Take a rough-edged, grizzled, downtown cop and pair him up with a fresh faced rookie…. Or maybe take a wisecracking New York detective, and pair him with a Chinese cop….or, perhaps, it is a Hollywood PI being forced by circumstance to partner up with a rival. Yup, we have the Buddy Cop genre.
Everyone knows the films, everyone has those they enjoy, but which ones are the ones we all go back to over and over again, and which do we advise everyone to take a wide berth to avoid? What makes the genre such an established mainstay in cinema, with serious dramas, gritty urban horror, zany spoof and parody, or thrilling action, there’s no limit to the range of additional genres it touches on.
This week on #MTOS let’s take a look at the mixture of films on offer, explain our love for our favourites (and what we hate about our least favourites), and inevitably add more to our watchlists (or should that be End of Watch lists – see what I did there?) that we will never get around to seeing.
So, buckle up, and make sure that sidearm is loaded, as we chase down the Buddy Cop Genre in #MTOS this week. Join us at 8pm Uk time on Twitter this coming Sunday, and join in.
Q1: The buddy cop genre covers a wide choice of films. If you were to pick 3 films which show the best examples of the genre, to explain the genre to someone, which three would you pick and why? #MTOS
Q2: Primarily seen as a comedic-police-drama genre, there are also a wealth of more serious films within. Which serious entries would you consider in your favourites? #MTOS
Q3: Sometimes the ‘buddy’ teamed up is an animal. Do any of the buddy-cop-dog films warrant any credit, or are they all inherently terrible in concept, design, and delivery? #MTOS
Q4: One of the most popular series’ in the genre is Lethal Weapon. What elements combine in these films so well to have garnered such a strong response? #MTOS
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Q6: Are there any films from the genre that you were surprised with? Ones that you expected nothing more than average, but ended up rating it highly? #MTOS
Q7: Which films from the genre are best left forgotten? What made them so bad? #MTOS
Q8: Plenty of outright comedies and spoofs of the genre have hit the screen over the decades. Which ones do you enjoy the most and why? #MTOS
Q9: Lethal Weapon, Rush Hour, and Training Day have made the transition to TV in recent years (for good or bad). Which other buddy-cop movies could benefit from a TV serialised approach, and why? (Note: Let’s not be clever and say Starsky & Hutch, Chips, or Miami Vice) #MTOS
Q10: What would be your dream combination for a buddy cop movie. Actors, director, screenwriter. #MTOS
