Cops and Robbers (1993)
- Directed by
- Murray Reece
- Genre
- comedy
- Country
- Australia
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A bankrupt man turns to crime to solve his money problems. But his attempts at robbery are clumsy and things do not go as planned.
offbeatcomedicslow-pacedquirkydarkcampyanticlimacticlighthearted
What happens
Cops and Robbers is a 1993 Australian-New Zealand film about a bankrupt man who embarks on a career of crime. It was renamed during production to Kevin Rampenbacker and the Electric Kettle due to the release of an American film titled Cops and Robbers. It screened at a film festival in New Hampshire and had a video release in Hungary. Helen Martin in New Zealand film, 1912-1996 says it "aims to be a black, off-the-wall, action-packed comedy drama. It inverts expectations (old women buy condoms, a wino drinks out of a wine glass) with a heavy hand and the pace drags." Leigh Paatsch in The Age joked that it had set back Grant Dodwell's chances of fame on the big screen. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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