Cop Car Page #2

Synopsis: A pair of ten-year-olds find an abandoned cop car in a field. When they take it for a joyride, it seems like they could kill themselves at any moment. But things only get worse when the small town sheriff goes looking for his missing car. The kids find themselves in the center of a deadly game of cat and mouse they don't understand and the only way out is to go as fast as their cop car can take them.
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Director(s): Jon Watts
Production: Focus World
  1 win & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.3
Metacritic:
66
Rotten Tomatoes:
80%
R
Year:
2015
88 min
$128,002
Website
561 Views


Yeah. I'm having a hell

of a time with my radio.

It could be.

It's the damndest thing.

We just got a report of a

stolen sheriff's cruiser.

A what?

It could be what's

causing the interference.

Yeah, but everyone is

accounted for, right?

Of course. It's just,

this lady is sure

she saw two kids driving

a cruiser out on 110.

Two kids. How old?

She says under ten.

Under ten.

Well, Miranda,

I think we can...

I think we can go ahead and

throw that one in the nut file,

since everyone's

accounted for.

Of course.

But I'll tell you what.

How about we all switch

over to Channel Seven

until we get this

sorted out?

Well, we normally keep Channel

Seven open just in case...

There it is again.

Just for my own

peace of mind.

I hear you. I'll switch the

rest of the boys over to Seven.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Just... Just to be safe.

Attention all units,

10-6 to Channel Seven.

Attention all units,

please 10-6

to Channel Seven

until further notice.

Please confirm.

This is 55,

switching to Channel Seven.

This is 37,

switching to Channel Seven.

Forty-five,

switching to Channel Seven.

Please repeat.

This is

unit 21, switching to Seven.

Seventeen.

Dispatch, this is 17,

switching over

to Channel Seven.

Confirmed. Dispatch

switching over to Channel Seven.

Hello, ladies.

Hush. Hush.

I said, "Hush. "

Hey. Hey.

All right, kids.

Fun's over.

I know who you are.

And you are in a whole hell

of a lot of trouble.

Do you understand?

It's downright stupid

to steal a police car,

but you've done it.

And what's done is done.

What we're looking at

is a felony offense.

A felony offense.

And what that means is

guaranteed jail time.

The only thing

that can help you now

is if that car is returned

to me in one piece.

And what that means

is you still have a chance

to work something out,

if you tell me

right now where you are.

Do you understand?

Keep going.

A little further.

Oh, perfect,

right there.

On three.

One!

Two!

Aim for the vest.

Two and a half!

Two and three quarters!

Now!

Ah, sh*t.

Maybe it's out of bullets.

I think

the trigger's stuck.

Where's the

little gun?

I don't know.

I'll go get

some more bullets.

Okay.

What do you think

this does?

I don't know.

Once again,

to the two children

who have stolen my vehicle.

This does not have to

be a felony offense.

Heck, it doesn't even

have to be a misdemeanor.

What's important is that the car

gets returned to me, immediately.

What?

If you do not know how to

use the radio, it's easy.

You just pick up the mic, and you

hold down the little black button

and you can talk, and when you're

through, you let go and I can talk.

And no one else can hear.

This doesn't have to be...

I just want my car back.

We should

get out of here.

Yeah, I'll go

get the stuff.

No!

What?

I mean leave the car.

What? Why?

'Cause we're

in big trouble.

We're not in trouble.

You're just too scared to drive

fast enough to get away from them.

I drive fast!

You don't drive fast.

I saw you.

You were only

going 35, p*ssy.

No, I'm not! I was

driving as fast as you.

Grandma's boy.

Hey!

Screw you!

Don't push me!

I'm gonna leave and you can go

to jail when the cops get here.

I'm not going

to jail.

Why not?

Don't kill me,

my God!

God! Please don't kill me.

It wasn't our fault.

I'll do anything.

I'll f***ing do anything.

I'll f***ing do anything, just

don't kill me. Don't f***ing kill me.

Wait. It wasn't our fault.

I told you.

I told you it wasn't.

"Dude, we got to do it now,"

and he said, "No. "

My brother,

where's my brother? You f***.

You f***. You don't...

You f***.

You killed him.

Don't kill me.

Don't kill me,

don't kill me.

Do it! Do it!

Are you a bad guy?

I'm a good guy.

I'm a good...

I'm a good guy.

Then why are you

tied up?

Um...

Because I,...

I need someone

to rescue me.

You boys are gonna

rescue me, right?

Maybe.

You know who the bad guy is?

The sheriff.

He's a bad, bad guy.

Where is he?

Whoa, wait, hey.

Hey, don't leave me in here!

Hey!

The f***?

F***, don't leave me!

I think he's

a good guy.

Yeah, me too.

Okay.

Let's let him out.

Listen up.

We're gonna let you out,

but you got to promise

that you won't tell on us.

Of course. I swear.

You can't tell my

grandma or his mom

or any of our teachers.

Or my stepdad, Chris.

I won't tell him.

I won't tell a soul.

Ow.

F***. Ow.

This one's really tight.

Yeah.

I think you need to cut 'em.

All right?

Maybe we can

shoot them off.

No! No, no, no! Don't...

Don't do that. All right?

Hey. Hey, come here.

You know what?

I'm looking at you boys.

You seem tough.

You probably...

You must have a knife, right?

Maybe a pocket knife

on you?

I had one, but it got tooken

away from me at school.

How about you,

you got a knife?

Well, there must be

something sharp around here.

Go on and take a look.

You, take a look.

Yeah, there might be

something sharp in here.

Maybe later,

we got to go.

No, no, don't. Please.

I need you. I need you.

Look, this really hurts.

And if you don't get me out,

I might die.

We can look.

Take a look.

You stay here.

Hey. Y'all best friends?

How old are you?

I'm so glad to see you

boys instead of that sheriff.

He's a really,

really bad guy.

Believe me.

I'm going to hook you...

I found one!

The tweezers and

the toothpick are missing,

but it's got

the knife part.

That's great.

Just come here.

Come here.

Get to cutting.

Listen, okay?

You can't have this cop car.

It's our cop car.

We found it, and we're not

going to let you have it. Okay?

Deal.

Don't worry,

you can have it.

I don't care if I see another

cop car as long as I live.

In fact, I'm gonna give you

boys a whole bunch of money.

You like naked girls? I'm

gonna get you some Playboys.

And some candy.

You like candy?

Hello?

Is there anybody there?

Hello, Mr. Sheriff.

My friend and I have your car,

and we're real sorry.

We don't want

to get in trouble

but we don't know

how to get back.

And we're real scared.

We're out here all alone.

Whew.

Well, you boys

sure had me.

Okay. All right.

All right, nothing to

worry about now.

What's important is that

we get you boys home safe.

Now, you didn't

touch anything, did you?

A lot of dangerous

equipment in my car.

You didn't open the

trunk there, did you?

No.

Okay. That's good.

That's good.

Now, I want you to go ahead and

sit yourselves down in the backseat.

Don't touch anything.

Anybody comes by,

you just say,

"Help is on the way. "

You're doing

a real special job

guarding the car for the

sheriff, do you understand?

Yeah.

Okay. All right.

Now, you say that you

don't know how to get home.

Do you know where you are,

what street you're on?

No.

Well, take a look around.

You see any street signs?

No.

All right. Okay.

Well, the road that you're

on, is it a dirt road?

No.

Good. Good.

Now tell me,

is it a hilly road?

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Jon Watts

Jon Watts (born June 28, 1981) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. He is most well known for directing and co-writing the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero film Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) and its upcoming sequel Spider-Man: Far From Home. He has also directed and co-wrote the horror film Clown (2014) and the road thriller film Cop Car (2015), as well as numerous episodes of the parody news series Onion News Network (2011). more…

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