#41 - The Cop in Blue Jeans

Don't be confused by the picture. That's the Spanish poster, but I had to use it cause it fits this type of movie almost perfectly. What we have here is an Italian cop movie where the main character is a bit of an untraditional loose cannon, hence being in blue jeans. He's not quite like Mel Gibson in Lethal Weapon(holy crap...two Lethal Weapon references in consecutive reviews...sheesh), but he definately has his own thing going on. First of all, he drives a motorcycle all over the place, and I mean ALL OVER THE PLACE. Second, he just does things his own way. Not a rule breaker, just does things in his own style. Really, Tomas Milian is a treat to watch in this.

The movie itself reminds me a lot of the movie Shaft. Richard Roundtree, not Sam Jack. It has that 70's cop movie kind of texture to it, but since it was filmed in Italy the pacing and editing is a different style than we are used to. Of course there is the english dubbing, but when you see the action scenes, you can't help but realize that the kind of 70's movies you see spoofs and satires of, is exactly the movie you are watching. You are watching the source of the spoof, and let me tell you, it is great fun.

This is the kind of movie you used to be able to watch late night weekends on TNT. There are times that I wish I took more advantage of those weekends, and watching this movie was one of them. It was just fun to watch. The motorcycle chase scenes were choppy at best, but it didn't matter. There was one point where a bad guy was hanging off of a roof and about to fall. His face had a look of concern on it, but the vocal dub for him was screaming of sheer terror. The visual and the audio didn't match at all, but at that point it didn't really matter. You know you aren't watching the ultimate cinematic experience, but for this movie, that's okay. For the record, bad editing help make One Good Cop a piece of crap, and bad editing was passable for The Cop in Blue Jeans. I guess its a matter of style. If you watch this movie, watch it with a group of friends so you can all laugh at it, or laugh with it. It is quite enjoyable.