This past weekend, we were so very fortunate to be able to partake in two Bruce Willis films that we had not previously seen… Surrogates and Cop Out.
Surrogates is a near-future, science fiction movie with Oliver Cromwell and Ving Rhames also in the cast. It’s action packed with a moral undertone. The basis is that in the not too distant time to come, the majority of humans will interface will machines who then represent them in the physical world.
It’s actually an interesting basis to me, and more engaging from a plot basis than Avatar. It’s the moral play that I find a little bit predictable with an ending that seems too convenient. It ends up being just average with no real reason to watch again.
Cop Out is the newest film from one of my favorite directors, Kevin Smith. This is his first major foray into directing material he didn’t write himself. It shows that he didn’t write it, but I think it’s a good thing. He’s milked the Jersey Shore related cast a little much. Not like myself and a lot of others wouldn’t continue paying to see those movies, but I like that he’s branching out.
Cop Out is actually better than I thought it was going to be based on reviews and such. The only thing that annoyed me the most about it was the score… It was too much of a Beverly Hills Cop rip off. I like a good homage, but this film had potential to stand better on its own if a few things were done differently… One is Tracey Morgan needed to tone it down a hair. Two Bruce Willis needed to act like we know he can and not just look like he’s phoning it in. Last was a little better casting in terms of the villain (whom I like as a comedic actor, but he seemed way out of place).