Saw Bon Cop, Bad Cop (Thanks, Kim!) It was a silly movie. It pairs a wild and crazy Montreal cop with a prudish, button-down Torontonian cop. In an early scene the wild Quebecker drives his car on the sidewalk. You can either interpret this as demonstrating that he believes himself above the law, or as demonstrating that this movie is supposed to be a mindless romp. I made the choice to turn off my brain and, with this adjustment, it fares pretty well. It's not as conventional as many action films (the bad guy is never given much of an identity beyond being a kind of shlubby dude) and the fight scenes are mostly quick-cut (as opposed to shakey-cam-ed.) One fight scene was intercut with a sex scene which I thought was pulled off with admirable style. The buddy dynamics of Toronto et Montreal are not particularly important and apart from a few lines of dialogue are ignored (so take note, those of you expecting any sort of commentary about French/English-Canadian relations.)
Ah, but my spoil-sport brain could not keep wholly quiet. As with many mindless action films, there is much snide commentary which could be made. I will restrain myself but for this one point: most of the troubles they encounter are of their own creation. eg: they have captured a suspect and stuff him into the trunk of their car (this happens a lot, trunk stuffing.) They don't have time to park the car because they must attend the Montrealer's child's ballet performance. Highlight for spoilers... their car is towed and then blows up ...and they lose the suspect in the trunk. This could have been avoided if they'd only transported the suspect directly to a cell (in an actual cop car.) The Torontonian could have dropped him off en rout. Oh well.
A ripping yarn which I was not always completely comfortable with, but it's an action movie, so what else is new?
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