Cop Car (2015)

I must have been really out-of-the-loop lately because "Cop Car" really flew under my radar until pretty recently. I had come across a positive  review on a site I frequent and it sounded like something I'd like and, sure enough, it was a immensely entertaining 'road-thriller', in my book.

A pair of young boys (around 9-years old...), who are running away from home, come across a police car out in the Colorado boonies. Finding the driver's door unlocked, the two decide to play around inside the unattended cruiser until they find the keys, prompting them to take a joyride across the wide open countryside. It turns out the car belongs to a local sheriff who was in the midst of disposing of a few bodies. When he comes back to find his car gone, he embarks on a desperate search for it...

There's a bit more that leads to the climax of "Cop Car" that is probably better left unsaid for the sake of avoiding too many spoilers. But yeah, that's the overall gist and I gotta throw out a hearty recommendation for this gem. I mean, it's not a perfect film by any stretch and doesn't go all hard on the 'graphic' material, if that's what you're after, but it keeps the fun rolling at a good clip and the performances are all very good. Ironically last named, Kevin Bacon (cuz he plays a cop... get it?), pulls his role off well as the frantic and highly crooked, coke-head sheriff and the two child actors are incredibly believable. Also, the desolate, bleak rural setting evoked fond memories of other such tense classics like, "The Hitcher" and "Macon County Line". "Cop Car" is well worth checking out.