Cop Car (2015)

Cop Car: Directed by Jon Watts. With Kevin Bacon, James Freedson-Jackson, Hays Wellford, Camryn Manheim. A small-town sheriff sets out to find the two kids who have taken his car on a joy ride.

“While many films use the device of a u0026quot;real timeu0026quot; narrative for effect (ie, where the viewer is given the sense that he/she is a participant in real time in the story) very few films run the device for the full length.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eFor example, the Bourne films went into real time when the main character was on screen, but otherwise maintained a traditional narrative. Examples of standout real-time films would include Tom Cruise (amazing) in COLLATERAL; Dennis Weaver in DUEL; and the Canadian sci-fi epic, CUBE.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSo now that you know first-rate films CAN potentially be made using the technique, the writer/director of this film (to be kind) did not set his sights quite that high.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOverall, it is not a bad film, it is incredibly engaging given how little is actually going on. However, while all films require a suspension of disbelief, the overall problem with COP CAR is that the two lead characters, boys of about ten years of age, are written as the dumbest children ever to appear in a feature film.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSeriously. In an age where even the Disney channel attributes u0026#39;tude, street cred, smarts and fast moves to 7 year olds (ask your child if you donu0026#39;t believe me) these two characters as written are so far removed from coherent thought that the audience starts to wonder if they escaped from u0026quot;special class.u0026quot; To use the term u0026quot;pig stupidu0026quot; for these kids effectively slanders the pig.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBacon is excellent. Would like to see more of him in features.”