Young, disciplined rookie who plays by the book gets paired with a loose cannon grizzled veteran. Haven’t I seen this one before?
Obama-Biden: clearly the Democratic Party kingmakers were out to make the perfect Buddy Cop pairing for this fall’s election! Former rivals. One’s black, the other’s white. One’s a rookie, the other’s a grizzled veteran. Together, they’ll fight crime, learn something about themselves, and help promote racial reconciliation.
It’s a good thing Obama didn’t pick an Asian guy as the second half of his Buddy Cop duo…that hasn’t worked out so well in the past:
BONUS: got a better title + tag line combination? Let me see it in the comments and I’ll make a new poster version from the best submission. Bonus points submissions that include a subitle for CAPITOL PUNISHMENT II. After all, every good Buddy Cop Movie gets a sequel, right?
Capitol Punishment II: The Nuclear Option
Capitol Punishment II: Actually, Studies Have Shown That Capitol Punishment Is Not An Effective Deterrent
I AM OFFENDED!
Rush Hour is a great movie!
Oh, I’m sorry, I was thinking of Money Talks.
_That_ is a great movie.
Carry on!
Also, titles:
_Virtue and Vice_
_Black & Blue Collar_
_Loose Change_
They thought they had it all
The war, the oil, the money, the women, the torture chambers, the guys in airport bathrooms
That is, until
CHANGE GOT LOOSE
LOOSE CHANGE
RATED R
This summer —
CHANGE that can KICK ASS
LOL. Loose Change FTW!!
Capitol Punishment II: Rise of the Republican Machine
(and they’re like robots or something)
(cause that would be SWEEEET)
I left this out of the original post, but I wanted to put up a partial list of black-white buddy cop combos to emphasize how much of a staple this has become in the buddy cop subgenre (note: I’m using it loosely to include buddy movies where one is a cop and the other isn’t):
Lethal Weapon series: Dannie Glover + Mel Gibson
In the Heat of the Night: Sidney Poitier + Rod Steiger
Blue Streak: Martin Lawrence + Owen Wilson
Running Scared: Gregory Hines + Billy Crystal
48 Hours: Eddie Murphy + Nick Nolte
Die Hard With A Vengeance: Samuel L. Jackson + Bruce Willis
Men In Black: Will Smith + Tommy Lee Jones
Miami Vice: Jamie Foxx + Colin Farrell
Money Talks: Chris Tucker + Charlie Sheen
Wild Wild West: Will Smith + Kevin Kline
and now, Capitol Punishment: Barack Obama + Joe Biden.
Is it weird that I’d rather see them in a buddy-*stoner* movie called “Joint Chiefs?”
Would the Will Smith + Jeff Goldblum from “Independence Day” match-up count?
“Capitol Punishment II: Seat of Power”
Only the strong survive in this chair.
“Capitol Punishment II: Convention Day”
The best way to win is to gather in droves… and kick some ass. (I see lots of people, including children, with guns in their hands for that one.)
“Capitol Punishment II: The Revenge of Hillary”
A candidate for change. A running mate for stability. And an embittered bitch.*
“Air Force Two”
Because we all know the REAL foreign policy maker.
“Twin Eagles”
They fly from different nests.
“The Black and White House”
Two colors, one mind.
I was thinking about casting choices if it wasn’t the actual candidates in these. I think it would be hilarious to have Sameul L. Jackson as Obama and, I dunno, Sean Connery or someone ridiculous but made of awesome for Biden. I’m curious if anyone else has thought of that, too. Some of the casting for that “W” looks pretty great, after all…
*I never thought she’d actually try and pull a coup at the convention like so many stupid pundits kept saying, for the record. Andrea Mitchell is a disgrace to the female gender, I swear to Pete…