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March 5, 2010
At the Movies: 'Cop Out' falls shy of its inspirations
By JAKE COYLE
AP Entertainment Writer
AP Entertainment Writer
“Cop Out” is a clumsy postmodern buddy cop flick that stuffs as many genre references as it can into the ceaseless patter between Tracy Morgan and Bruce Willis.
| COP OUT |
 Director: Kevin Smith Cast: Bruce Willis, Tracy Morgan, Rashida Jones Rating: R Running time: 110 minutes |
They play our paired police — detectives Paul Hodges and Jimmy Monroe, respectively — and they might as well be in different movies. Willis, a veteran of cop films like the “Die Hard” films and most recently “Surrogates,” is our unmistakable straight man. Almost charmingly, he's actually trying to solve crimes.
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