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Third World Cop
Palm Pictures

Third World Cop reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 28 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
9.0 out of 10
based on 9 reviews
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MPAA RATING: R for violence, some strong sexuality, language and drug content

Starring Winston 'Bello' Bell, Carl Bradshaw, and Paul Campbell

Set in Kingston, Jamaica, a cop goes back to his old hood.


GENRE(S): Action  
WRITTEN BY: Chris Browne
Suzanne Fenn
S. Chris Salewicz
 
DIRECTED BY: Chris Browne  
RELEASE DATE: DVD: August 29, 2000 
Video: August 29, 2000 
Theatrical: April 14, 2000 
RUNNING TIME: 98 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: Jamaica 

What The Critics Said

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50
Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
Ends up about as exotic as a straight-to-cable potboiler.
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40
TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
The script recycles clichés that go back to 1937'S "Dead End," the performances are one-note, and the whole thing has the flat, bright look of a TV cop show.
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40
LA Weekly Nicole Campos
Excels at suspense and atmosphere, despite the garden-variety plot and an unintentionally hilarious - credit sequence .
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40
Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan
Main lure is what feels like a very authentic visual sense of the nontourist side of Kingston, where the ambience of zinc-walled shacks wallpapered with old newspapers is captured by cinematographer Richard Lannaman.
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38
New York Post Jonathan Foreman
The acting, camera work and writing are all crude and amateurish, even by the standards of student films.
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30
Village Voice Tina Benitez
Cop is an energetic portrayal of mean-street ghetto life.
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30
Austin Chronicle Marjorie Baumgarten
A hackneyed police story, rife with clichés, implausibilities, and weak performances.
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20
Film.com Ernest Hardy
It's little more than a loose assemblage of Hollywood action movie formulas: "Dirty Harry" and assorted cop/buddy flicks are the clear models for the movie.
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20
The New York Times Dana Stevens
Shot in smeary video, it sports the static, by-the-book camera work of a daytime soap-opera.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this movie is 9.0 (out of 10) based on 2 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Leo G. gave it an 8:
A great represenattion of the kingston underworld not seen by the bomboclat tourist, great cinematography..is there a sequel..does wonie escape?

Michael gave it a 10:
I couldn't get enough of this movie and would like to see more like it. Its raw and uncut feel had me watching it again and again.

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