Cop Car

Name: Cop Car
Released: 2015-8-7
Cast: Kevin Bacon, James Freedson-Jackson, Hays Wellford, Camryn Manheim, Shea Whigham

Cop Car

R
1h 27m
2015

81%

age 16+

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A pair of ten-year-olds find an abandoned cop car in a field. When they take it for a joyride, it seems like they could kill themselves at any moment. But things only get worse when the small town sheriff goes looking for his missing car. The kids find themselves in the center of a deadly game of cat and mouse they don’t understand and the only way out is to go as fast as their cop car can take them.

Director:

Jon Watts

Producer:

Cody Ryder, Alicia Van Couvering, Sam Bisbee, Andrew Kortschak, Jon Watts

Writer:

Jon Watts, Christopher Ford

Cast:

Kevin Bacon, James Freedson-Jackson, Hays Wellford, Camryn Manheim, Shea Whigham

Extras

Locked video

Their First and Last Ride: The Making of COP CAR

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

81%

Critics Consensus: Cop Car boasts a terrific premise and a grimly gripping opening act -- and for some viewers, that will be enough to compensate for the movie's uneven denouement.

Reviews

Richard Crouse

Begins as a joyride becomes anything but joyful, and while the story is bleak, it is a bleakly beautiful coming of age story that packs a punch.

It may be a tad bit thin, coming in at a brisk 86 minute run time, but Cop Car is a thrilling film that I can't stop talking about.

January 31, 2021

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Battleship Pretension

David Bax

...it never amounts to more than a collection of its own influences. That doesn't keep Cop Car from being a fun movie. It's just one that will work better as a rental at home than as a pricey night out to the theater.

The good thing about the movie is that, with its eighty minutes, it is concise and clear as it develops practically in real time, which almost eliminates unnecessary pauses for exposure. [Full Review in Spanish]

This is a superb piece of film-making: tightly edited, fast-paced and incredibly entertaining.

July 2, 2019

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Common Sense Media

age 16+

Common Sense Says

Inventive, minimalistic thriller has some bloody twists.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that Cop Car is a low-budget thriller starring Kevin Bacon that has some interesting ideas. It also has quite a bit of bloody violence, much involving kids -- they handle guns and threatened and in danger, and one is shot in the stomach. A shootout involving adults includes blood spurts, bloody wounds, and killing. Language is also strong, with kids saying at least half of the salty stuff; "s--t" is at the forefront, with "f--k" not far behind. An adult character is shown flushing a big bag of cocaine down his toilet and snorting a handful; he also drinks a beer and smokes a cigarette. But sex and consumerism aren't issues, and older teens with strong stomachs may enjoy discovering this stylish gem.