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rogerebert.suntimes.com - : Anyone without a history of watching James Woods in the movies might easily misread ''Cop.'' They might think this is simply a violent, sick, contrived exploitation picture, and that would certainly be an accurate description of its surfaces. But Woods operates in this movie almost as if he were writing his own footnotes. He uses his personality, his voice and his quirky sense of humor to undermine the material and comment on it, until ''Cop'' becomes an essay on this whole genre of movie. And then, with the movie's startling last shot, Woods slams shut the book. more...
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