Cop Car

I must confess - i chose to watch this movie purely because of Kevin Bacon. He chooses his characters very carefully so i knew this film is going to be good at some point. 😉

The story is about two boys who steel a cop car and a cop (not good one) who tries to retrieve it back. The story simple, only three characters to concentrate on - and very real. Yes, real, because children these days can be that stupid, and cops these days can be that "of the line". What i liked about this film is that it's not over crowded with unnecessary story lines, characters - it has only whats needed. And in a short time they can tell a lot that way. Beautiful nature, as it is, small town's life without any "glamour". And good acting - kids acted very naturally, Kevin Bacon of course was very good as always. I admire his talent to "get into" character he is playing.

I enjoyed this film - don't know why, but at some point it reminded me of "Perfect world" with Kevin Costner, just with less action 😀

I really wasn't sure what kind of movie this was going to be, it had a very lighthearted vibe for a while to a point where I was thinking it was going to be a very clean and tidy movie. Then came in darker elements to create what I felt was a more "full" movie.

The acting wasn't terrible. Most of the roles didn't call for great acting and the child actors were as good as you can get these days. And yeah the kids can be pretty damn stupid but that's how kids are. I have kids of my own and I felt the script for the kids was spot on. Kids have wonky ass concerns and realizations. They learn things differently and accidentally. They get dumb ideas and fail to execute good ideas. That is how children roll.

The movie kept me guessing as to where it was going to end up because when kids are so heavily involved in movies writers and directors have a tendency to weaken the movie. This movie told an adult story through children and that's not easy to do so props.

7/10

@JarlJarlBinks

If you like the quirkiness of films like Fargo or Blue Ruin you will enjoy this film. I found the 2 kids to be absolutely adorable and at times hilarious.

There's not really much to the plot but it actually works for a film like this. The cinematography and music are excellent and really captures the small town feel of the film.

Solid acting all around especially by Kevin Bacon. There are quite a few unbelievable/illogical moments in the film but to me they are forgivable.

Original, quirky, beautiful, funny and crazy. Loved it.

You know, for a little indie film, this is pretty good. It was a plot that I would describe as quite narrow, but it kept my attention from start to finish.

Before I jump into what I think wasn't the best, I want to mention the good stuff. Because as I mentioned, for an indie, low budget film. It's absolutely one of the better ones! So, the film starts relatively slow, but the more it goes on, the more interesting it gets. It's a narrow storyline, but that's all it needs to be. It was written good enough, where it didn't need to go out of its way to surprise you. The acting from Kevin Bacon I thought was really good as well and sold his role to me well. The movie was shot well in terms of it following 2 storylines essentially, never followed one character too long and split the difference well.

There was one big issue for me which stops this movie being above a 6 rating and that's that the characters were just very unlikeable. As you'd probably figured out from the bio, it's basically 2 kids vs a cop. The 2 kids, I thought were so annoying and I found it very difficult to "back them". The aim of the plot towards the back end is to feel empathy for them, but it was very difficult to do so as they were just so damn frustrating. The cop was more unlikeable, but that makes more sense as Kevin Bacon is playing this psycho cop (he played the role pretty damn well).

This leads to my other issue which is that I thought the suspense during the course of the movie wasn't working for me as I wasn't too bothered about what happened to the characters? Am I supposed to feel empathy towards 2 kids that steal a cop car and start messing about with guns etc?

So yeah, it's an interesting film, but needs just a little more to surpass the 6/10 rating. However, it's a good little watch and I would recommend to anyone who's debating this one.

Great characters. Their back stories are hinted at and your imagination fills in the gaps.

Great writing. The dialogue has weight and sounds natural.

Great scenery. It's on the outskirts of an old dusty town, way out in the back-roads of somewhere and it looks beautiful.

Great storyline and a great score all at a nice pace and under a one and half hour running time. It has no need for flashy, gimmicky explosions or a convoluted and overly-complicated plot.

This is the best film I saw this summer.

It's a simple original story that keeps you wondering what will happen next. I don't know how a film like this can get made any more.

Kevin Bacon was pretty great too.