Kopps is a 2003 Swedish action comedy film which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 7 February 2003, directed by Josef Fares. The name itself is a pun on pronouncing the English word "Cops" with a Swedish accent.
Plot The film concerns the police force of a small fictional Swedish village, Högboträsk. The village is so peaceful that crime has become nonexistent. The police spend their shifts drinking coffee, eating hot dogs and chasing down runaway cows. This is all well and good for the village's own police, but the police management board wants to discontinue the local police force for lack of crime. This would mean the loss of income for the policemen, so they begin to stage crimes in order to preserve their jobs. This includes burning down the local hotdog stand, hiring a drunk to steal a packet of sausages, thrashing a local car, faking a shootout and staging a kidnapping using their friends as actors.
Cast Fares Fares – Jacob Torkel Petersson – Benny Göran Ragnerstam – Lasse Sissela Kyle – Agneta Eva Röse – Jessica Lindblad Christian Fiedler – Folke Erik Ahrnbom – Håkan Harry Goldstein – Göran Michael Fares – Mike Viktor Friberg – Janne Jan Fares – Mike's father Yngve Dahlberg – Gunnar Kerstin Hellström – Kindergarten teacher
American remake Shortly after Kopps' release in 2003, Adam Sandler and Columbia Pictures bought the rights and announced their plans to remake the comedy into an English-language release, but the project did not materialise.
See also Super Troopers Parable of the broken window
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