Canadian Film Analysis
Provide a summary of the film using the five elements of the classical paradigm.
- Exposition
- Bcop, Bad cop is a story involving two Canadian detectives, David Bouchard and Martin Ward who are from Francophone and Anglophone sides respectively.
- Rising action
- body is discovered hanging on a sign on the Ontario-Quebec border. This prompts authorities on both sides to assign both David Bouchard and Martin Ward to try to unravel the mystery behind this death. The body is identified as that of Benoit Brisset, a hockey executive. Clues from the investigation led to Luc Therrien who was found at a bar.
- Climax
- a confrontation, the two detectives detain Luc Therrein, who is now the prime suspect, in the trunk of Bouchard’s car. Interestingly, Bouchard decides to attend his daughter’s ballet recital and so he drives and parks his car in front of the recital with Therrein locked in the trunk. After the recital, Bouchard walks to the parkin only to find his car being dragged out of the no-parking zone. They try stopping the driven pulling out his but suddenly his car explodes killing the prime suspect.
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- detectives had to search Therrien’s house to get more clues. On searching the house, they found yet another body of a former hockey team owner. Also in the house, was a marijuana grow-op. Bouchard activates a laser tripwire which sets the whole house ablaze leaving the two detectives high due to the burnt marijuana grow-op.
- next murder victim was discovered in Toronto. It was then that they realized that the perpetrator leaves a tattoo pattern on his victim giving a clue on who the next victim is. It was also discovered that the murders were related to major league hockey. The two detectives had closed in on the next victim but before they reached him, he disappeared. The duo then appeared on a hockey broadcast to warn the hockey community if the imminent danger to their lives.
- Falling action
- between the broadcast, the serial killer calls into the show threatening both detectives. This action causes a disagreement between the officers and the anchor when they try to hang up the call. Ward is later attacked at his home by a masked man whom he later found out to be Luc Therrien. The serial killer also kidnaps Bouchard’s daughter. The serial killings were discovered to be carried out by Luc Therrien, a hockey die-hard who felt that hockey was permanently corrupted by transferring Canadian hockey teams’ ownership to venture capitalist groups in the United States
- Resolution
- the final confrontation the two detectives tried to convince Therrien that hockey was just a game but this angered him more. Ward distracted the killer while Bouchard untied his daughter. The killer was later blown up by his own explosive. It was later revealed that hockey teams would not be moved.
- in the film
- cop, Bad cop, a Canadian film has greatly expressed the theme of Linguistic diversity. The characters in this play are from both the Francophone and the Anglophone side of Canada. It is also evident that there are subtitle both in French and English during the play. During the airing of this movie, a theatre can accommodate both French and English speaking people at a time. Because this, the movie has enjoyed quite a massive fan base.
- movie also illustrates the theme of urban threats. Bon cop, Bad cop illustrate how a person can easily carry out criminal activities such as abduction and murder. Apprehension of criminal takes ages. Law enforcement agencies are not well-coordinated to apprehend law breakers. Officers seem reluctant in following up criminal case.
- Visual Style of the Film
- the movie was released, it was mainly displayed on Cinemas and Theatres. People came together at theatres to experience the spectacular display of the movie. I must say that the experience of watching a movie at the theatre is second to none. Theatres enhances interaction of people from all walks of life. Watching a movie from a giant screen is spectacular.
- Display of these movies with subtitles on theatres encourages interaction of Canadians from both the Anglophone and the Francophone sides of Canada. These interactions shows the theme of linguistic diversity in Canada. Both the Francophone and the Anglophone audience understand the content of the movie equally. These interactions gives the people the urgency of learning both languages.