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* BringMyBrownPants: Invoked. The CowboyCop played by James Woods confronts a DirtyCop about his involvement in a rape. After the requisite PerpSweating, the DirtyCop says that Woods has scared him so much he has to go to the toilet to clean himself off. Woods lets him go, but changes his position and has his gun ready when the DirtyCop emerges from the toilet with a shotgun he had stashed there.
* CowboyCop: Creator/JamesWoods' character in this movie, based on a Creator/JamesEllroy script, is less of a "badass, action-y" take on the trope and more of a DefectiveDetective. He's antisocial, a bit corrupt, repeatedly ignores police procedures while investigating a serial killer case, gets himself implicated in theft (for stealing evidence from a person of interest) and murder (for shooting a suspect after beating up and interrogating him). By the end, he's about to be thrown out of the police force by DaChief and with nothing to lose, dispatches the killer he was chasing in a VigilanteExecution.
* CowboyCop: Creator/JamesWoods' character in this movie, based on a Creator/JamesEllroy script, is less of a "badass, action-y" take on the trope and more of a DefectiveDetective. He's antisocial, a bit corrupt, repeatedly ignores police procedures while investigating a serial killer case, gets himself implicated in theft (for stealing evidence from a person of interest) and murder (for shooting a suspect after beating up and interrogating him). By the end, he's about to be thrown out of the police force by DaChief and with nothing to lose, dispatches the killer he was chasing in a VigilanteExecution.
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* BringMyBrownPants: Invoked. The CowboyCop played by James Woods Hopkins confronts a DirtyCop about his involvement in a rape. After the requisite PerpSweating, the DirtyCop says that Woods Hopkins has scared him so much that he has to go to the toilet to clean himself off. Woods Hopkins lets him go, but changes his position and has his gun ready when the DirtyCop emerges from the toilet with a shotgun he had stashed there.
* CowboyCop:Creator/JamesWoods' character in this movie, based on a Creator/JamesEllroy script, Hopkins is less of a "badass, action-y" take on the trope and more of a DefectiveDetective. He's antisocial, a bit corrupt, repeatedly ignores police procedures while investigating a serial killer case, gets himself implicated in theft (for stealing evidence from a person of interest) and murder (for shooting a suspect after beating up and interrogating him). By the end, he's about to be thrown out of the police force by DaChief and with nothing to lose, dispatches the killer he was chasing in a VigilanteExecution.
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* DefectiveDetective: The main character, an LAPD detective played by Creator/JamesWoods, is a workaholic and a bit of a lech. His wife leaves him halfway through the movie because of his erratic behavior (like telling his young daughter a "bedtime story" about a gruesome murder case he had to deal with).
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* DefectiveDetective: The main character, an LAPD detective played by Creator/JamesWoods, Hopkins is a workaholic and a bit of a lech. His wife leaves him halfway through the movie because of his erratic behavior (like telling his young daughter a "bedtime story" about a gruesome murder case he had to deal with).
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* TargetedToHurtTheHero: The LAPD detective protagonist has been visiting an ex-actress turned prostitute who is connected to a murder case he was working on. Later, after it's become clear that he's dealing with a serial killer who knows that he's on to him, the latter murders the prostitute and leaves her mutilated corpse behind for him to find.
* TurnInYourBadge: The protagonist is ordered to turn in his badge and gun by DaChief (who is portrayed as an uptight WASP, although he has good reasons to dislike his CowboyCop subordinate) for his continual reckless behavior, which has even made him a suspect in a murder investigation. He continues to hunt down the serial killer in his spare time, since he simply doesn't give a damn anymore.
* TurnInYourBadge: The protagonist is ordered to turn in his badge and gun by DaChief (who is portrayed as an uptight WASP, although he has good reasons to dislike his CowboyCop subordinate) for his continual reckless behavior, which has even made him a suspect in a murder investigation. He continues to hunt down the serial killer in his spare time, since he simply doesn't give a damn anymore.
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* TargetedToHurtTheHero: The LAPD detective protagonist Hopkins has been visiting an ex-actress turned prostitute who is connected to a murder case he was working on. Later, after it's become clear that he's dealing with a serial killer who knows that he's on to him, the latter murders the prostitute and leaves her mutilated corpse behind for him to find.
* TurnInYourBadge:The protagonist Hopkins is ordered to turn in his badge and gun by DaChief (who is portrayed as an uptight WASP, although he has good reasons to dislike his CowboyCop subordinate) for his continual reckless behavior, which has even made him a suspect in a murder investigation. He continues to hunt down the serial killer in his spare time, since he simply doesn't give a damn anymore.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: Hopkins views DaChief with contempt for being an uptight ByTheBookCop who doesn't understand the realities that his detectives have to deal with, but it turns out DaChief is absolutely correct to view Hopkins with suspicion. Not only is Hopkins pretty corrupt, he is guilty of multiple wrongful shootings that amount to little more than vigilante justice.
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* StuffedIntoTheFridge: The LAPD detective protagonist has been visiting an ex-actress turned prostitute who is connected to a murder case he was working on. Later, after it's become clear that he's dealing with a serial killer who knows that he's on to him, the latter murders the prostitute and leaves her mutilated corpse behind for him to find.
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* StuffedIntoTheFridge: TargetedToHurtTheHero: The LAPD detective protagonist has been visiting an ex-actress turned prostitute who is connected to a murder case he was working on. Later, after it's become clear that he's dealing with a serial killer who knows that he's on to him, the latter murders the prostitute and leaves her mutilated corpse behind for him to find.
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''Cop'' is a 1988 crime film based on at the novel ''Blood on the Moon'' by Creator/JamesEllroy, directed by James B. Harris and starring Creator/JamesWoods, Creator/LesleyAnnWarren, Creator/Charles Durning, and Creator/CharlesHaid.
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''Cop'' is a 1988 crime film based on at the novel ''Blood on the Moon'' by Creator/JamesEllroy, directed by James B. Harris and starring Creator/JamesWoods, Creator/LesleyAnnWarren, Creator/Charles Durning, Creator/CharlesDurning, and Creator/CharlesHaid.
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''Cop'' is a 1988 crime film starring Creator/JamesWoods, based on a script by Creator/JamesEllroy.
Lloyd Hopkins is a cynical, workaholic police detective who figures out the pattern of an elusive serial killer while his personal and professional life crumbles around him.
Lloyd Hopkins is a cynical, workaholic police detective who figures out the pattern of an elusive serial killer while his personal and professional life crumbles around him.
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''Cop'' is a 1988 crime film based on at the novel ''Blood on the Moon'' by Creator/JamesEllroy, directed by James B. Harris and starring Creator/JamesWoods, based on a script by Creator/JamesEllroy.
Creator/LesleyAnnWarren, Creator/Charles Durning, and Creator/CharlesHaid.
Lloyd Hopkins (Woods) is a cynical, workaholicpolice LAPD detective who figures out the pattern of an elusive serial killer SerialKiller while his personal and professional life crumbles around him.
Lloyd Hopkins (Woods) is a cynical, workaholic
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* TurnInYourBadge: The protagonist is ordered to turn in his badge and gun by DaChief (who is portrayed as an uptight WASP, although he has good reasons to dislike his CowboyCop subordinate) for his continual reckless behavior, which has even made him a suspect in a murder investigation. He continues to hunt down the serial killer in his spare time, since he simply doesn't give a damn anymore.
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* ForInconveniencePressOne: The movie opens with an unseen burglar trying to report a murder, and running into this trope.
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* FallenOnHardTimesJob: The sleazy main character hooks up with a minor Hollywood actress whose roles have dried up and has had to resort to dealing drugs and prostituting herself to make ends meet.
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* InsanityDefense: At the end, the killer, after failing to kill Hopkins and out of bullets, throws his arms up and taunts Hopkins that he'll just go for the insanity plea. Hopkins [[DeadlyClosingCredits executes him on the spot right before the credits roll]].
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''Cop'' is a 1988 crime film starring Creator/JamesWoods, based on a script buy Creator/JamesEllroy.
Lloyd Hopkins is a cynical, workaholic police detective who figures out the pattern of an elusive serial killer while his personal and professional life crumbles around him.
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!!This film provides examples of:
* BringMyBrownPants: Invoked. The CowboyCop played by James Woods confronts a DirtyCop about his involvement in a rape. After the requisite PerpSweating, the DirtyCop says that Woods has scared him so much he has to go to the toilet to clean himself off. Woods lets him go, but changes his position and has his gun ready when the DirtyCop emerges from the toilet with a shotgun he had stashed there.
* CowboyCop: Creator/JamesWoods' character in this movie, based on a Creator/JamesEllroy script, is less of a "badass, action-y" take on the trope and more of a DefectiveDetective. He's antisocial, a bit corrupt, repeatedly ignores police procedures while investigating a serial killer case, gets himself implicated in theft (for stealing evidence from a person of interest) and murder (for shooting a suspect after beating up and interrogating him). By the end, he's about to be thrown out of the police force by DaChief and with nothing to lose, dispatches the killer he was chasing in a VigilanteExecution.
* DeadlyClosingCredits: Hopkins faces down the villain at the end: "The good news is I am a cop and I do have to bring you in. The bad news is I've been suspended and I don't give a fuck." ''(fires his shotgun, quick cut to black, roll credits)''
* DefectiveDetective: The main character, an LAPD detective played by Creator/JamesWoods, is a workaholic and a bit of a lech. His wife leaves him halfway through the movie because of his erratic behavior (like telling his young daughter a "bedtime story" about a gruesome murder case he had to deal with).
* JobTitle: ''Cop''.
* StrangerBehindTheMask: When Hopkins faces down the killer in the climax, it's a completely unfamiliar face. No foreshadowing, nothing.
* StuffedIntoTheFridge: The LAPD detective protagonist has been visiting an ex-actress turned prostitute who is connected to a murder case he was working on. Later, after it's become clear that he's dealing with a serial killer who knows that he's on to him, the latter murders the prostitute and leaves her mutilated corpse behind for him to find.
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''Cop'' is a 1988 crime film starring Creator/JamesWoods, based on a script buy Creator/JamesEllroy.
Lloyd Hopkins is a cynical, workaholic police detective who figures out the pattern of an elusive serial killer while his personal and professional life crumbles around him.
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!!This film provides examples of:
* BringMyBrownPants: Invoked. The CowboyCop played by James Woods confronts a DirtyCop about his involvement in a rape. After the requisite PerpSweating, the DirtyCop says that Woods has scared him so much he has to go to the toilet to clean himself off. Woods lets him go, but changes his position and has his gun ready when the DirtyCop emerges from the toilet with a shotgun he had stashed there.
* CowboyCop: Creator/JamesWoods' character in this movie, based on a Creator/JamesEllroy script, is less of a "badass, action-y" take on the trope and more of a DefectiveDetective. He's antisocial, a bit corrupt, repeatedly ignores police procedures while investigating a serial killer case, gets himself implicated in theft (for stealing evidence from a person of interest) and murder (for shooting a suspect after beating up and interrogating him). By the end, he's about to be thrown out of the police force by DaChief and with nothing to lose, dispatches the killer he was chasing in a VigilanteExecution.
* DeadlyClosingCredits: Hopkins faces down the villain at the end: "The good news is I am a cop and I do have to bring you in. The bad news is I've been suspended and I don't give a fuck." ''(fires his shotgun, quick cut to black, roll credits)''
* DefectiveDetective: The main character, an LAPD detective played by Creator/JamesWoods, is a workaholic and a bit of a lech. His wife leaves him halfway through the movie because of his erratic behavior (like telling his young daughter a "bedtime story" about a gruesome murder case he had to deal with).
* JobTitle: ''Cop''.
* StrangerBehindTheMask: When Hopkins faces down the killer in the climax, it's a completely unfamiliar face. No foreshadowing, nothing.
* StuffedIntoTheFridge: The LAPD detective protagonist has been visiting an ex-actress turned prostitute who is connected to a murder case he was working on. Later, after it's become clear that he's dealing with a serial killer who knows that he's on to him, the latter murders the prostitute and leaves her mutilated corpse behind for him to find.
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