Download Cop And A Half New Recruit

Download Cop And A Half: New Recruit

A precocious kid and a police officer join forces to catch a criminal at large.
In the bonus track of the DVD for &quot;Cop and a Half: New Recruit,&quot; the filmmakers described the project as a throwback to the 1980s &quot;buddy cop&quot; films now updated and revised with the latest technology for family entertainment. The energetic cast, including Wallace Shawn as the stodgy Principal Miller, helps to maintain the fast-moving pace of this light-hearted piece of fluff.<br/><br/>The film was successful in creating the team of a beleaguered, &quot;scruffy&quot; detective (Lou Diamond Phillips) and a kid from the local Darville Middle School, who is an aspiring undercover cop. The little kid playing the role is great, and Phillips is perfect as the jaded detective in need of the kid&#39;s wherewithal and expertise in the new technology.<br/><br/>There is an inventive theme to the kid&#39;s approach to detective work: &quot;Don&#39;t panic. Just work the problem.&quot; The Americana that is depicted in the film is that of a Normal Rockwell painting. Except, in this case, there is a disgruntled law enforcement official calling himself the Badge Bandit, who beleaguers the town with pranks unleashed through drones to culminate with an embarrassing display set to occur during the Harvest Valley Festival.<br/><br/>There is never any true danger, and there is great fun throughout the adventure. The one-liners and the gags are good. The kid knows all the cop lingo (&quot;perp,&quot; &quot;copy that,&quot; and &quot;10-4, Cap&quot;), and she also coins the word &quot;ridonkulous&quot; that seems like a perfect description of this inconsequential film experience as a whole.
I was disappointed to see that there was a secret relationship with a grown man in a position of authority and a 12 year old girl, a relationship that continued through texting and sharing photos after the &quot;case&quot; was over. Children and adults are not friends and a 12 year old girl has no business secretly meeting up with a 50 year old man.<br/><br/>The story line of a 12 year old girl who dreams of being a cop but is vulnerable and unsupervised by her single parent mom is not a unique one, however considering the threats to online dangers for youth I am surprised by the themes portrayed.

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