Copshop
2021 · United States · 107 min
- Director
- Joe Carnahan
- Screenplay
- Joe Carnahan, Kurt McLeod
- Producer
- Gerard Butler, Frank Grillo, Joe Carnahan, Alan Siegel, Mark Williams, Eric Gold
- Music
- Clinton Shorter
- Cinematography
- Juan Miguel Azpiroz
- Editing
- Kevin Hale
Cast
What it is about
Teddy Murretto, a con artist and fixer working for a criminal organization, is on the run from his pursuers and ends up locked in a police station in a small town in Nevada. There he crosses paths with Bob Viddick, a hitman who has arrived pretending to be a drunk driver, and with Valerie Young, a rookie officer who must decide where her loyalties lie. What should have been a quiet night turns into a tense standoff among armed men.
How it was made
The project was announced in September 2020 with Gerard Butler and Frank Grillo starring and Joe Carnahan directing. The script is based on a story by Kurt McLeod and Mark Williams, and it was the first screenplay McLeod had produced; Carnahan wrote the most recent draft. Alexis Louder, Ryan O'Nan, Kaiwi Lyman-Mersereau and Toby Huss rounded out the cast. Principal photography began in October 2020 at Blackhall Studios in Atlanta, with additional filming in Albuquerque, and was briefly halted after crew members tested positive for COVID-19. According to Grillo, Carnahan's cut was rejected in favor of a different version that included much less of his performance.
Reception and legacy
The film opened in the United Kingdom in September 2021 and in the United States a week later, distributed by STXfilms and Open Road Films. It received generally positive reviews from critics. It later arrived on Netflix in January 2022.
Stills
Trailer
Clicking loads the video from YouTube (privacy-enhanced mode). Open on YouTube
Trivia
A disputed cut
According to Frank Grillo, the version prepared by Joe Carnahan was not the one released. The final cut was chosen instead, and it included much less of Grillo's performance.
Stunt work
The opening credits include Ben Hoffman, who served as Viddick's stunt double, and Michael Morales, who was the stunt coordinator.
More films by Joe Carnahan
The A-Team
The Grey
Smokin' Aces
The Rip
Boss Level
NarcOriginal Cinematopedia text based on Wikipedia (es) and Wikipedia (en) and Wikidata.