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- Jon Watts ’ Cop Car features what Hollywood refers to as a high-concept story: a plot that can be summed up in just one sentence.
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Cop Car is a 2015 American independent road - thriller film co-written and directed by Jon Watts and starring Kevin Bacon, Shea Whigham, Camryn Manheim, James Freedson-Jackson, and Hays Wellford. The film follows two young boys and juvenile delinquents who come across and hijack the abandoned police car of a corrupt sheriff.
Aug 7, 2015 · The plot of “Cop Car” seems purposely designed to raise skeptical eyebrows: Two 10-year old boys steal the cop car of a corrupt sheriff played by Kevin Bacon. Even I, devoted fanboy to all manner of bizarre genre conventions, walked in thinking this movie could not believably sustain its premise.
Aug 5, 2015 · If ever there was a high concept made for a low budget, it’s this one: two runaway boys take off in a sheriff’s cruiser, then learn that the sheriff is one mean hombre—luckily, played by a great and generous performer, Kevin Bacon.
Aug 6, 2015 · Jon Watts’ Cop Car features what Hollywood refers to as a high-concept story: a plot that can be summed up in just one sentence. It follows two young runaways named Travis and Harrison...
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Aug 7, 2015 · Watts tries to have an Amblin approach where regular kids face real danger, but in Cop Car, the balance is woefully uneven. Like most Amblin imitators, the concept overshadows the characters.
Aug 7, 2015 · 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.
I guess you would have to describe Cop Car as a high concept movie, i.e. a film whose story can succinctly be described in one sentence. This is essentially about a couple of kids who steal a cop car belonging to a sheriff who it soon transpires is a very bad man.
