Burt Reynolds stars as Nick McKenna a rough and tumble cop who teams up with an eight year old kid named Devin(Norman D. Golden II) to nail a mobster. Seems that Devin witnessed the murder so he needs police protection, however McKenna hates kids. There is but one genre that I despise most, it is the kid friendly actioner. See they water down violence so it's more consumer friendly for the kids. This is repugnant because kids are better off watching Rambo or something because at least there it makes no pretensions about what it is. It's a repugnant genre and Cop and a 1/2 is another clunker. Of course this was rated PG, so we get to witness comic murders. I mean after all isn't it a little funny to see a guy get a piece of chicken stuffed in his mouth before he is then drowned in a lake? I mean what kid wouldn't find that funny? Or how Reynolds threatens to beat up a little child. Hilarity. The point of the prodigal is this, there is no difference between showing this to your kids and Rambo, Rambo is at least a legit R rated movie and therefore it wears it badge of violence with honor, when stuff like this is made for kids well this is morally repugnant. Still the movie is hideously boring with no unintentional laughs either. It's just terrible.
* out of 4-(Bad)
* out of 4-(Bad)