Review of Cop (1988) by Allan C — 26 May 2012

Solid cop action/drama. The story is pretty average, but James Woods elevates the film to something more interesting than the script deserves. I remember thinking when I first watched the film when it was originally released that it seemed odd and kind of anti-climactic that when Woods finally faces down the serial killer, that it was also the first time the audience had seen the killer.

I remember thinks this simply did not work dramatically, but then "Seven" did the same thing about ten years later and absolutely pulled it off with the great Kevin Spacey, so who knows.