The Good Cop

2004 1h 26m DA

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6.4

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★6.4TMDB · 29

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Synopsis

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A crew of young, small-time crooks screws up. Ripping off a shipping container of Chinese silk for a Rasta gang, they also come away with two and a half kilos of heroin belonging to the Latvian mafia. A friend of theirs, Jens (Kim Bodnia), a plainclothes cop, tries to mediate, but instead all barrels are turned on him. The Latvians and the Chinese want him. Jamaican dope growers, ice-cold Serbian heroin dealers and Polish human smugglers are gunning for him. And to top it all off, he also has to dodge his fellow officers, backed by the scuba corps and elite-forces soldiers, to save his young friends.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Kim Bodnia
Jens
Jens Okking
Manfred
René Dif
Thomas
Nicolas Bro
Mulle
Robert Hansen
Farfar
Kenneth Carmohn
Anders
Kenneth Fogel
Jo
Iben Hjejle
Louise

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Lasse Spang Olsen
Writers: Kim Bodnia, Lasse Spang Olsen
Languages: Danish
Countries: Denmark

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RUNTIME

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86 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 7

ERA

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Released 22 years ago.

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3 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Lasse Spang Olsen, shot by Lasse Spang Olsen. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Editor Steen Johannessen shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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5 / 7

CAST

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Kim Bodnia and Jens Okking and René Dif carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0392049 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 29 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Lasse Spang Olsen directs. Lasse Spang Olsen behind the camera. Steen Johannessen cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Denmark. Dialogue in Danish.

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186 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 22 years ago.
3Directed by Lasse Spang Olsen, shot by Lasse Spang Olsen. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Editor Steen Johannessen shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Kim Bodnia and Jens Okking and René Dif carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt0392049 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 29 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.