Director Joe Carnahan (THE A-TEAM) is back with COPSHOP, a sort of small-scale action thriller starring Frank Grillo as a man with a price on his hear who gets intentionally arrested to avoid getting taken out. Then another man played by Gerard Butler gets intentionally arrested with the intention of killing Grillo. Sounds simple enough, right? But then other assassins start coming for Grillo’s character, and very soon it looks like both men are running out of time. There are certainly similarities between this and John Carpenter’s classic ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13, but I also can’t help thinking about the recent Guy Ritchie crime thriller WRATH OF MAN starring Jason Statham, which is set largely inside a armored car depot that looks awfully similar to a prison… and both films are a normally big budget director taking on what feels like a smaller scale story. The cast of COPSHOP also features Toby Huss and Alexis Louder (THE TOMORROW WAR). Check out the trailer below and tell us your thoughts in the comments.
Tearing through the Nevada desert in a bullet-ridden Crown Vic, wily con artist Teddy Murretto (Frank Grillo) hatches a desperate plan to hide out from lethal hitman Bob Viddick (Gerard Butler): He sucker-punches rookie officer Valerie Young (Alexis Louder) to get himself arrested and locked up in a small-town police station. Jail can’t protect Murretto for long, and Viddick schemes his own way into detention, biding his time in a nearby cell until he can complete his mission. When the arrival of a competing assassin (Toby Huss) ignites all-out mayhem, mounting threats force Viddick to get creative if he wants to finish the job and escape the explosive situation.
Born and raised in Dallas, Mark has been a movie critic since 1994, with reviews featured in print, radio and National TV. In 2001 he started the Entertainment section of the Herorealm website, where he contributed film reviews and celebrity interviews until 2004. After three years of service there, he started Bigfanboy.com, which has become one of the Dallas film community's leading information websites. Bigfanboy hosts several movie screenings in the Texas area, and works closely with film and TV studios and promotional partners to host exciting events and contests. The site also features a variety of rare celebrity and filmmaker interviews, and Bigfanboy.com regularly covers the film festival circuit as well. In addition to Hollywood reporting, Mark has worked for many years as an advertising and sci-fi/comic book artist. Clients have included Lucasfilm Ltd., Topps Trading Cards, The Dallas Mavericks and The Dallas Stars. From 2002 until 2015 he managed the Dallas Comic Con, Sci-Fi Expo and Fan Days events in the DFW area. He currently catalogs rare comic books and movie memorabilia for Heritage Auctions, and runs the Dallas Comic Show conventions, but remains an avid moviegoer and cinema buff. 
