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Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 8:07 am Post subject: Best/Favorite Buddy Cop Film |
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Not sure if this is already a topic, if so, merge...
48 Hours (Eddie Murphy & Nick Nolte)
Running Scared (Billy Crystal & Gregory Hines (rip))
Rush Hour (Chris Tucker & Jackie Cahn)
Beverly Hill Cop (Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, John Ashton)
Not sure if these would qualify but Midnight Run (Rob De Niro & Charles Grodi)... |
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Shockerx8 Starting Rotation
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Lethal Weapon hands down |
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Exick Site Staff
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3 of my favorites are Martin Lawrence movies.
Big Mama's House (not exactly a buddy cop movie, but sorta)
Blue Streak (starring Luke Wilson as Luke Wilson)
Bad Boys (Robert Horry's a damn fine actor) _________________ Game recognize game, Granddad. - Riley Freeman, The Boondocks |
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Exick wrote: | 3 of my favorites are Martin Lawrence movies.
Big Mama's House (not exactly a buddy cop movie, but sorta)
Blue Streak (starring Luke Wilson as Luke Wilson)
Bad Boys (Robert Horry's a damn fine actor) | Damn... I forgot about Will Smith and Martin Lawrence.. that scene in BBII when Martin's daughter was going on a date was funny as hell... |
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TACH wrote: | Exick wrote: | 3 of my favorites are Martin Lawrence movies.
Big Mama's House (not exactly a buddy cop movie, but sorta)
Blue Streak (starring Luke Wilson as Luke Wilson)
Bad Boys (Robert Horry's a damn fine actor) | Damn... I forgot about Will Smith and Martin Lawrence.. that scene in BBII when Martin's daughter was going on a date was funny as hell... |
Haha, one of the better scenes! _________________ Monta Ellis: "Kobe is #1, I'm #2, LeBron is #3." |
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Simon Pegg and Nick Frost in Hot Fuzz
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Easily it's Lethal Weapon. Had the best action, the 2nd best pairing ever (Rush Hour had the best pairing ever), and the end fight scene set the tone for all other "ending fight scenes" to these types of flicks.
My other top 14 Buddy Cop films:
2 - Die Hard (A reach, but Reginald Veljohnson was Bruce's buddy even though they shared screen time for about a minute at the end but the action of that film basically based around 1 location is truly remakable - risky as hell - yet still remarkable)
3 - Rush Hour (Genius pairing, I was jealous that I wouldn't have ever considered those 2 together and they were magic in their debut)
4 - 48 Hours (Another reach since Eddie wasn't a cop, but still some of the most hilarious scenes and jokes I've ever seen. The TRUE start of the Buddy Cop films genre)
5 - Beverly Hills Cop (Eddie alone was hilarious, thank God Stallone originally turned it down)
6 - Deep Cover (A reach, since Goldblum wasn't the cop, but Fish and Gold had great chemistry and I really wanted them to do another film together in that same vein but both as cops)
7 - Tango & Cash (Underrated flick but great one line zingers from each other throughout...I actually wanted to see them make a T&C2 )
8 - Die Hard 3 (Sam Jackson was funny, but they played the Black/White cop theme to the hilt)
9 - Bad Boys (The launching of Will Smith's action hero career, and after that, he stole all of Martin's mannerisms and comedic style - go watch all of The Fresh Prince POST Bad Boys and you will see)
10 - The Last Boy Scout (Another reach - Damon Wayans wasn't a cop - but it was still entertaining enough, especially the girl that played Bruce's daughter)
11 - Men in Black (We're they really cops though? . Loved Tommy Lee in that and it took the buddy cop film to the sci-fi level)
12 - In The Heat of The Night (The ORIGINAL buddy cop film and original Black/White buddy cop film. Landmark for its time and theme, with great acting by Stieger and Poitier)
13 - Running Scared (The first time you see a buddy cop film where both cops are pretty much the same but it wrks tremendously. Also Launched Jimmy Smits career)
14 - Rush Hour 2 (Same duo, same impact. The Chinese restaurant on Crenshaw was hilarious )
15 - Metro (Eddie and my high school buddy Mike Rappaport do a decent job as a duo) _________________
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Superbad (Mclovin & the cops) |
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I love running scared:
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Beverly Hills Cop, without a doubt!
48 Hours
Running Scared _________________ (\__/)
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LuxuryBrown wrote: | Easily it's Lethal Weapon. Had the best action, the 2nd best pairing ever (Rush Hour had the best pairing ever), and the end fight scene set the tone for all other "ending fight scenes" to these types of flicks.
My other top 14 Buddy Cop films:
2 - Die Hard (A reach, but Reginald Veljohnson was Bruce's buddy even though they shared screen time for about a minute at the end but the action of that film basically based around 1 location is truly remakable - risky as hell - yet still remarkable)
3 - Rush Hour (Genius pairing, I was jealous that I wouldn't have ever considered those 2 together and they were magic in their debut)
4 - 48 Hours (Another reach since Eddie wasn't a cop, but still some of the most hilarious scenes and jokes I've ever seen. The TRUE start of the Buddy Cop films genre)
5 - Beverly Hills Cop (Eddie alone was hilarious, thank God Stallone originally turned it down)
6 - Deep Cover (A reach, since Goldblum wasn't the cop, but Fish and Gold had great chemistry and I really wanted them to do another film together in that same vein but both as cops)
7 - Tango & Cash (Underrated flick but great one line zingers from each other throughout...I actually wanted to see them make a T&C2 )
8 - Die Hard 3 (Sam Jackson was funny, but they played the Black/White cop theme to the hilt)
9 - Bad Boys (The launching of Will Smith's action hero career, and after that, he stole all of Martin's mannerisms and comedic style - go watch all of The Fresh Prince POST Bad Boys and you will see)
10 - The Last Boy Scout (Another reach - Damon Wayans wasn't a cop - but it was still entertaining enough, especially the girl that played Bruce's daughter)
11 - Men in Black (We're they really cops though? . Loved Tommy Lee in that and it took the buddy cop film to the sci-fi level)
12 - In The Heat of The Night (The ORIGINAL buddy cop film and original Black/White buddy cop film. Landmark for its time and theme, with great acting by Stieger and Poitier)
13 - Running Scared (The first time you see a buddy cop film where both cops are pretty much the same but it wrks tremendously. Also Launched Jimmy Smits career)
14 - Rush Hour 2 (Same duo, same impact. The Chinese restaurant on Crenshaw was hilarious )
15 - Metro (Eddie and my high school buddy Mike Rappaport do a decent job as a duo) |
notice that most of those movies has a black cop and a white cop. _________________ Thank you, Kobe. We love you. |
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frijolero01 wrote: | LuxuryBrown wrote: | Easily it's Lethal Weapon. Had the best action, the 2nd best pairing ever (Rush Hour had the best pairing ever), and the end fight scene set the tone for all other "ending fight scenes" to these types of flicks.
My other top 14 Buddy Cop films:
2 - Die Hard (A reach, but Reginald Veljohnson was Bruce's buddy even though they shared screen time for about a minute at the end but the action of that film basically based around 1 location is truly remakable - risky as hell - yet still remarkable)
3 - Rush Hour (Genius pairing, I was jealous that I wouldn't have ever considered those 2 together and they were magic in their debut)
4 - 48 Hours (Another reach since Eddie wasn't a cop, but still some of the most hilarious scenes and jokes I've ever seen. The TRUE start of the Buddy Cop films genre)
5 - Beverly Hills Cop (Eddie alone was hilarious, thank God Stallone originally turned it down)
6 - Deep Cover (A reach, since Goldblum wasn't the cop, but Fish and Gold had great chemistry and I really wanted them to do another film together in that same vein but both as cops)
7 - Tango & Cash (Underrated flick but great one line zingers from each other throughout...I actually wanted to see them make a T&C2 )
8 - Die Hard 3 (Sam Jackson was funny, but they played the Black/White cop theme to the hilt)
9 - Bad Boys (The launching of Will Smith's action hero career, and after that, he stole all of Martin's mannerisms and comedic style - go watch all of The Fresh Prince POST Bad Boys and you will see)
10 - The Last Boy Scout (Another reach - Damon Wayans wasn't a cop - but it was still entertaining enough, especially the girl that played Bruce's daughter)
11 - Men in Black (We're they really cops though? . Loved Tommy Lee in that and it took the buddy cop film to the sci-fi level)
12 - In The Heat of The Night (The ORIGINAL buddy cop film and original Black/White buddy cop film. Landmark for its time and theme, with great acting by Stieger and Poitier)
13 - Running Scared (The first time you see a buddy cop film where both cops are pretty much the same but it wrks tremendously. Also Launched Jimmy Smits career)
14 - Rush Hour 2 (Same duo, same impact. The Chinese restaurant on Crenshaw was hilarious )
15 - Metro (Eddie and my high school buddy Mike Rappaport do a decent job as a duo) |
notice that most of those movies has a black cop and a white cop. |
Yep. After the success of 48 Hours...That opened the floodgates. _________________
Quote: | Smooth, but I move like an army / Bulletproof down in case brothas try to bomb me / Puttin' brothas to rest like Elliot Ness / Cuz I don't like stress
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