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Mike
08-29-2002, 12:29 AM
Info from Yahoo:

Release Date: August 1st, 2003

MPAA Rating Note: (8/26/02) With a nude sauna sex scen, and a plot involving the profanity-rich world of gangster rappers, it's likely that this film will receive an R rating from the MPAA.

Distributor: Columbia Pictures (Revolution Studios) (Sony)

Production Company: Revolution Studios (XXX, Peter Pan, Anger Management, Gigli)

Cast: Harrison Ford (Joe Gavilian), Josh Hartnett (K.C. Calden), Master P, Lou Diamond Phillips, Isaiah Washington (Sartain); other cast not announced yet.

Director: Ron Shelton (Tin Cup, Bull Durham, White Men Can't Jump, Play It to the Bone, Cobb; he's also got Dark Blue coming soon)

Screenwriter: Ron Shelton (Bull Durham, White Men Can't Jump, Play It to the Bone, Cobb, Blue Chips), Robert Souza (feature film debut of the former LAPD police officer-turned-screenwriter)

Similar Film Note: (8/26/02) The scenario portrayed in this film sounds a lot like some of the real life events that are suggested and/or covered in the documentary, Biggie and Tupac.

Also, screenwriter and director Ron Shelton also has another similar project in development called "Two Guys on the Job", that would be about two long-time police officer friends in San Francisco who find that the corruption, prostitution and temptation that has surrounded them both for years is turning them into lethal enemies.

Premise: Two LAPD homicide detectives who moonlight in other fields, Joe Gavilian (Ford) (a real estate agent) and K.C. Calden (Hartnett) (a yoga instructor and wannabe actor), investigate the slaying of a rap group on stage that is possibly orchestrated by Sartain (Washington), a notorious rap label boss who is rumored to have arranged the death of rap artists in the past who wanted to get out of their contracts, and whose head of security is himself a former LAPD officer. (Lou Diamond Phillips plays an undercover officer who poses as a female prostitute; the two female leads will be a police officer, and one of Hartnett's yoga students who will have a nude sauna scene with him.)

Filming: Production started on August 19th, 2002 in Los Angeles.

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Musical

As of now I think this sounds like it will be a good movie and I'm looking forward to it. But it's a little too early to tell for sure. Needless to say I'm pretty certain I will see it.

What does everyone else think?

arto_j
08-29-2002, 10:42 AM
"Two Cops"?

Well, that's the most inventive title ever.

Anyway, the film itself sounds somewhat interesting. Ford and Hartnett could be a good team, and the film could turn out to be a rather entertaining package. Or, it might be The Devil's Own all over again. It's hard to tell so early with so little plot details available.

Moviefan1234
08-29-2002, 04:20 PM
It should be good. Good actors and a good director are on board so it looks very promising, aside from the title that is.

Nate6
08-29-2002, 06:03 PM
Yeah, terrible title but sounds interesting.

dh1989
08-29-2002, 08:08 PM
The premise sounds promising and Hartnett and Ford are good actors. It should be a solid thriller. I will see it.

P.S. It is a terrible title. Two Cops? Why not call it Cops Investigate A Man and Find Clues and Catch a Bad Guy and Become Friends. They need something more eye-catching.

Movie_Fan201
08-30-2002, 03:34 AM
I was reading and getting excited... the i read Lou Dimand Phillips and 1 word came to my mind CRAP

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EBastard
08-30-2002, 03:34 PM
It's got garbage written all over it. I love Ron Shelton's work,(I've been waiting for a movie like Deep Blue for a while...)but this kind of movie calls for 2 80's actors to come back from obscurity to play the cops. If I find out this movie is gonna be an action/comedy,(and Lord,I hope it is)I'll probably check it out.

Wait a minute...MASTER P?! Count me out,PERIOD.

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Moviefan1234
08-30-2002, 03:55 PM
I'll lose interest if they go the comedy way.

Fergus
08-30-2002, 05:23 PM
By the title, it sounds like they're doing a remake of THE DEVIL'S OWN, only replacing Brad Pitt with Josh Hartnett. The plot doesn't sound that great though.

Mick
08-30-2002, 06:15 PM
I certainly won't be seeing this. I'm always wary of movies starring "actors" with silly names like "Master P", and this sounds pretty lame.

I could just imagine this being posted in Filmmaking/Screenwriting forum (without the actors names etc, of course) and being panned. http://www.joblo.com/ubb/smile.gif