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Actors: James Woods, Lesley Ann Warren, Charles Durning, Charles Haid
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Cop |
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Based on James Ellroy's "Blood on the Moon", COP is a film written and directed by James B. Harris in 1988.
James Woods plays an L.A. policeman named Lloyd Hopkins, the hero of James Ellroy's trilogy. Lloyd considers his job to be a personal fight against the evil that crawls in the streets of Los Angeles. He's also neglecting his daughter and his wife who doesn't understand him anymore. The chief of the department thinks Lloyd is a good element but is not at all convinced that there are mass murderers hidden in Los Angeles as Lloyd tries to persuade him.
Events move faster when Lloyd's wife leaves home with their daughter and disappears in San Francisco. At the same moment, Lloyd has to investigate a violent murder and convince his boss that the one responsible for it is a serial killer who has already killed before.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Cop |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Family, struggling with
Yes
Struggle with:
- Wife
Crime & Scandal
Yes
Story of
- catching brutal killer/stalker
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- white/grey
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) fat
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Hair color
- white
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
City?
Yes
City:
- Los Angeles
Misc setting
- school
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- explicit references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- frustrated
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- actual description of sex
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
Is this movie based on a
- book
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