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Mismatched cop-film checklist
Cop Out got us thinking … what wacky duos hasn’t Hollywood tried?
Wed, Feb 24, 2010 (6:44 p.m.)
Black cop + white cop? CHECK
Running Scared (Gregory Hines & Billy Crystal); Seven (Morgan Freeman & Brad Pitt)
Old black cop + rebellious white cop? CHECK
Lethal Weapon (Danny Glover & Mel Gibson)
American cop + Asian cop? CHECK
Rush Hour (Chris Tucker & Jackie Chan); Collision Course (Jay Leno & Pat Morita)
Brash, brawling cop + octogenarian? NOT YET
We propose: Tougher Than Leather (Chuck Liddell & Betty White)
Cop + kid? CHECK
Cop and a Half (Burt Reynolds & Norman D. Golden II)
Cop + mom? CHECK
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (Sylvester Stallone & Estelle Getty)
Cop + alien? CHECK
The Hidden (Michael Nouri & Kyle MacLachlan); Alien Nation (James Caan & Mandy Patinkin)
Amish cop + robot? NOT YET
We propose: Horse-Drawn Robot (Joaquin Phoenix & Robert Pattinson)
Cop + dog? CHECK
Turner & Hooch (Tom Hanks & a French mastiff); K-9 (Jim Belushi & a German shepherd)
Cop + talking dinosaur? CHECK
Theodore Rex (Whoopi Goldberg & George Newbern’s voice)
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