WHY: Shane Black is to
buddy cop films what Raymond Chandler is to hard - boiled crime novels, and his latest movie, the retro detective noir «The Nice Guys,» is arguably his best entry in the genre since redefining the buddy cop formula three decades earlier with «Lethal Weapon.»
Not exact matches
Not normally my type
film but its a good
buddy -
buddy cop movie that's nothing more than light entertainment and works well, for
what it is.
Because he's written a
buddy cop film in the past that must be
what this would end up like?
Run the words of the title together and you get a not - terribly - clever yet not - entirely - awful summary of
what the
film is getting at when it's not busy being a retarded high - concept
buddy cop flick pairing your typical crusty old vet with an earnest rookie who happens to be an alien with a spotted pate instead of a hilarious racial minority.
Also, Bullock and McCarthy do the best they can with
what they're given in their female - centric,
buddy -
cop film.
Capturing the «
buddy cop» genre has been attempted before and after this brilliant little ditty (see Kevin Smith's COP OUT and Adam McKay's THE OTHER GUYS), but what makes HOT FUZZ such a contemporary classic is that it actually achieves it's own place alongside the films it's in love with: POiNT BREAK and BAD BOYS
cop» genre has been attempted before and after this brilliant little ditty (see Kevin Smith's
COP OUT and Adam McKay's THE OTHER GUYS), but what makes HOT FUZZ such a contemporary classic is that it actually achieves it's own place alongside the films it's in love with: POiNT BREAK and BAD BOYS
COP OUT and Adam McKay's THE OTHER GUYS), but
what makes HOT FUZZ such a contemporary classic is that it actually achieves it's own place alongside the
films it's in love with: POiNT BREAK and BAD BOYS 2.