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Third World Cop

Third World Cop

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  • Jamaica
  • 1999
  • · 98m

Director Chris Browne
Cast Paul Campbell, Mark Danvers, Carl Bradshaw, Audrey Reid, Winston 'Bello' Bell, Angie Fielder
Genre Action, Drama, Thriller

Loose cannon cop Capone returns to his home town of Kingston to join a group of officers fighting organised crime in the area. On his first day he uncovers gun smuggling operation that may be connected with lead criminal Oney. However his old crew, led by Ratty, also are involved leading Capone to a choice between his job and his old crew.

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50

Entertainment Weekly by Owen Gleiberman

Ends up about as exotic as a straight-to-cable potboiler.

40

L.A. Weekly

Excels at suspense and atmosphere, despite the garden-variety plot and an unintentionally hilarious - credit sequence .

40

TV Guide Magazine by Maitland McDonagh

The script recycles clichés that go back to 1937'S "Dead End," the performances are one-note, and the whole thing has the flat, bright look of a TV cop show.

40

Los Angeles Times by Kenneth Turan

Main lure is what feels like a very authentic visual sense of the nontourist side of Kingston, where the ambience of zinc-walled shacks wallpapered with old newspapers is captured by cinematographer Richard Lannaman.

38

New York Post by Jonathan Foreman

The acting, camera work and writing are all crude and amateurish, even by the standards of student films.

30

Austin Chronicle by Marjorie Baumgarten

A hackneyed police story, rife with clichés, implausibilities, and weak performances.

30

Village Voice

Cop is an energetic portrayal of mean-street ghetto life.

20

Film.com by Ernest Hardy

It's little more than a loose assemblage of Hollywood action movie formulas: "Dirty Harry" and assorted cop/buddy flicks are the clear models for the movie.

20

The New York Times by Dana Stevens

Shot in smeary video, it sports the static, by-the-book camera work of a daytime soap-opera.