Space Cop (Video 2016)

Space Cop: Directed by Jay Bauman, Mike Stoklasa. With Rich Evans, Mike Stoklasa, Jocelyn Ridgely, Chike Johnson. Space Cop is the story of a cop from the future of space who travels back in time to the present and is teamed up with a cop from the past who is unfrozen in the present. Together, they must defeat evil aliens with a sinister plan.

“Iu0026#39;m sad to say that after all the anticipation, Space Cop is fairly underwhelming. It seems strangely uneven, unpolished. And most disappointingly, itu0026#39;s formulaic. Iu0026#39;d hoped for something wittier, more off-the-wall, more creative based on RLMu0026#39;s previous work. Space Cop gave me nothing to think about — the clichéd plot points, double entendres, tired set-ups, bad models / costumes and archetype characters arenu0026#39;t there to be subverted or analysed, theyu0026#39;re just there.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe music works very well, the sets are solid, there are lots of laugh-out-loud moments scattered through. But itu0026#39;s not confident in itself. It feels rushed.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe script in particular feels like a first draft. Motivations and relationships shift wildly from joke to joke – itu0026#39;s hard to understand what weu0026#39;re supposed to think of the characters or how Space Cop in particular is perceived by the others. Sometimes the tone is so muddied itu0026#39;s tricky to tell if a moment is going for humour, tension or drama. At one point the movie slows down so we can watch a striptease and take long, lingering looks at the actressu0026#39; body. I kept waiting for the punchline, but amazingly it seems to just be there for titillation.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThere are highlights. Rich Evans and Jocelyn Ridgely are funny and do very well in their roles. Mike Stoklasa appears to be deliberately hamming it up, which often doesnu0026#39;t u0026#39;fitu0026#39; with the other actors but is enjoyably tongue-in-cheek in itself. The u0026#39;realu0026#39; actors and cameos vary in skill but most are solid and some are great. Len Kabasinski of all people absolutely cracked me up. This movie could have been great.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOverall, Space Cop comes across as either lazy or stumbling. Mike, Jay and Rich have a lot of talent and creativity, but only some of it made it through the filming process on this one.”