Let's see: There's a world-weary older white cop with a fast-talking, hyperactive black partner, and they're chasing down bad guys. The soundtrack is studded with old-school classics such as The System's "Don't Disturb This Groove," Run-DMC's "King of Rock" and the Beastie Boys' "No Sleep 'Til Brooklyn."
And who's the man behind those squishy-sounding synthesizers driving the action? None other than Harold Faltermeyer, creator of the legendary "Axel F" theme from "Beverly Hills Cop." Why, he hasn't scored a movie since the days when Bruce Willis was starring in Seagram's Golden Wine Cooler commercials.
Yes, despite its contemporary setting, everything about "Cop Out" reeks of the early 1980s. But although director Kevin Smith would love to turn Willis and Tracy Morgan into Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy, this is not "48 Hrs." -- although frequently "Cop Out" does feel like it's about 48 hours long.
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