Bon Cop, Bad Cop. What’s not to like? Never have I heard the Canadian bilingual conundrum expressed so elegantly. Here’s the plot summary:
Starring Colm Feore and Patrick Huard and based on an original story by Patrick Huard, BON COP BAD COP is buoyed by the success of other buddy-genre films such as Lethal Weapon, 48 Hours and Rush Hour. It is the story of an English cop from Ontario (Feore) who is forced to work with a French cop from Quebec (Huard) to track down a cross-border menace.
Man, those cross-border menaces. They can be a real pain, with their tunnels and lumber issues.
In truth, I’m glad to see Canadian films trying for a more mainstream audience. I mean, I really dug The Fast Runner or The Sweet Hereafter, but they’re hardly pillars on which to build a profitable domestic film industry. Let’s get some shlock into the marketplace as well.
I don’t know much about Patrick Huard, but Colm Feore brings some serious acting chops to this buddy movie. Though he’s done a ton of American mainstream work, I’ll always remember his exceptional work in Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould.
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Oh, that was a great movie (or series of movies). And what, Men With Brooms wasn’t schlocky enough for ya?
These previews pain me… a lot. It has nothing to do with the portrayal of stereotypes or whatever. It just looks like a painful movie to watch. Maybe it’s the title, maybe it’s the typical preview that tries too hard to tell me that it’s a good movie and I should go see it. I just can’t. It hurts too much.
It almost feels like Lethal Weapon 5, but with more of a plot.
Oh god, it hurts…
Part of the problem with Canadian genre films is that there are so few substantial funding sources here. We don’t have much of a studio system, so we have to turn to (where else?) the government, specifically the Canada Council, for funding.
For a long time, the Canadian Council only funded projects with a “distinct Canadian identity”, which appeared to mean “not a Hollywood film”. Hollywood made actioners and comedies, so Canadians were left with character dramas and tragedies (also cheaper to make, generally). I really think that killed the interest in Canadian film for a lot of young people.
So this movie may mark a minor turning point of sorts…even if it’s terrible. I’m curious to see how it’s received.
The First Weekend Club http://firstweekendclub.ca/ is doing a good job of promoting canadian films. The idea is to get the attendance numbers up on the opening weekend so that the films will stay longer in the theatre and more people will beable to enjoy them.
(If I’m not mistaken) this Friday “Bad Cop Bon Cop” is opening at 5th Avenue Cinemas with a Q&A afterwards with the director. I went to a similar event earlier this year for “Eve and the Firehorse” and it went quite well.
Funny to see english canadians saying that this is the best canadian movie ever made while there is greats ones already in french such as “horloge biologique” or “Québec-Montréal”, “les invasions barbares”…etc…
Er, Pat, who’s calling this movie “the best canadian movie ever made”?
It is true that there is no such comment on this site about beeing the “best canadian film” but if you do a research on google for “bon cop bad cop” on the web, you will end up with that comment on several occasion on films previews web site. But it is true that no one have said that here ! My apology guys ! 🙂
Pat
I had to watch this movie for english, it was hilarious at a few points in the movie but i’m sure that this 2 hour movie could have been compressed into one hour. overall, i did like this movie though.