 08:40:40 PM »
The Untouchables and anything from the Dirty Harry series.

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Re: What's your favorite cop movie?
« Reply #2 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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Re: What's your favorite cop movie?
« Reply #3 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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Re: What's your favorite cop movie?
« Reply #4 on: June 30, 2008, 05:55:43 AM »
I have a few:

Beverly Hills Cop
Police Academy
Die Hard
Dirty Harry
the Untouchables
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Re: What's your favorite cop movie?
« Reply #5 on: June 30, 2008, 05:57:54 AM »
Heat

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Re: What's your favorite cop movie?
« Reply #6 on: June 30, 2008, 12:33:24 PM »
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Re: What's your favorite cop movie?
« Reply #7 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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Re: What's your favorite cop movie?
« Reply #8 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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Re: What's your favorite cop movie?
« Reply #9 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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Re: What's your favorite cop movie?
« Reply #10 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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Re: What's your favorite cop movie?
« Reply #11 on: July 03, 2008, 08:54:17 PM »
Dirty Harry

and the Die Hard Movies

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Re: What's your favorite cop movie?
« Reply #12 on: July 10, 2008, 07:10:17 PM »
borat....... ;D

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Re: What's your favorite cop movie?
« Reply #13 on: July 10, 2008, 08:39:42 PM »
Blazing Saddles
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Re: What's your favorite cop movie?
« Reply #14 on: August 28, 2008, 05:56:15 PM »
Training Day
Die Hard-s
Bullitt
Kindergarten Cop
Night Patrol
The Departed
SWAT

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