An attempt to document the day-to-day routine of a small town American cop in a fresh, amusing and intelligent way. The problem is we have seen it all before, and we've seen it done to much better effect. Francis has been transferred from another precinct and is initially unsure of the 'unusual' way his new colleagues operate. His new partner, Morning, is a hotheaded experienced officer, prone to abuse his position by playing jokes on citizens and, at times, harassing them. So far, so unoriginal. The only thing different about the film is the pacing of the action and humour, which goes for the slow burning American indie feel. But the film never really achieves this successfully. The jokes, though paced not to be laugh out loud funny, barely raise a chuckle. The performances are consistently bad throughout the entire cast. (One particular scene where Francis (played by Bill Dawes) gets drunk is eye-gougingly bad). The obligatory musings on life, relationships and 'what it means to be a cop', are not nearly as inspired or original as the filmmakers seem to think.
It looks quite nice for a low budget indie, but there just isn't enough here to make it stand out from 150 other buddy cop films.
It looks quite nice for a low budget indie, but there just isn't enough here to make it stand out from 150 other buddy cop films.