''Wrong Cops'' is a 2013 French-American

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written and directed by Quentin Dupieux. The ensemble film premiered at the

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. It features an ensemble cast including

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, Mark Burnham, Arden Myrin, Steve Little,

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, Eric Wareheim,

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and

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Premise

In the not very distant future, where crime has been completely eradicated, a group of crooked cops look to dispose of a body that one of them accidentally shot.

Cast

* Mark Burnham as Officer Duke *

as Officer Rough * Steve Little as Officer Sunshine * Eric Wareheim as Officer De Luca * Arden Myrin as Officer Holmes *

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as Officer Brown *

as Officer Regan *

as Captain Andy *

as David Delores Frank *

Daniel Quinn Daniel Clarence Quinn (October 11, 1935 – February 17, 2018) was an American author (primarily, novelist and fabulist), cultural critic, and publisher of educational texts, best known for his novel ''Ishmael'', which won the Turner Tomorrow ...

as Neighbor * Hillary Tuck as Kylie * Isabella Palmieri as Rose *

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as Ruth *

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as Julia Kieffer *

as Music Producer *

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as Bob * Steve Howey as Sandy / Michael *

as Donna *

as Dolph Springer

Production

The first trailer was launched on November 22, 2013. Executive Producer was Gregory Bernard and the film was produced by Diane Jassem, Sergey Selyanov, Daniel Goroshko and Josef Lieck for Realitism Films.

Critical reception

From Christie Ko of ''ScreenCrave'': From Alex Koehne of ''Twitch'': From Scott Menzel of ''We Live Film'' did not care for the film:

References

External links

* * * {{Quentin Dupieux 2013 films 2013 black comedy films 2013 independent films 2010s American films 2010s English-language films 2010s French films American black comedy films American comedy-drama films American independent films English-language French films Films directed by Quentin Dupieux Films shot in California Films shot in Los Angeles French comedy-drama films French black comedy films English-language black comedy films English-language independent films