If you didn't like the first movie then you shouldn't watch this one either because it's basically the same kind of movie. Just another cops versus bad guys story. A different story but nevertheless it's about the same. I did like the first one and so did I again with the sequel. The chemistry between the English speaking Canadian Colm Feore and the French speaking Canadian Patrick Huard still works. And again like in the first movie I barely didn't understand anything of that Canadian French. And French is my first language as a Belgian. That says enough about how weird it is to us to hear them speak. I was glad there were subtitles because the only language I understood clearly was the English. It's a lighthearted cop comedy in the same genre as Lethal Weapon but instead of a black cop and a white cop you just have a French speaking and a English speaking cop. It worked for Lethal Weapon and it also works for Bon Cop, Bad Cop.
Plot summary
Eight years have past since Martin Ward and David Bouchard met in a spectacular way on the Quebec/Ontario border. The two men have remained friends, but time takes its toll and they have not spoken in almost a year. In this chapter Ward and Bouchard must face an important car theft ring that turns out to be a lot more than they bargained for.
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What a weird language that Canadian French
buddy cop appeal fading
It's 8 years since David Bouchard (Patrick Huard) and Martin Ward (Colm Feore) were forced onto the same case. Ward is now RCMP trying to take down a car thieve ring. They raid a warehouse and finds Bouchard working undercover. The ringleaders are nowhere to be found. Ward pretends to be Bouchard's hostage to ingratiate him into the organization.
Bouchard is often separated from Ward which diminishes the buddy cop aspect. It's a problem since that's the original's main appeal. There are some over-broad comedic touches especially the idiot Americans. The villains' scheme does not necessarily make sense but other stuff don't add up. The duo's chemistry is fine but the movie struggles to coast on that.
Good acting, mixed movie
The two cops from the prequel, "Bon Cop, Bad Cop" (2006) are reunited in Montreal to solve a car theft operation that is linked to a terrorist plot: Martin Ward (Colm Feore),a Toronto anglophone who is now in the RCMP; and David Bouchard (Patrick Huard),a Montreal francophone who is working undercover within the car theft operation.
This film is a good-humoured cop caper with fine acting but the premise is far-fetched with a subplot that is resolved too quickly by the film's end. There are many good laughs in the film but it sometimes goes too far with scenes of violent torture being portrayed as "funny".
But praise must go to the two lead actors for their individual performances as well as their solid chemistry. Huard is hilarious as a character who is animalistic in his ways of working, living, and being. His soft side is also genuine in scenes involving his family. He also has a hilarious line directed at the U.S. President. Feore is superb in scenes of emotion involving his character's estranged son as well as his own health difficulties. Another acting bonus comes from Mariana Mazza who is hilarious as a hyper, foul-mouthed computer hack.