Copshop
“Copshop” is a fun movie to pass the time, but ultimately I feel like I’m going to forget all about it in a month.
Teddy Murretto needs protection and fast. He sees a cop trying to break up a brawl outside and immediately decides to sucker punch her. That lands him a night in jail where he thinks he’s safe. A little bit later, a supposedly drunk man is thrown into the cell across from Teddy’s. That man happens to be Teddy’s hitman, Robert Viddick.
This film takes place mostly within a police precinct, so it’s a good thing that the performances were top-notch. I’ve only seen Frank Grillo in the “Captain America” and “Purge” movies, so it was refreshing to see him play someone other than a buff military guy. Gerard Butler is always a treat to see. Surprisingly, Alexis Louder stole the show for me. I’ve never seen her in anything else and I’m excited to see her in more things in the future. Toby Huss added a twisted sense of comedy to the whole movie which was much needed. Other than that, everyone else was serviceable. The script is tight and pays off every little setup this movie had lined up. The only problem with that is some scenes were painfully obvious that they were setting something up for later in the film and it was clearly favoring style over substance. I think the biggest problem for me was how the ending was handled. It seems to be wrapping up for the end credits, but then introduces a whole new scene over and over again. The ending also felt like it had nothing to say. It just chose a favorite character and had them live despite everything that had happened before. All in all, this movie is good for those who like an old-school cop mystery thriller movie. It’s nothing more than a means to kill time.
★★★★
Watched on September 28th, 2021
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COPSHOP CONTEST!
Action stars Gerard Butler (Greenland, Angel Has Fallen) and Frank Grillo (The Grey, The Purge: Anarchy) deliver a “a fun-as-hell action flick” (Bulletproof Action) in this edge-of-your-seat thriller, COPSHOP, available to own on Digital November 23, 2021 and on Blu-ray™ and DVD December 7, 2021 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, this shoot ‘em up style thriller from Open Road Films and Briarcliff Entertainment is filled with shocking twists and turns that takes audiences on an exciting journey with non-stop action and intense stunts from start to finish. Director of A-Team, Joe Carnahan’s COPSHOP comes home just in time for the holidays and is a “relentlessly entertaining” (Lisa Giles Keddie, HeyUGuys) thrill ride that consumers will want to watch over and over.
Screaming through the Nevada desert in a bullet-ridden Crown Vic, wily con artist Teddy Murretto (Frank Grillo; The Grey, The Purge: Anarchy) hatches a desperate plan to hide out from lethal hitman Bob Viddick (Gerard Butler; Greenland, Angel Has Fallen): He sucker-punches rookie officer Valerie Young (Alexis Louder; The Tomorrow War, Harriet) to get himself arrested and locked up in a small-town police station. But jail can’t protect Murretto for long. Viddick schemes his own way into detention, biding his time in a nearby cell until he can complete his mission. When the arrival of a competing assassin (Toby Huss; “Halt and Catch Fire”, Rescue Dawn) ignites all-out mayhem, mounting threats force Viddick to get creative if he wants to finish the job and escape the explosive situation.
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Friday Releases for September 17
Friday is the busiest day of the week for new releases, so we've decided to collect them all in one place. Friday Releases for September 17 include Prisoners Of The Ghostland, Deltarune Chapter 2, Montero, and more.
Prisoners Of The Ghostland
Prisoners Of The Ghostland, the new movie from Sion Sono, is out today.
In the treacherous frontier city of Samurai Town, a ruthless bank robber is sprung from jail by a wealthy warlord, The Governor, whose adopted granddaughter has run away. Strapped into a leather suit that will self-destruct within five days if he doesn’t find the missing girl, the bandit sets off on a journey to find the young woman — and his own path to redemption.
The Nowhere Inn
The Nowhere Inn, the new movie from Bill Benz, is out today.
From real-life friends Annie Clark (a.k.a. GRAMMY award-winning recording and touring artist St. Vincent) and Carrie Brownstein (Portlandia, Sleater-Kinney) comes the metafictional account of two creative forces banding together to make a documentary about St. Vincent’s music, touring life, and on-stage persona. But they quickly discover unpredictable forces lurking within subject and filmmaker that threaten to derail the friendship, the project, and the duo’s creative lives.
The Eyes Of Tammy Faye
The Eyes Of Tammy Faye, the new movie from Michael Showalter, is out today.
THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE is an intimate look at the extraordinary rise, fall and redemption of televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker. In the 1970s and 80s, Tammy Faye and her husband, Jim Bakker, rose from humble beginnings to create the world’s largest religious broadcasting network and theme park, and were revered for their message of love, acceptance and prosperity. Tammy Faye was legendary for her indelible eyelashes, her idiosyncratic singing, and her eagerness to embrace people from all walks of life. However, it wasn’t long before financial improprieties, scheming rivals, and scandal toppled their carefully constructed empire.
Blue Bayou
Blue Bayou, the new movie from Justin Chon, is out today.
Blue Bayou is the moving and timely story of a uniquely American family fighting for their future. Antonio LeBlanc (Chon), a Korean adoptee raised in a small town in the Louisiana bayou, is married to the love of his life Kathy (Alicia Vikander) and step-dad to their beloved daughter Jessie. Struggling to make a better life for his family, he must confront the ghosts of his past when he discovers that he could be deported from the only country he has ever called home.
Copshop
Copshop, the new movie from Joe Carnahan, is out today.
Screaming through the Nevada desert in a bullet-ridden Crown Vic, wily con artist Teddy Murretto (Frank Grillo) hatches a desperate plan to hide out from lethal hitman Bob Viddick (Gerard Butler): He sucker-punches rookie officer Valerie Young (Alexis Louder) to get himself arrested and locked up in a small-town police station. But jail can’t protect Murretto for long. Viddick schemes his own way into detention, biding his time in a nearby cell until he can complete his mission. When the arrival of a competing assassin (Toby Huss) ignites all-out mayhem, mounting threats force Viddick to get creative if he wants to finish the job and escape the explosive situation.
Cry Macho
Cry Macho, the new movie from Clint Eastwood, is out today.
From Warner Bros. Pictures come director/producer Clint Eastwood’s uplifting and poignant drama “Cry Macho.” The film stars Eastwood as Mike Milo, a one-time rodeo star and washed-up horse breeder who, in 1979, takes a job from an ex-boss to bring the man’s young son home from Mexico. Forced to take the backroads on their way to Texas, the unlikely pair faces an unexpectedly challenging journey, during which the world-weary horseman finds unexpected connections and his own sense of redemption.
Wife of a Spy
Wife of a Spy, the new movie from Kiyoshi Kurosawa, is out today.
The year is 1940 in Kobe, on the eve of the outbreak of World War II. Local merchant and amateur filmmaker Yusaku (Issey Takahashi) senses that things are headed in an unsettling direction. Following a trip to Manchuria, he becomes determined to bring to light the things he witnessed there, and secretly filmed. Meanwhile, his wife Satoko (Yû Aoi) receives a visit from her childhood friend, now a military policeman. He warns her about Yusaku’s seditious ways and reveals that a woman her husband brought back from his trip has died. Satoko confronts Yusaku, but when she discovers his true intentions, she is torn between loyalty to her husband, the life they have built, and the country they call home.
Lady of the Manor
Lady of the Manor, the new movie from Christian Long and Justin Long, is out today.
Past and present collide in this supernaturally funny buddy comedy when stoner-slacker Hannah (Melanie Lynskey) is hired to portray Lady Wadsworth (Judy Greer), a Southern belle who died in 1875, in a tour at Wadsworth Manor. Hannah, a hot mess, figures she can fake it —until the ghost of Lady Wadsworth appears! Lady Wadsworth tells Hannah it’s time to change her wild ways — and she’ll haunt her until she does — in this hilarious movie costarring Justin Long and Ryan Phillippe.
Best Sellers
Best Sellers, the new movie from Lina Roessler, is out today.
In a last-ditch effort to save the boutique publishing house her father has left her, an ambitious young editor (Plaza) goes on a book tour with a bitter, booze-addled author (Caine) who put the publishing house on the map decades ago.
Squid Game
Squid Game, the new TV series from Dong-hyuk Hwang, is out today.
Hundreds of cash-strapped players accept a strange invitation to compete in children’s games. Inside, a tempting prize awaits — with deadly high stakes.
The Morning Show S2
The second season of The Morning Show, the TV series from Jay Carson, is out today.
Picking up after the explosive events of Season 1, this season finds the Morning Show team emerging from the wreckage of Alex (Jennifer Aniston) and Bradley’s (Reese Witherspoon) actions, to a new UBA and a world in flux, where identity is everything, and the chasm between who we present and who we really are comes into play.
Deltarune Chapter 2
Deltarune Chapter 2, the new game from Toby Fox, is out today.
Fight (or spare) alongside new characters in UNDERTALE's parallel story, DELTARUNE...!
TOEM
TOEM, the new game from Something We Made, is out today.
Set off on a delightful expedition and use your photographic eye to uncover the mysteries of the magical TOEM in this hand-drawn adventure game. Chat with quirky characters, solve their problems by snapping neat photos, and make your way through a relaxing landscape!
Severed Steel
Severed Steel, the new game from Greylock Studio and Digerati, is out today.
Severed Steel is a single-player FPS featuring a fluid stunt system, destructible voxel environments, loads of bullet time, and a unique one-armed protagonist. It's you, your trigger finger, and a steel-toed boot against a superstructure full of bad guys. Chain together wall runs, dives, flips, and slides to take every last enemy down.
Montero
Montero, the new album from Lil Nas X, is out today.
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COPSHOP de Joe Carnahan: Ça rentre au poste
Comme Assault on Precinct 13, Copshop est un western contemporain se déroulant presque entièrement dans un poste de police. John Carpenter s’était notamment inspiré de Hawks et Romero pour son film, alors que Joe Carnahan semble avoir été influencé par Tarantino, les Coen ou Ritchie, tous des cinéastes qui marient souvent la violence et l’humour au fil de récits aux nombreux rebondissements.
La plus grande force du film est probablement sa distribution, où il est difficile de couronner la performance la plus badass. Il y a bien sûr Gerard Butler qui, comme toujours, en impose des tonnes dans le rôle du tueur à gages Bob Viddick. Mais on a aussi souvent l’impression que le film appartient à l’intense Frank Grillo en Teddy Murretto, un « fixer » employé par la pègre pour corrompre des figures d’autorité. Tout comme Bob, Teddy se retrouve tôt dans le film dans le bloc cellulaire du commissariat de Gun Creek City, Nevada. Un brin d’exposition et quelques flash-back nous font comprendre que les deux hommes se connaissent et que s’ils n’étaient pas dans des cellules différentes, un affrontement à mort serait au programme.
Or, la jeune policière Valerie Young entend bien empêcher tout débordement, tout en tentant de comprendre qui sont ces deux types exactement. Elle est jouée par Alexis Louder, une révélation, qui n’a rien à envier aux vétérans Butler et Grillo en matière de ténacité et d’attitude dure à cuire. Thriller relativement minimaliste durant sa première moitié, Copshop captive grâce à ce trio d’acteurs. Puis on se retrouve dans un film d’action déchaîné durant la deuxième moitié du récit, le point déclencheur étant l’arrivée d’un autre tueur, Anthony Lamb, incarné avec fougue, fureur et juste assez de cabotinage par Toby Huss, qui passe bien près de voler la vedette!
Sans être un sommet du genre, Copshop est franchement divertissant, avec un scénario robuste de Kurt McLeod et Carnahan, qui signe par ailleurs une de ses meilleures réalisations. Et je me permets d’insister sur le fait que Butler, Grillo, Louder et Huss créent des étincelles chaque fois qu’ils sont à l’écran. Vers la fin, il y a un split-screen montrant deux des stars du film, avec une chanson de Curtis Mayfield sur la trame sonore, et ça m’a accroché un grand sourire au visage. J’ai déjà hâte de revoir le film. Copshop!
Copshop prend l’affiche ce vendredi 17 septembre.
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