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A Cop Movie Cliche Line-Up

Some of our favorite film cop clichés, from turning in your badge to seizing the cars of private citizens for official police business.

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Posted April 16th, 2007, 12:04 AM by Alison Willmore

“Is it true that there’s a point on a man’s head where if you shoot it, it will blow up?” Probably not, but that doesn’t stop “Hot Fuzz,” the new film from “Shaun of the Dead” creators Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, in reveling and bringing new life to every cop movie cliché — and in small-town England, to boot. This week on the IFC News podcast, we discuss some of our favorite film cop clichés, from turning in your badge to seizing the cars of private citizens for official police business.

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