The bail cop
| Movie | |
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| German title | The bail cop |
| Original title | The Bounty Hunter |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2010 |
| length | 105 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
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| Director | Andy Tennant |
| script | Sarah Thorp |
| production | Neal H. Moritz |
| music | George Fenton |
| camera | Oliver Bokelberg |
| cut | Troy Takaki |
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The Bail Cop is an American film from 2010 that opened in Germany on April 1, 2010. The film was nominated for the Golden Raspberry 2011.
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Ex-cop Milo Boyd makes his living as a bounty hunter . Milo's ex-wife Nicole Hurley is a journalist and is currently working on a hot story about the alleged suicide of a certain Walter Lilly. Just as she has to keep her court date because of an administrative offense, she receives a call from her informant Jimmy, who seems to have explosive information about the case. Without further ado, she lets the court hearing break, which has the consequence that the judge responsible issues an arrest warrant against her. For Milo, this day seems to be his lucky day, because he of all people is given the job of handing Nicole to the police and even collects a five thousand dollar reward.
Before Nicole can meet Jimmy at the agreed place, he is kidnapped by strangers and taken to the mangle. Milo later finds Nicole in Atlantic City, where a clue from Jimmy's apartment led her. When she learns the reason for Milo's appearance, Nicole tries to escape, but without success. On the drive back to New York, Nicole receives a call from Jimmy who, at the behest of his kidnappers, tries to convince her that the promised information has turned out to be a duck. However, she cannot be dissuaded from the story, whereupon the gangsters now follow Milos and Nicole's heels. Also, loan sharks are after Milo, with whom he still owes thousands of dollars.
Since Milo and Nicole haven't seen each other in a while, they obviously have a lot to say to each other. Both have not yet got over their separation and accuse each other of being responsible for the failure of their marriage. Here, Milo is not too good for any comment, with which he occasionally overshoots the target with Nicole. On top of that, the two of them have to spend the following night in a hotel. So that she cannot escape from him, he handcuffs Nicole to the bed. After another unsuccessful escape attempt by Nicole the next morning, the two drive on together. On the side, Nicole researches her story and learns that her and Milo's long-time friend Bobby was the one who signed Lilly's suicide report, although the circumstances of death must have reasonable doubts about the suicide theory. A little later, Jimmy's kidnapper delivers a car chase with Milo and Nicole, where he tries to push their cars off the road. You get away with a sheet metal damage while the kidnapper escapes.
Now Milo has also understood the seriousness of the situation and is helping Nicole in her further investigations, but mainly only to prove to her that Bobby has nothing to do with the matter. They find out that their attacker is a certain Earl who runs a tattoo shop. At Bobby's advice, Milo and Nicole hide in a hotel for another night. In doing so, they get closer and admit their mistakes. A reconciliation between the two seems in sight, until Nicole overhears a phone call Milos, during which he says that he wants to get her back and that he would still hand her over to the police despite everything. Angry about this, Nicole initiates another argument with Milo and even escapes him shortly after he falls asleep.
She drives to Earl's tattoo shop, frees Jimmy, who is held there, and finds out that Earl is a cop. She learns from Jimmy that Earl wants to meet Bobby soon. Before she can investigate, Nicole is kidnapped by the loan sharks who are still looking for Milo. However, he finds his car in the parking lot of a strip club, where the money collectors have brought Nicole. When she calls him from there, he already has a plan on how to free her. With Nicole's help, he can outsmart the loan sharks, who aren't particularly clever anyway, and escape with her.
After a call to the police, Milo learns that Bobby is on his way to the evidence room, although in the middle of the night. You go there too and wait for Bobby's arrival, who appears shortly afterwards. Inside, however, is Earl, who came there to steal seized drugs for his business. Bobby catches him doing it and tells him to put the goods away. Earl then shoots Bobby and tries to escape. Nicole and Milo manage to catch him. It later emerges that Walter Lilly was used by Earl Mahler to get to the police evidence room, where Lilly last worked. When he wanted to surrender, however, he was murdered by Earl. Bobby then had no evidence against Earl in hand. So Nicole could subconsciously help him with her work on the story.
Milo and Nicole decide to give their relationship a second chance. He supposedly drives her to her office so she can publish her story. But he doesn't even think about letting the five thousand dollar reward slip through and turns Nicole over to the police just in time. At the next opportunity, however, Milo attacks a police officer, whereupon he is also booked and ends up in Nicole's neighboring cell.
criticism
“The chemistry between the protagonists is right and their vicious verbal volleys are amusing for the most part. Your ambiguous dialogues are not always accurate, however. Christine Baranski, on the other hand, [...] sits firmly in the gag saddle as Nicole's extravagant mother. Since both RomCom and action conventions are covered, the routine screwball action comedy is ideally suited as a gender-reconciling date movie. "
"What loves teasing himself. Hollywood has always knitted enchanting romantic comedies according to this simple formula. Why “The Bail Cop” does not continue this tradition is due to the staging. While the film definitely has its dry, humorous moments - for example when Aniston and Butler get caught in the gangster line as a teasing couple - the plot breaks down into many episodes - each with the appropriate pop song to sway along with. This makes the film look more like an overly long music video. And that has little to do with a screwball comedy that is bursting with esprit. "
"A screwball comedy sparkling with esprit looks different."
"Blutleer staged a mixture of action film and romantic comedy with two one-dimensional main actors cast according to their role cliché."
Web links
- The Bounty Hunter in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ kino.de
- ↑ cinema.de
- ↑ TV feature film
- ^ The Bail Cop in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed April 14, 2012