He may well be some sort of cuddly lawyer or something in shark these days dont. And for the viewer, its the background for an exciting, suspense movie. James woods plays a hardedged police detective wholl stop at nothing to nab a ruthless serial killer in the gritty genre flick cop 1988. He grew up in warwick, rhode island, with his mother and stepfather thomas e.
Early in his career, woods, with his lean body, closeset eyes, and narrow, acnescarred face, specialized. Released january 8th, 1988, cop stars james woods, lesley ann warren, charles durning, charlie haid the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 45 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. A hitman approachs a writer to help him create the next best seller on his career, but the violent world he was a part of has other plans. With james woods, lesley ann warren, charles durning, charles haid. See the full list of cop cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more.
Woods infuses hopkins, the cop, with a cynical, worldweary, beatendown edge that makes him tough, and three dimensional. Thunder and rain on tent sounds black screen, dark screen, relaxing, relax, sleep, white noise duration. Confidential hit the screen and was met with rapturous applause the performances, cinematography, score, writing, editing and direction were all praised and blessed with oscar noms, and some awards. James woods full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. The other reason it works so well is the casting of james woods, who in the eighties had the market covered for hardboiled sleazy burntouts, as the central character, detective sergeant lloyd hopkins. Sep 26, 2014 james woods the star of cop is one of our top five actors.
With james woods, sean young, john kapelos, steven hill. He may well be some sort of cuddly lawyer or something in shark these days dont know, havent watched it and a figure of fun in family guy but back in the 80s he was. Whilst it follows many of the conventions of the detective show, it doesnt have one singular protagonist running throughout, instead opting for a different character for the majority of the novels. Harris s james ellroy adaptation stars woods as lloyd hopkins, a streetwise cop whos determined to capture the psychopath responsible for. James woods gets in trouble with his superiors for his insubordinate. Crazy angry madman james woods tries to take down a serial killer in new york. James woods celebrity profile check out the latest james woods photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. One of hollywoods most intense supporting and leading actors, james woods has built a distinguished career on stage, screen, and television. When lloyd realizes that hes on the trail of a serial killer, he is told. The hard way is a 1991 american buddy cop action comedy film directed by john badham, and starring michael j. James woods gives new meaning to the genre ultimate. The woods cop series difficult to categorize, although still hugely popular amongst a widerange of people, it has yet to be adapted for television. It is at its best when leslie ann warren enters the movie about a third of the way into it. Cop is a 1988 crime thriller starring james woods as lloyd hopkins, an lapd detective who lives on the edge and goes to extreme lengths in his pursuit of a decadesold serial killer.
A workaholic detective james woods is relentless in tracking down a serial killer responsible. Academy awardnominee james woods best actor, salvador, 1986. James woods is frank fast walking miniver a prison guard filmed in montana prison who dreams of a big score and a dream move to communal land in oregon. His friend, joel, introduces him to cocaine to give lenny that needed boost. Stephen lang, annabella sciorra, luis guzman, ll cool j, delroy lindo, christina ricci, mos def, kathy najimy, michael badalucco, lewis black, and penny marshall appear in supporting roles. Michael j fox is the movie star looking for a grittier role, who accompanies woods in his work as he undertakes research for his next movie. Based on james ellroys novel blood on the moon, cop is a grim, brutally violent, darkly humorous modernday film noir. A sleazy, grimey, misogynistic, off the rails james woods in a film that isnt far behind on any account. Confidential and the cast included charles durning, charles haid, and lesley ann warren. Stripped of his badge and gun, he pursues a killer no one thinks exists. James woods plays an unconventional cop on the trail of a serial killer in this purely by the numbers thriller from the 80s. Cop is a 1988 american neonoir crime suspense film written and directed by james b. Army intelligence officer who died during woods childhood. In fact the script shows just as little imagination as the title.
They might think this is simply a violent, sick, contrived exploitation picture, and that would certainly be an accurate description of its surfaces. But woods operates in this movie almost as if he were writing his own footnotes. If i described the film to you in detail it would sound as generic as they come but somehow cop hits that acid bath, sleazy grizzled beast im drunk, idk combo a lot of these late 80searly 90s thrillers have see. Best supporting actor, ghosts of mississippi, 1996 stars as a brilliant maverick police detective in this exciting, violent thriller with a hint of noir. Police detective lloyd hopkins woods doesnt like to be told what to do, or what not to do. Story of a dedicated cop, his troubled marriage, and the difficulties he encounters while on a murder case.
It is full of gritty characters with no one that is truly innocent. James howard woods born april 18, 1947 is an american actor and producer. Two mischievous boys get thrust into a game of cat and mouse with a murderous psychopath after they decide to steal a police officers cruiser. It is based on the book blood on the moon, by james ellroy. Jul 14, 2012 what marine recruits go through in boot camp earning the title making marines on parris island duration. Cop combines elements of the rogue cop, police procedural and serial killer genres into an uncut little gem of a neo noir crime film. Confidential and the cast included charles durning. Kevin bacon coproduced this taut crime thriller from spiderman.
Its a great thriller and woods give his usual dynamite performance. James woods does his thing, and its a lot of fun to behold. With james woods, brian dennehy, victoria tennant, allison balson. Its an industrialstrength policethrillerprocedural that features one the best performance given by james woods, who is perfect for this role. James woods gets dirty in the genredefining cop 1988 back in 1997, the adaptation of pulp crime writer james ellrorys novel l. The film is based on the novel by james ellroy, blood on the moon. Cop 1988 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. A personal favorite actor of mine if made to choose this is probably the movie that confirmed 1981 james woods was not gonna be a flash in the pan. James woods the star of cop is one of our top five actors. Lenny brown moves to california to find his fortune in tax shelter investments. He may well be some sort of cuddly lawyer or something in shark these days dont know, havent watched it and a figure of fun in family guy but back in the 80s he was one of the most edgy and intense actors you could find. Anyone without a history of watching james woods in the movies might easily misread cop. James howard woods was born on april 18, 1947 in vernal, utah, the son of martha a.
He uses his personality, his voice and his quirky sense of humor to. It also has some scenes that puts the best of the best horror movies to shame. Harris, who previously worked with woods on 1982s fastwalking, adapted the script from james ellroys novel blood on the moon and although the result proved less than arresting for audiences, who mostly ignored cop while it was in theaters, it impressed critics like roger ebert, who wrote simply, woods was. James woods is frank fast walking miniver a prison guard filmed in montana prison who dreams of a big score and a. An obsessive, insubordinate homicide cop is convinced a serial killer is loose in the hollywood area and disobeys orders in order to catch him. Harris, starring james woods, lesley ann warren and charles durning. This film was adapted from the novel blood on the moon that was written by james ellroy the author of l. Top 10 films of james woods top 10 films what to watch. Based on the writing of james ellroy, youd probably expect something a bit closer to the classical tropes of noir, but this neoexcercise is mostly just a cop that doesnt give a shit about himself or anyone that gets in his way.
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