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Cop Car (2015)

R  |   |  Thriller  |  7 August 2015 (USA)
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A small town sheriff sets out to find the two kids who have taken his car on a joy ride.

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Bev
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Man
Sean Hartley ...
Motorcycle Cop
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Dispatch
Loi Nguyen ...
Waiter
Sit Lenh ...
Hostess
Chuck Kull ...
Officer #1
Thomas Coates ...
Officer #2
Kathleen Bentley ...
Trailer Park Lady
Justin Barr ...
Guy in Trailer Park
Adam Barr ...
Drunk at Intersection
Lily Heber ...
Dog
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Storyline

A pair of ten-year-olds find an abandoned cop car in a field. When they take it for a joyride, it seems like they could kill themselves at any moment. But things only get worse when the small town sheriff goes looking for his missing car. The kids find themselves in the center of a deadly game of cat and mouse they don't understand and the only way out is to go as fast as their cop car can take them.

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Their first drive could be their last.

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Rated R for language, violence and brief drug use

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Полицейская тачка  »

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Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$26,146 (USA) (7 August 2015)

Gross:

$128,002 (USA) (21 August 2015)
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Trivia

The license plate on the cop car is a Colorado GVT plate. The county on the side of the cop car is a city found in Texas, located in Hunt County. There is no Quinlan County listed in Colorado or any other state. See more »

Goofs

When the two boys initially approach the car, all doors except for the driver's door are locked. But when the sheriff leaves the car, he retrieves a duffel bag from the rear seat through the unlocked passenger side of the car. He then closes the door, without locking it. See more »

Quotes

Sheriff Kretzer: Boys I know you can hear me. You are in a whole lot of trouble.
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Featured in Conan: Kevin Bacon/John H. Sununu/Maggie Maye (2015) See more »

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Cop Car Theme
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Written by Phil Mossman
Performed by Phil Mossman
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bizarre entry in the "real time" category
15 August 2015 | by (North America) – See all my reviews

While many films use the device of a "real time" narrative for effect (ie, where the viewer is given the sense that he/she is a participant in real time in the story) very few films run the device for the full length.

For example, the Bourne films went into real time when the main character was on screen, but otherwise maintained a traditional narrative. Examples of standout real-time films would include Tom Cruise (amazing) in COLLATERAL; Dennis Weaver in DUEL; and the Canadian sci-fi epic, CUBE.

So now that you know first-rate films CAN potentially be made using the technique, the writer/director of this film (to be kind) did not set his sights quite that high.

Overall, it is not a bad film, it is incredibly engaging given how little is actually going on. However, while all films require a suspension of disbelief, the overall problem with COP CAR is that the two lead characters, boys of about ten years of age, are written as the dumbest children ever to appear in a feature film.

Seriously. In an age where even the Disney channel attributes 'tude, street cred, smarts and fast moves to 7 year olds (ask your child if you don't believe me) these two characters as written are so far removed from coherent thought that the audience starts to wonder if they escaped from "special class." To use the term "pig stupid" for these kids effectively slanders the pig.

Bacon is excellent. Would like to see more of him in features.


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