Cop Car

Here is a list of things that are not in Cop Car.
- Any explanation why the two kids ran away from home.
- Any explanation what nefarious activity Kevin Bacon has been up to.
- The radio dispatch lady on-screen.
- Literally anybody or anything which does not have a vital role in moving the story forward.

It is the tightest, most pared down film I've ever seen. There's nothing unnecessary there.

It's good too. The kids are sweet and likable, and their very quick journey from daring each other to touch the car to driving around and trying to fire off the guns is completely believable. Kevin Bacon's character is so purposeful and tenacious that even when he is a serious threat to the two boys you still kind of root for him.

My plan for this blog is to talk about storytelling by discussing the decisions taken, and other possible options, but with Cop Car I can't think of any. It's such a perfectly formed little film that it might have sprung complete from a magic movie spring.

So that's it, really.