Bon Cop, Bad Cop

     The chemistry between leads Colm Feore and Patrick Huard is good, but the overused Canadian cliches in the country's first bilingual film sometimes get to be a bit much in this buddy cop film from Quebec. It covers all of the bases you'd want when it comes to a mismatched cop thriller. The bilingual format creates enough of a new ripple to keep it slightly different than the rest of the movie. Much of the comedy cines from the difference between the two languages, especially as they relate to the prevailing attitudes between the provinces. Hockey fans should also enjoy the many references to the game, and viewers who like cop comedies of even the most wierd kinds or people will also find it entertaining. Bar fights, hothead captains, hot babes, and fast cars. This one's strictly for the genre fans nothing else. Furthemore, we are never quite filled in about the killer's motives. We learn who the killer is, and we learn how he did it, but the explanation doesn't go much further than he likes hockey. Give me a killer with believable motive and you have yourself a very good film.