Two Cops ( Korean : 투캅스 ; RR : Tu Kapseu ) 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.
7-559: 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
14-468: A streetwise Paris policeman who takes kickbacks from the minor criminals on his beat to allow them to continue but is assigned an idealistic new partner fresh from training. His efforts to enmesh his colleague in the prevailing corruption succeed spectacularly. The original French title is Les Ripoux , backslang for les pourris meaning the rotten ones . It won the César Award for Best Film in 1985 and
21-429: 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. 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
28-414: The loot but René is caught by the pursuing police. Because his official record is glowing, he only gets two years in jail. Simone and Natacha greet him on release, and out of the morning mist François arrives with the racehorse he has bought for Réné. This article related to a French film of the 1980s is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This film article about a 1980s comedy film
35-466: The provinces, is assigned to work alongside him, he tries to teach the new man the facts of big city life. He also fixes him up with an expensive young prostitute, Natacha. Slowly, François' irritating high-mindedness is worn down, especially after he is beaten up by Natacha's pimp. When the pair learn that a huge consignment of heroin is to be exchanged for cash, they decide to lift the money. The crooks give chase and François succeeds in getting away with
42-418: Was followed by two sequels: Ripoux contre Ripoux (1990) and Ripoux 3 (2003). René has spent 20 years policing a tough quarter of Paris. Passionate about betting on horses, his dream being to become an owner, he lives with Simone, a retired prostitute. He knows all the petty crooks on his patch and lets them earn a living in exchange for favours and information. When François, an idealistic young cop from
49-496: 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). My New Partner My New Partner , also called Le Cop , is a 1984 French comedy film directed by Claude Zidi that stars Philippe Noiret and Thierry Lhermitte . Noiret plays
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