SummaryRamon (Jandino Asporaat), a dedicated special investigating officer determined to make his Rotterdam neighbourhood safer, is forced to work with Jack (Werner Kolf), a reckless ex-detective temporarily demoted to Ramon’s team after an incident. While these opposites must work together, they eventually discover they have more in common tha...
SummaryRamon (Jandino Asporaat), a dedicated special investigating officer determined to make his Rotterdam neighbourhood safer, is forced to work with Jack (Werner Kolf), a reckless ex-detective temporarily demoted to Ramon’s team after an incident. While these opposites must work together, they eventually discover they have more in common tha...
It has a few funny moments, I won't deny it. But if you're looking for a comedy that makes you laugh non-stop, you better look elsewhere. Almost Cops tries to be many things at once—action, drama, satire, social commentary—and ends up being none of them. The whole thing feels like a movie that doesn’t know who it’s for or what tone it wants to keep. One moment it’s trying to critique police corruption, and the next it’s making poop jokes. It doesn’t add **** main duo works... sometimes. The chemistry between Ramón and Jack could’ve been much better if the script weren’t filled with clichés and recycled twists. Most of the humor feels forced or straight-up childish. And worst of all: there are scenes that aim for seriousness, but neither the pacing nor the visual style supports it. The direction never finds the right tone, and the story lurches forward with choppy editing, flat dialogue, and ridiculous action **** Rotterdam setting is totally wasted. They could’ve leaned into the local context or real social dynamics, but instead, they chose to copy American formulas with zero personality. There's nothing here that makes it stand out or feel rooted in a specific place. This could’ve been shot anywhere and it wouldn’t have made a difference.What’s really sad is that you can sense there was a message behind it all: some social critique, an attempt to show that the lowest-ranking officers are often the ones closest to the people. But it’s so poorly executed that it doesn’t move, doesn’t hit, doesn’t leave any mark. It’s a missed opportunity—a sloppy mix of genres and references that steps all over **** short: there are a couple of moments that might make you smile, but this is a messy, aimless, and boring film. One of those comedies that simply isn’t funny, that promises thrills but delivers apathy. If Netflix is going to keep betting on international productions, they better back stronger ones. Because this one... this one’s a mess.
