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Copshop

2021

Joe Carnahan

Gerard Butler, Frank Grillo, Toby Huss, Ryan O'Nan ...

5.6

2,997

Action. Thriller A small town police station becomes the unlikely battleground between a professional hitman, a smart female rookie cop and a double crossing conman who seeks refuge behind bars with no place left to run.

	Media	Author	Review
		Owen Gleiberman Variety	"'Copshop' is a processed slice of genre meatloaf with the gravy occasionally dribbled in ornate patterns. It’s junky and synthetic, but it fills you up."
		Phil Hoad The Guardian	Joe Carnahan’s claustrophobic thriller is packed with the satisfying basics: neat setups and payoffs and gratuitous violence (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Ian Freer Empire	"A simple, effective thriller, Copshop doubles down on pulpy, ’70s-styled fun. It proffers little that is novel but has enough vim and vigour to compensate (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Ian Sandwell Digital Spy	"A Gerard Butler movie – and we don't mean that as a criticism (...) it's aware enough of its tone to (mostly) hit the mark of what fans would want from it (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter	"[It] easily fulfills the genre’s requirements of blood, guts, bullets and octane (...) [Butler and Grillo] are both fine in their testosterone-fueled roles"
		Tim Robey Telegraph	"Copshop has a certain sub-Tarantino appeal (...) The best Gerard Butler flick among a catalogue of forgettables (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Chris Bumbray JoBlo	"Carnahan seems to be evoking the work of guys like Don Siegel, and indeed he knows his stuff when it comes to putting together a solid action flick. It’s a fun little thriller"
		Charles Bramesco AV Club	"Carnahan’s formal proficiency makes for a more sharpened and accomplished piece of work than many modern counterparts attempting to draw from the same well of cheap-o homage"
		Wes Greene Slant	"'Copshop' is a well-oiled machine on the level of action and suspense, but its broad streak of humor does threaten to derail the whole thing at times (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Michael Ordoña Los Angeles Times	"'Copshop' rises above the chaff of the genre with well-staged action and strong performances (...) Grillo and Butler, are quite good but the star of this show is Louder."
		Michael O'Sullivan The Washington Post	"Louder is well-grounded and brings charisma and intensity to her table-turning role, in a story of brute force to which Carnahan adds a welcome injection of style, finesse and, yes, even fun at times (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"
		Joseph Walsh Time Out	"Testosterone-and-bullet-flavoured nothingburger (...) It’s a male-heavy movie, fetishising firearms and other things that go bang and boom (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Glenn Kenny rogerebert.com	"While you couldn't call any of the plot twists genuinely unpredictable, they do not lack for intrigue. Having an African-American female character go toe-to-toe with two white male action movie sort-of icons is a commendable idea (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Brian Lloyd entertainment.ie	As enjoyably chaotic as it is, 'Copshop' does suffer from a certain amount of predictability in places. Nevertheless, watching everyone have so much fun on screen more than makes up for these faults (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"

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