Treating a gay relationship as something to laugh at, even in a parody, isn’t the best move for “Cop Secret,” a grudgingly amusing satire of cop thrillers that recycles every clichéd line ever hear…
,” a wild-ride Icelandic satire of Hollywood action films. One is the classic “switch off your brain” strategy, which allows for an easy digestion of the non-stop parody elements in which each line and every situation is lifted wholesale from any number of cop thrillers. The other, with brain on, makes for a less enjoyable outing, since after a short time the obviousness of it all becomes wearying and the way it milks cheap humor out of a gay subplot sends up all sorts of red flags.
The contrast between the two is designed to generate the maximum number of chuckles: Bussi is unshaven and slovenly, living in a pigsty apartment and driving a Pontiac. Hörđur, his rippling muscles clearly evident beneath his tailored suits, lives in a large contemporary apartment straight out of “Architectural Digest” and drives a BMW with the kind of confident coolness sure to set Bussi on edge.
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