Third World Cop

Name: Third World Cop
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller

Jamaica · 1999
Rated R · 1h 38m
Director Chris Browne
Starring Paul Campbell, Mark Danvers, Carl Bradshaw, Audrey Reid
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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Village Voice by

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

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.

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.

New York Post by Jonathan Foreman

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

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.

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.

Austin Chronicle by Marjorie Baumgarten

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

Entertainment Weekly by Owen Gleiberman

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