A "misunderestimated" no-brainer comedy from America's neighbor in the north.
This film is about two Canadian policemen, one from Ontario and the other Quebec, who were, both reluctant, made partners to track and nab a serial killer. The scenario sounds not a little clichéd but, with its Hollywood action scenes and French-style (Québecois) sly wit, actually enticing to watch.
In Hot Fuzz, Simon Pegg has to deal with with a bunch of English gardening maniacs; in Bon Cop, Bad Cop, the heroes are faced with a Montreal hockey fanatic. The mere absurdity of it makes the whole pursuit, however intense or exciting, allusively ironic. Therefore, this film can be interpretated as an implicit satire towards ultra-nationalism, anti-globalists, and fetish enthusiasts.
The best fun about this film is to watch the two heroes constantly bickering, later translated into a kind of male bonding, on behalf of the cultures they respectively represent. This partnership, problematic at first, alludes to the equally tricky relation between Quebec and the greater English-speaking Canada. The happy ending is another foolproof optimism that, despite difficulties, a Canadian harmony could eventually be achieved.
Patrick Huard does a great job playing the mischievously irreverent, foul-talking, sexy French-Canadian cop, overshadowing co-star Colm Feore, whose role as the equally pompous but english-speaking soul falls flat.
Try not to see it as a police thriller, a genre Hong Kong holds de facto monoply on, but a bilingual buddy film flavored with action sequences. To those who still claim a sense of humor, Bon Cop, Bad Cop makes good entertainment, great fun!
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