Copshop

I'm getting to enjoy Gerrard Butler more on screen than ever before. I don't think this is great, but there are bits that worked well...not terrific, not terrible, but interesting.

(Alexis Louder) is absolutely magnetic in "Copshop," an energetically entertaining B-movie joyride through the visuals, music and blood-splattered plots of... '70s crime films...with a detour through the American Western for good measure.

If the idea of a cage match between Grillo and Butler that's set in mostly separate cages, until it isn't, sounds like Guy Movie Heaven to you, well, ascend at will.

​Fast, funky and ballistic, Copshop references the '70s cop actioner and its Western roots, letting the bullets ricochet and the genres collide.

Carnahan says to us, "If you are a fan of dark humor, a twisty plot, and intense, bloody action, I am here to give it to you in a visually stylish, enjoyably nasty fashion."

"Copshop" is a processed slice of genre meatloaf with the gravy occasionally dribbled in ornate patterns. It's junky and synthetic, but it fills you up.

Toby Huss as unhinged hitman Anthony Lamb is the role people will remember, his psychotic comedic turn is one for the ages, and every moment he's on screen he brings out the film's bizarre potential.

...a watchable yet erratic thriller that ultimately feels like it could (and should) have been seriously streamlined...

what a fun throwback movie. I smiled, I laughed, & I just sat there having the time of my life. It’s a bit overly long but they don’t make movies all too much like this one!

Copshop is relentlessly entertaining and has a breakout performance from Alexis Louder.