Kopps Page #3

Synopsis: Police officer Benny is obsessed with American police cliches and livens up his own boring everyday life with dreams of duels with bad guys. But poor Benny and his colleagues doesn't have much to do in the small town of Högboträsk. Most of their days are spent drinking coffee, eating sausage waffles and chasing down stray cows. Peace and quiet is the dream of every politician, but for the Swedish authorities, the lack of crooks is reason to close the local police station. When the cops investigate a suspected act of vandalism, they realise that they themselves may be able to raise the crime statistics high enough to stay in business.
Genre: Action, Comedy
Director(s): Josef Fares
Production: Memfis Film
  5 wins & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.7
Year:
2003
90 min
135 Views


What would you say

if we gave you this?

- You giving me that?

- Yes, but you must do us a favour.

- What favour?

- Come with us to the car.

We'll discuss it in the car.

In the car...

You just need to go

to the grocery store.

Then you steal something

and come back.

- What should I steal?

- Anything, then run like hell.

- No, it's not... I don'twant to...

- You won't do it?

You won't do it?

Allright, let's talk business.

That's for me...

- Smells good, huh?

- Shall we drink it? No...

What you doing?! No, no!

Stop it! I'll do it, I'll do it...

- I'll do it for two bottles.

- What?!

- What?

- lf I get two bottles... two.

You get one bottle and

a new fishing rod. What do you say?

- Okay, we say so, that's fine...

- I like you...

I like you, too.

- Do you believe in this?

- He'll do it, don'tworry.

I don't mean him, I mean us.

What are we doing, we're policemen?

Are you just going to stand back and

watch while they close the station?

- We're just helping boost statistics.

- Statistics? We're accomplices.

- But we're handing the stuff back.

- Yes, but...

- Here, here!

- Is that it?

- Give me the bottle.

- If I see you with it, you're going in.

- This stays between us, got it?

- And my fishing rod, can I have it?

- You'll get it later

- Later!

- Later. Get going, now!

- You promised!

Get going.

You'll get it later.

- You see anyone?

- No.

Think, Benny, think...

Imagine they planned

to destroy the waste bin?

- Aren't you having a coffee?

- But then they wouldn't have skidded.

- It's an ordinary waste bin.

- Exactly, that's what's so...

There are skid marks, too...

Benny, Benny, look!

Hey, halt! Freeze!

Halt! Freeze!

- Sh*t!

- Did you see who itwas?

I couldn't see... Sh*t...

Vodka, 75cl...

Think, Benny, change angle...

- What if there's a link.

- A link?

Between what happened yesterday

and the masked man?

Hello...

Everything okay?

It's really sad with the closure...

If we look at the list

we have 22 names -

- and the kesson family are coming

later and they're quite a few.

- Thanks...

- Are you going to barbecue?

- Have you seen anyone strange here.

- No, why?

No...? You've been burgled, Kent.

These are the stolen goods

- The perpetrator got away.

- Are you serious?

These things are terrible. You sure

you haven't seen the perpetrator?

No... I was in the bathroom...

- You should report it.

- It's not necessary, is it?

- I have my sausages back.

- But a report is very important, Kent.

But it's just a load

of paperwork and things...

Listen, Kent. The law says

you have to make a report-

- otherwise we can report

you for an unfiled report.

Because you didn't report the report

you're bound to report-

- your report can be reported

because you didn't report it.

And then your report

can be reported by us...

You understand?

No... But I'll make a report,

I'll do it.

- Lasse, you're good at talking sh*t.

- Sh*t...

For people to see the truth

you have to lie a bit.

- We have a report, anyway.

- And there'll be more.

- Is there a problem with the lock?

- No.

Nothing wrong with it.

SHOOT A COP:

What the hell you doing?

SHOOT A GOOSE:

- No, please!

- I'm going to kill you, you bastard!

No, please!

- One, two, three.

- What do, Mike, what do?

- You can do that.

- You can't do that.

Benny, can you help with something?

You can move these three squares,

can'tyou?

Pawns can move, what is it...?

Twice the first time and then once.

Can't do that.

He can only do this. Watch.

This, this...

- This, can do...

- No, not in this game. It's chess.

- Who said so?

- I don't know... My dad...

- He's joking with you, dad...

- F***ing sh*t game!

Hey, wait, wait...

Sh*t, there it is again. There's

the grocery store, the waste bin...

- The masked man...

- Benny, are you feel well?

- Benny, are you feel well?

- What?

- Yes, sure.

- Are you sure you feel well?

- Okay. Bye, bye...

- Bye.

A number of strange things have

started happening in ourtown.

We've had reports for vandalisation,

theft, small arms fire...

I don't know how to interpret it.

That's what I've said all along,

there's some gang thing going on.

My calculations say they know about the

closure and have moved activity here.

- You see how serious this is?

- There could be a point to that.

Anyhow, I want you to keep your eyes

open and be careful out there.

- A gang...

- Hang on, these are just theories.

For instance the masked man we

saw. He looks like a regular drunk.

I don't think it's a gang at all.

Hi, Gran. I need to talk to you.

Get against the car. Come on.

- Spread them. Got anything on you?

- It's okay, Benny.

Get in, Gran.

- Are you nervous?

- Yes...

Why are you nervous?

There was a burglary at the

grocery store. You know about it?

- A packet of sausages...

- That's because... the fishing rod.

- What fishing rod?

- The fishing rod when I... Oh, sh*t...

Now I've gone and done it again...

- You want us to skewer your balls?

- Come on, Gran.

- Come on, tell us. Gran!

- No, it's...

Haven't you ever barbecued?

You have to prepare it well.

That's fine,

you'll burn down the whole stand.

Yes...

That's good.

- What the hell are you doing?!

- Nothing.

The bin was burning

and we tried to put it out.

Stop it. We've spoken to Gran,

so cut it out! What are you up to?

We're doing it for your sakes too.

We just want to keep the station.

- Why didn't you say anything?

- We wanted to boost statistics.

- What you think we want?

- We wanted to surprise you.

- Don't you trust us? Does Folke know?.

- No.

It's catching here...

Boost statistics by stealing sausages?

You can't do anything right, Lasse!

God, it's burning!

If we're going to boost statistics, go

for it. What's this shitty little fire?!

- Sorry, but now you know.

- It's really burning.

- Why you burning Janne's stand?

- We wanted to burn something...

Call the fire department,

there're gas canisters in there!

- Gas canisters?

- Sh*t!

- Did it explode?

- I don't know, I didn't hear...

Sh*t...!

Where're we going to eat lunch now?.

Please respect the exclusion zone.

Thank you. Thanks.

- It's sad, Janne.

- Yes.

- You know who could have done it?

- What do you mean?

- It looks professional. Any enemies?

- Not as far as I know.

- Any debts?

- I owe my neighbour 150 crowns.

But she wouldn't do this.

Search...

It looks professional. It wouldn't

surprise me if the mafia were behind it.

Hello!

Hello... could I ask some questions?

Wait a bit... Out.

Damn, Agneta,

now the press is here.

- Agneta... I found something here.

- What is it?

I don't know,

it looks like a detonator or something.

Take it in for analysis.

Make sure you get a photo first.

But that's my waffle iron!

These days,

things like that can look like anything.

Listen:
"We've never seen anything

like it. From idyll to inferno in days."

"According to the police it's a gang.

'l agree', says Fredriksson."

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Josef Fares

Josef Fares (born 19 September 1977) is a Swedish-Lebanese film director and game designer. His brother is the actor Fares Fares, who has appeared in many of his films. more…

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