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Cop is an energetic portrayal of mean-street ghetto life.
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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.
20
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.
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.
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.
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.
30
Austin Chronicle by Marjorie Baumgarten
A hackneyed police story, rife with clichés, implausibilities, and weak performances.
50
Entertainment Weekly by Owen Gleiberman
Ends up about as exotic as a straight-to-cable potboiler.