Cop (1988)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

James B. Harris

Writers:

James Ellroy (novel)
James B. Harris (screenplay)

Release Date:

March 1988 (USA)

Genre:

Thriller | Crime | Drama

Tagline:

When a cop cares too much, how far is too far. [USA Theatrical]

Plot:

Lloyd Hopkins, a hard-boiled American police detective is on the trail of a mass murderer who is victimizing women in Los Angeles...

Plot Keywords:

Police | Gay Slur | Serial Killer | Neo Noir | Independent Film

Cast

James Woods	...	Lloyd Hopkins
Lesley Ann Warren	...	Kathleen McCarthy
Charles Durning	...	Dutch Peltz
Charles Haid	...	Delbert 'Whitey' Haines
Raymond J. Barry	...	Captain Fred Gaffney
Randi Brooks	...	Joanie Pratt
Steven Lambert	...	Bobby Franco
Christopher Wynne	...	Jack Gibbs
Jan McGill	...	Jen Hopkins
Vicki Wauchope	...	Penny Hopkins
Melinda Lynch	...	Sarah Smith
John Petievich	...	Deputy
Dennis Stewart	...	Lawrence 'Birdman' Henderson
Randy Pelish	...	Employee
Annie McEnroe	...	Amy Cranfield

Runtime:

110 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Germany:16 | Australia:MA (re-rating) | Australia:M (original rating) | Finland:K-16 | Norway:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:16

Filming Locations:

1424 N. Harper Avenue, West Hollywood, California, USA

Company:

Atlantic Entertainment Group

Trivia:

At one point in the movie Lloyd (James Woods) rings a doorbell to an apartment building. One of the names of the residents is Gene Rudolf, which is the name of this film's production designer.

Quotes:

Lloyd Hopkins: You blow away a broad's date, the least you can do is drive her home.

Movie Connections:

References "The Flintstones" (1960)

rent if you're a Woods fan

Which is why I rented it. An OK movie about a cop who "goes outside the rules" to track what he suspects is a serial killer. Like other reviewers, I laughed at stuff that was probably not supposed to be amusing just because Woods was so damn funny. He plays a fairly sleazy guy, which is what he does best. Charles Durning is also very good, as is Lesley Ann Warren, though I just wanted to slap her character a couple of times for being so stupid and whiny. The sudden, no BS ending is awesome--I love it when movies end with an abrupt blackout like that, and he gets a great ending line. I played the ending back a few times it was so cool and bada$$. This movie was actually surprisingly disturbing in parts, there's a really gruesome scene where Wood's character (I can't remember the cop's name, it was probably Jake or Jack or something snarky like that)finds a murder victim about 3/4 of the way through the film that really shocked me and gave me the creeps. Anyway, a good underrated film with a kick-a$$ ending.