Kopps (2003)

Director:

Josef Fares

Writers:

Josef Fares (writer)
Mikael Håfström (writer)

Release Date:

7 February 2003 (Sweden)

Genre:

Action | Comedy

Tagline:

Hvis du tænder på: - stramt siddende uniformer - citron halvmåner med varmkaffe - blå blink og bah-buh lyde vil du slå gnister over KOPS

Plot:

When a small town police station is threatened with shutting down because of too little crime, the police realise that something has to be done...

Plot Keywords:

Police | Small Town | Police Officer | Shootout | Sweat Band

Awards:

5 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Fares Fares	...	Jacob
Torkel Petersson	...	Benny
Göran Ragnerstam	...	Lasse
Sissela Kyle	...	Agneta
Eva Röse	...	Jessica
Christian Fiedler	...	Folke
Erik Ahrnbom	...	Håkan
Harry Goldstein	...	Göran
Michael Fares	...	Mike
Viktor Friberg	...	Janne
Jan Fares	...	Mike's dad
Yngve Dahlberg	...	Gunnar
Kerstin Hellström	...	Kindergarten teacher
Paula McManus	...	Jacob's first date
Maj-Lis Hörne	...	Elsa

Also Known As:

Kops (Denmark) (Sweden) (alternative spelling)
Josef Fares 2002 (Sweden) (working title)
Josef Fares 2003 (Sweden) (working title)
Josef Fares nya (Sweden) (working title)

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

Sweden | Denmark

Language:

Swedish | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:10 | Iceland:LH (video rating) | Australia:M | Denmark:7 | Finland:K-11 | Germany:12 | Norway:11 | Philippines:R-13 | Singapore:NC-16 | Sweden:11

Filming Locations:

Bäckefors, Västra Götalands län, Sweden

Company:

Memfis Film

Trivia:

The actors had to learn how to fire a gun on the Police Academy before filming began.

Goofs:

Factual errors: The call signal sounds from their radios are wrong. The Swedish Police and Rescue services use two different radio systems (when the film was made. They are now changing to a TETRA system). The S80 is only used by the Police in the three biggest cities. The S70 is used by everyone, (Police, Rescue, SAR, Mil etc) everywhere else. Since the film is "far from everything" they should use the S70 system but the sounds are from a S80 system.

Quotes:

Lasse: We just tried to change the statistics.

Movie Connections:

References The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)

Soundtrack:

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this movie rocks!

I just saw this movie in cinema yesterday and I cannot say anything else. Not seeing the director's previous film "Jalla!Jalla!" I first saw this Swedish filmmaking style. The movie is really humorous with a good plot and great characters.

The four cops are great characters. The best is Benny who believes that he is a "Die Hard" style supercop who kills masked terrorists and avoid their bullets "Matrix"-style. But there are several good moments and an original atmosphere in this film.

I just cannot say more. Entertaining movie with great special effects for a comedy.