A "misunderestimated" no-brainer comedy from America's neighbor in the north.
This film is about two Canadian policemen, one from Ontario and the other Quebec, who were, both reluctant, made partners to track and nab a serial killer. The scenario sounds not a little clichéd but, with its Hollywood action scenes and French-style (Québecois) sly wit, actually enticing to watch.
In Hot Fuzz, Simon Pegg has to deal with with a bunch of English gardening maniacs; in Bon Cop, Bad Cop, the heroes are faced with a Montreal hockey fanatic. The mere absurdity of it makes the whole pursuit, however intense or exciting, allusively ironic. Therefore, this film can be interpretated as an implicit satire towards ultra-nationalism, anti-globalists, and fetish enthusiasts.
The best fun about this film is to watch the two heroes constantly bickering, later translated into a kind of male bondin…
