Home | Movies By Year | Movies from 1993


Two Cops

Buy Two Cops now from Amazon

First, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the movie. And once you've experienced the movie, tell everyone what you thought about it.

Wikipedia article




{{Infobox film

|name = Two Cops

|image = Two Cops.jpg

|caption = 'Two Cops' poster

|director = Kang Woo-suk

|producer = Kang Woo-suk
Kwon Yeong-rak
Jeon Yang-jun

|writer = Kim Sung-hong

|starring = Ahn Sung-ki
Park Joong-hoon
Ji Soo-won

|music = Choi Kyung-sik

|cinematography = Jeong Kwang-seok

|editing = Kim Hyeon

|distributor = Kang Woo-suk Production (now Cinema Service)

|released =

|runtime = 110 minutes

|country = South Korea

|language = Korean

|budget =

|gross =

|native_name =

}}

'Two Cops' is a 1993 South Korean action/comedy film directed by Kang Woo-suk. It stars Ahn Sung-ki and Park Joong-hoon as a pair of police detectives with different outlooks who end up working on a case together.

Plot



The experienced detective Jo has a new partner, Kang who recently graduated from the Police Academy at the top of the class. The idealistic Kang always sticks to his principles and often conflicts with Jo, an amoral cop who always tries to take advantage of his position. Kang tries to win Jo over to his side, but fails. One day, a beautiful woman who works in a bar comes to the police station for help, and Kang falls in love with her. He starts going to the bar often to see her, and begins to become more like Jo. Jo is initially pleased at this, but later begins to experience a dilemma with Kang's change in attitude.

Cast



*Ahn Sung-ki as Jo, senior detective

*Park Joong-hoon as Kang, new recruit

*Ji Soo-won as Soo-won

*Kim Bo-sung as Lee, detective

*Kim Hye-ok as detective Jo's wife

*Shim Yang-hong as police chief

*Yang Taek-jo as unit head

Reception



Despite criticism that its plot was copied from the 1984 French film 'My New Partner', 'Two Cops' became a box office hit upon its release on December 18, 1993. A highly commercial crowd pleaser that also dealt with the serious theme of police corruption, it was the second most-watched Korean film of 1993, after 'Sopyonje'.

The financial success of 'Two Cops' enabled Kang Woo-suk to set up his own film production and distribution company, Cinema Service.

The film spawned two sequels came : 'Two Cops 2' (1996), and 'Two Cops 3' (1998).

Awards



;1994 30th Baeksang Arts Awards

*Grand Prize (Daesang) in Film: Ahn Sung-ki

*Best Film: 'Two Cops'

*Best Director: Kang Woo-suk

*Best Actor: Ahn Sung-ki

*Best New Actress: Ji Soo-won

;1994 32nd Grand Bell Awards

*Best Actor: Ahn Sung-ki and Park Joong-hoon (tie)

*Most Popular Actor: Ahn Sung-ki, Park Joong-hoon

;1994 14th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards

*Best Actor: Ahn Sung-ki

;1994 15th Blue Dragon Film Awards

*Most Popular Film (awarded to the movie with the highest viewership throughout the previous year)

References




Buy Two Cops now from Amazon

<-- Return to movies from 1993



This work is released under CC-BY-SA. Some or all of this content attributed to http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1100619820.