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Offering a few laughs here and there, the comedy “Cop Out,” director Kevin Smith’s new movie, is a satirical look at those interracial buddy-cop flicks of the 1980’s. 

After Smith’s previous hits with comedy films “Clerks” and “Clerks II,” “Cop Out” is a feeble attempt to make the public laugh.

The plot evolves around Paul Hodges (Tracy Morgan) and Jimmy Monroe (Bruce Willis), who play longtime NYPD partners.

After Willis’s prized 1952 Andy Pafko baseball card is stolen by Dave (Sean Williams Scott), a boyish psychopath, Willis takes desperate measures to get it back. Since his daughter (Michelle Trachtenberg) is engaged, Willis’s only hope to pay for the wedding is by selling the rare card he owns.

The search involves the two partners getting involved with Mexican gangster Poh Boy (Guillermo Diaz).

Although Willis and Morgan seem to be on the trail of this notorious gang leader, they are preoccupied with more important issues, such as getting back the baseball card. 

The end result is a circus of clowns playing “cops and robbers” where no one really wins.

 

 

Although they did manage to pull-off several jokes, the combination of Morgan’s extremely childish acting and Willis’s  bad boy reputation don’t seem to go hand in hand with Smith’s other film productions.

Morgan and Willis could have given a better interpretation of two cops out of control. 

Kevin Smith’s direction also could have been more creative by leaving some of the traditional cop jokes out and using more innovative characters like Sean Williams Scott’s character, Dave.

The lack of imagination that brings this typical police story together is what makes “Cop Out” a strike-out.