Moviecut—Space Cop

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Hang onto something. Strap in. Brace yourself. I'm about to become the first & only person to *ever* compare Rich Evans to Orlando Bloom. Bloom has been - arguably, of course - one of the most successful supporting actors in modern cinematic history. Between Lord of the Rings & Pirates of the Caribbean, this guy seemed to be obviously destined for the bigtime. And then Kingdom of Heaven happened... the can't-miss follow-up to Gladiator, directed by Ridley Scott with a huge budget, and *starring* Orlando Bloom, who had somehow been overlooked for a major leading role. And that movie fell right on its face. Hard. Which brings me to Rich Evans, another "eternal second-fiddle", who could yet be called the heart of RedLetterMedia: this seeming buffoon who nonetheless is impossible not to like, and always has something brilliant to contribute, just as you begin to wonder why the hell he's even there. Every episode they do without him just feels somewhat... soulless. But Space Cop is a stark reminder as to why he's never really in the pilot's chair. I hate to say it, but what a debacle. I get it: he's stupid, fat & lazy. But it's a one-note joke that gets old immediately, and drags down whatever "charm" the rest of the production might have had. I mean, hell, I recently heaved something into the toilet with more magnetism. It's so bad that the introduction of Mike Stoklasa's character is a desperately-needed life preserver thrown in, just in the nick of time. That, and an honorable mention for Jocelyn Ridgely's bazookas. How's that for metaphors? Anyway, I absolutely love silly crap, but this was a generally disappointing waste of time. I'd give it a lower rating if not for their usual - and more entertaining - fare.

I love RLM and was really looking forward to this. This movie was hard to watch, but since I payed $25 for it, I had to watch it. Watching it felt like sitting in a doctor's waiting room for 3 hours. The commentary track was more entertaining than the movie itself. It surprised me a lot that RLM managed to make so many mistakes even though they should've learned from the mistakes of other film makers since they criticize them in Half in a Bag and Best of the Worst like real professionals. The 2 main characters in this film were horrible. They weren't even real characters. I managed to accept Rich Evans' over-the-top Space Cop performance as it seemed so ridiculous that it kind of got funny again. Mike Stoklasa's detective from the past though was just painful to watch as it seemed like a cynical attempt of playing a comic relief character without any mentionable character traits. I guess Mike was aware of the shittiness of his character and felt no need to hide this. I feel bad for the other actors, because they could've turned this movie into something great would they've played the lead roles as well. Or maybe everybody else was acting too well and made especially the RLM gang look bad? I think Jay did a good job even though he seems way to nice to be a villain-ish character and fell short when acting with the real actors. The movie as a whole was entertaining in certain moments, but boring and shameful to watch in many of the others. They often tried to be funny no matter what and sacrificed the credibility of the world they've created. As many lines were improvised there were loads of long tripod shots which made it obvious that they were on a set. More cuts and close ups instead of tripod boredom would've made this much better and less boring to watch (and much more work to edit). A shame that they cut out the ghost of Jack, which was part of the deleted scenes. Nonetheless what they've managed to accomplish is highly impressive to me. The sets, costumes and special effects are dope! I hope on their next film they'll prioritize character building and action scenes a little more so it's not too focused on acting. Also they should make use of green screen technology more often to avoid monotone and lifeless sets.

I was looking forward to this. As other reviewers pointed out, the film has its moments, but it does get tiresome. Particularly Mike's purposefully bad acting. The film really needed a normal person to make the most of Space Cop's flavour of movie script idiocy. The bartender did this, but that was a bit part. I think the trailer had some of the best bits. I laughed at one of two jokes in the film, but I think it needs a tighter cut - which would certainly improve it, but perhaps not enough to earn more than my generous 6 stars. With its current pacing, it plays almost as bad as an Adam Sandler movie. Almost.

I enjoyed this movie because of the lessons it teaches about telling a story on a tiny budget. Mike, Rich, and Jay (along with the other members of the RLM team) focus most of their output talking about movies, about what makes them work and what makes the fall short. Space Cop is very self-aware, and I don't think it can be viewed by itself as a standalone movie. In many ways, it is a meta-movie, designed to point out the elements that comprise storytelling on the screen. It's not hilarious or beautiful or fascinating; it's something else, a secondary communication from the creators that brings together many of the ideas from Half In the Bag, Best of the Worst, and The Plinkett Reviews. I enjoyed this movie, but I did lot of homework with RLM over the years to get the points they are making. I accept it for what it is.

To say that this movie was awful, abysmal, appalling or atrocious would be incorrect as this movie (on Bluray !!!!!!! what?) is far worse. I cannot think of a single adjective in the English language which would give the reader even a slight inkling as to how inane and puerile this thing is (I cannot bring myself to label this BoS as a movie). I was fortunate as to be able to skip-view this (took about 5 minutes) with brief plays of about 10 or 15 seconds. That was much more than enough to determine that I actually spent 5 more minutes than this turd deserved. Avoid, as in avoid like the plague. I did learn something though, now I know of the existence of RLM. Judging from this movie this is akin to knowing about Ebola .... just say no, don't, avoid, run for the hills ....

They may have gone too far in a few places with this project but luckily as a registered sex offender of five years that's exactly how I like it. Now i know some are saying that this was the most disappointing thing since their son but after watching The Hateful Eight I assure you it's not nearly as bad by comparison(jk I liked H8ful 8, just didn't love it). The biggest let down is that they're not making it available on VHS(although I suppose DVD's are almost as ironic nowadays) so now I have nothing to watch in my Lighting Fast VCR Repair jacket except Beverly Hills Cop 2. So go watch this movie surely playing in a cinema near you but be warned this movie has more hack frauds than I have charges on my rap sheet.

Perfectly funny and silly movie that maintains it's focus and consistency from start to finish. Silly cop from the future meets silly cop from the past and must solve a crime in the present! Goofy idea from the start but that's what this whole movie is - a goofy idea and Directors: Jay Bauman & Mike Stoklasa brought it all together in a funny and low budget format that really works for this style film. The cast of actors seem to know the 'level' of movie this is and appear to have great fun in their roles. No pretentious acting or pumped up special effects to outshine the story. This is a low brow funtime flick for easy viewing and, above all, for those times when we want to just relax and not have to think. Think of it this way - Space Cop is the well done and intelligent dime store version of those over budgeted and ignorant fast & furious flicks.

I was really hoping that in the future there'd be a pill that'd cure obesity. Unfortunately Rich Evans's Space Cop is morbidly obese. Patton Oswalt isn't exactly svelte either. Perhaps in the future chicks will dig fat guys. As Chris Smith wrote in an article at BGR: "As gross as it may sound, popping freeze-dried fecal pills might one day cure obesity and you might be instructed to take them to lose weight. In fact, researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital will test these freeze-dried fecal pills on 20 obese patients, Quartz reports. Each day, for six weeks, these people will ingest a few grams of someone else's freeze-dried fecal matter while researchers track their weight." Perhaps in preparation for Space Cop 2, both Rich Evans and Patton Oswalt will undergo heavy treatment with freeze-dried fecal pills. One can only hope.