History Film / BonCopBadCop

''Bon Cop Bad Cop'' is a 2006 Canadian [[BuddyCopShow Buddy Cop]] movie by Erik Canuel focusing on an OddCouple formed between a French-speaking cop from Quebec and an English-speaking cop from Ontario.

It starts out with a dead body that has been found hanging from a street sign demarcating the border between Ontario and Quebec. {{Da Chief}}s of both provincial police forces, eager to foster the spirit of cooperation and to keep this case out of the federal RCMP's hands (so it looks good come budget times), assign two of their officers as partners to crack the case. From the ''Sureté Du Québec'' is David Bouchard (played by Patrick Huard), a chain-smoking, rules-breaking violent CowboyCop with an attitude. He finds himself partnered with Martin Ward (Creator/ColmFeore) of the ''Ontario Provincial Police'', a "[[ByTheBookCop square-head]]" whom even his son finds dull.

* ThemeNaming: All the targeted hockey executives are given names like Buttman and Grossbut ([[ItsPronouncedTroPAY pronounced]] "grow-buu"; it's French!) You know, butt-related names.

The movie billed itself as a bilingual movie as both cops will often switch between each others' languages. It thus came with subtitle tracks for whatever language wasn't native to where it was released. The movie was a commercial success, and is Canada's highest (or, adjusted for inflation, third-highest) grossing movie.

* NotSoDifferent: Both Martin and David are obsessed with the past (which is also a commentary on the stereotypes they embody), especially past tragedies in the forms of their respective broken marriages. Something the Tattoo Killer also shares: he focuses on how hockey has changed.

--> '''Martin''': How come you have such a strong accent in English ''and'' French? Who was your teacher? [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAfywdWs5RY Jean Chrétien?]][[note]]Former Canadian Prime Minister whose speech was affected due to a stroke. People used to joke that the man was incoherent in both official languages[[/note]]

* VillainousCheekbones: [[spoiler:Blaine]] combines these with IcyBlueEyes [[http://cdn05.showbizz.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/boncopbadcop2_plateau_35-1500x1000.jpg to great effect]].

* [[YouHaveGOTToBeKiddingMe You Gotta be Fucking Kidding Me]]: Ah, FamousLastWords.
** More or less how the Montreal chief reacts when he is the only one not speaking English.

* FauxAffablyEvil: [=DiPietro=] is all smile and promise he'll pay the carjackers' bail if the get caught, however if they so much as brag about it in a bar he'll kill them slowly. [[spoiler: He is also perfectly willing to assist terrorist attack for the right price.]]

A sequel was released in 2017, taking place ten years after the first one. David is now an undercover cop investigating a ring of stolen car traffickers, and Martin is part of RCMP. David has barely changed, though his personal situation has gotten better (well, aside from the "living as a punk" part of his undercover operation). Martin, meanwhile, has gotten harsher and more determined to be the "bad cop" of the two. And yet, they have to team up again to stop the greater scheme lying beneath the operation David is investigating. However, the sequel downplays the cultural clash between English Canada and Quebec, and instead addresses themes around [[SequelGoesForeign Canada's relationship with the United States]].

** At one point, the coroner mentions that Rita the barmaid's name backwards is "a' tire". Literally meaning "she shoots", this is Quebecois slang for "getting with someone". This is not explained in either language during the film, but insinuated that the French audience would get it.

* BuddyCopShow
* ByTheBookCop: Martin.
* CanadaEh: The film plays with the stereotypes Canadians have about themselves and one another. For example, the plot revolves around hockey, and the two main characters are living embodiment's of how their people are often seen by the other group:

** The sequel adds American stereotypes into the mix, showing the Maine cops that arrest David to be overly stressful about terrorism (not entirely unjustified; [[spoiler:after all, David arrived in a car that exploded in front of the cop' eyes]]), and the men at the station, [[GlobalIgnorance seemingly unaware that]] [[EskimosArentReal there's such a thing as French Canadians]].

* ClusterFBomb[=/=]GratuitousFrench[=/=]{{Angrish}}: "Shit de fuck de shit de merde de shit de câlisse de TABARNAC!", and coming from the straight-laced Martin, it's especially hilarious.
** For context: in Quebec, swearing is largely based on corruptions of religious references, and can be strung together with the word "de" ("of"). While the phrase above doesn't really translate, if you're familiar with the cultural background the "Tabarnac" at the end is the biggest bomb of the bunch.
* CoolBigSis: Cool Little Sis, in fact. Martin's little sister is much cooler than he is.
* CowboyCop:
** David. As the film goes on, Martin starts becoming one.
** By the sequel, Martin became a full on cowboy due to being estranged from his family and [[spoiler: suffering from Lou Gehrig's disease]].

Oh, yes we can. It's a Quebec tradition!
** To those who might not be up on Canadian history, please see [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Laporte Pierre Laporte]] and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_Crisis the October Crisis]].

* EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench: '''''[[TheImmodestOrgasm Vive le Québec libre]]'''''!
** This phrase is another reference to Canadian history. It was made during [[http://en.wikipedia.org/Vive_le_Québec_libre a 1967 speech in Montreal]] by France's then-president Charles de Gaulle. His use of that phrase was seen as encouraging the Quebec sovereignty movement, and caused a significant diplomatic incident with Canada.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Dipietro is all smile and promise he'll pay the carjackers' bail if the get caught, however if they so much as brag about it in a bar he'll kill them slowly. [[spoiler: He is also perfectly willing to assist terrorist attack for the right price.]]

* FunWithSubtitles: In theatres, the French version has subtitles over the English dialogue, with the reverse being true for the English version. On DVD, there are six subtitle tracks: two for each language (either for the whole film or just for the parts in a different language); one track for French subtitles during the French parts and English subtitles during the English parts; and one for French subtitles during the English parts and English subtitles during the French parts. The all-French track exists to allow speakers of native French to watch the film.
** The extra fun in-film happens when Martin reveals that he's fluent in French. Each half of his TakeThat line is in a different language; and in the Québec version of the film, subtitles in French appeared during the language switch:
--> '''Martin:''' Non, je ne parle pas français. Je me suis fait installer un petit gadget au cerveau and I see subtitles under people when they speak. (No, I don't speak French. I had a little gadget installed in my brain et je vois des sous-titres sous les gens quand ils parlent.)
* GoodCopBadCop: The method itself is not used, but the movie's title is a play on this. ''Bon'' is French for Good.
** Ironically, the French cop would probably be the bad one if they did decide to play Good Cop, Bad Cop, but the choice of "Bon" in the title also helps to underline the fact that both cops initially see their partner as a pain in their side.

* MoodWhiplash: Plenty in the sequel, the best example is when Martin threatens [[spoiler:Mike]] with a power drill only for both David and Martin to start laughing when [[spoiler: they see the drill clearly doesn't have a battery.]]

** The Tatoo killer ends up revealing his motive to David during his hostage situation. [[spoiler: He was sick of "the gang of fuckers" who whored out hockey to the U.S. by trading players, and as the movie showed tried moving a team to Texas. He found another malcontent and gave him the means to start serial killing. When called out on it being just hockey he reacts aggressively.]]
** The BigBad from the sequel [[spoiler: is a F.B.I agent who wants to use his stolen car operation as a way to bomb mosquees all around the United States]] and goes on a lengthy speech about it to his underling.

* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: Matthieu aussi.
** Justified. Bouchard is encouraging the girls (using the word "girls" specifically), so he still has to encourage the lone boy in the dance class too.
* TheNapoleon: Buttman. Michel in the sequel is relatively short and try to act as a tough pimp, insisting on being called Mike since it sounds tougher.

* NotSoDifferent: Both Martin and David are obsessed with the past, (which is also a commentary on the stereotypes they embody), especially past tragedies in the forms of their respective broken marriages. Something the villain also shares: he focuses on how hockey has changed.
* OddCouple: Both cops represent regional stereotypes as seen from the other part of Canada. The Quebecer David is a disorganized, rude, foul-mouthed cowboy cop who lives in the past (appearing to never have gotten over his wife divorcing him) whereas Martin is boring and obsessed with the rules.

-->'''Martin:''' I don't care about saving the world I just want to save my boy.

* ProperlyParanoid: Dipietro has David's blood tested to see if his fake story makes sense, David however made sure to drug himself and look like a criminal on the run in anticipation.

** Ward actually jokes about seeing them at one point.

* SlobsVsSnobs: With a side helping of UsefulNotes/CanadianAccents. Ward, the Ontario cop, speaks Parisian French and the very-rarely heard Canadian Dainty English. He is not only an anglophone, but posh ''as hell'', having studied at Upper Canada College (equivalent to, say, Eton). Bouchard, in contrast, is francophone and very working-class; aside from his rather decent high-school English, he speaks his native French in an accent known as ''joual'' (a rough transcription of the word for "horse").

--> '''Bouchard''': How come you have such a strong accent in English ''and'' French? Who was your teacher? [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAfywdWs5RY Jean Chrétien?]][[note]]Former Canadian Prime Minister whose speech was affected due to a stroke. People used to joke that the man was incoherent in both official languages[[/note]]

--> '''Ward''': Ça fait pas très classe. (Not very classy.)
--> '''[[MotorMouth Jeff]]''': Angelina Jolie... elle en a, des tattoos. (Angelina Jolie, she's got tattoos.)
--> '''Ward''': My point exactly.

* VitriolicBestBuds: By the end of the first and the sequel, Martin and David are ribbing each other in a friendlier way and despite the ten years time skip they talk to each other as old friends.
* WireDilemma: Averted, Ward knows which wires to pull but he is injured and needs both hands.
* WorstAid: Invoked, David must make his escape from Martin real so Dipietro take him back, since Martin shoots him in the shoulder he has to treat his gun wound the way a criminal on the run does, making bandages out of napkin, drinking coffee and using ecstasy as anesthetic.

* Ooh,MeAccent'sSlipping: Agent Blaine occasionally lapses into his native Canadian accent.

* CaptainErsatz: The filmmakers obviously couldn't get the rights to the names of real UsefulNotes/NationalHockeyLeague teams, so equivalents to the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Montreal Canadians, and the Quebec Nordiques/Colorado Avalanche are used. NHL commissioner Gary Bettman appears as CHL[[note]]This is confusing as the Canadian Hockey League in real-life is the confederation of Canada's top-tier junior hockey leagues[[/note]] Commissioner [[PunnyName Harry Buttman]].

* SlobsVsSnobs: With a side helping of UsefulNotes/CanadianAccents. Ward, the Ontario cop, speaks Parisian French and the very-rarely heard Canadian Dainty English. He is not only an anglophone, but posh **as hell**, having studied at Upper Canada College (equivalent to, say, Eton). Bouchard, in contrast, is francophone and **working-class**; aside from his rather decent high-school English, he speaks his native French in an accent known as *joual* (a rough transcription of the word for "horse").

A sequel was released in 2017, taking place ten years after the first one. David is now an undercover cop investigating a ring of stolen car traffickers, and Martin is part of RCMP. David has barely changed, though his personal situation has gotten better (well, aside from the "living as a punk" part of his undercover operation). Martin, meanwhile, has gotten harsher and more determined to be the "bad cop" of the two. And yet, they have to team up again to stop the greater scheme lying beneath the operation David is investigating. However, the sequel downplays the cultural clash between English Canada and Quebec, and instead addresses themes around Canada's relationship with the United States.

It starts out with a dead body that has been found hanging from a street sign demarcating the border between Ontario and Quebec. {{Da Chief}}s of both provincial police forces, eager to foster the spirit of cooperation and to keep this case out of the federal RCMP's hands (so it looks good come budget times), assign two of their officers as partners to crack the case. From the ''Sureté Du Québec'' is David Bouchard (played by Patrick Huard), a chain-smoking, rules-breaking violent CowboyCop with an attitude. He finds himself partnered with Martin Ward (Creator/ColmFeore) of the ''Ontario Provincial Police'', a "square-head" whom even his son finds dull.

''Bon Cop Bad Cop'' is a Canadian [[BuddyCopShow Buddy Cop]] movie by Erik Canuel focusing on an OddCouple formed between a French-speaking cop from Quebec and an English-speaking cop from Ontario.

A sequel has been released in 2017, taking place ten years after the first one. David is now an undercover cop investigating a ring of stolen car traffickers, and Martin is part of RCMP. David has barely changed, though his personal situation has gotten better (well, aside from the "living as a punk" part of his undercover operation). Martin, meanwhile, has gotten harsher and more determined to be the "bad cop" of the two. And yet, they have to team up again to stop the greater scheme lying beneath the operation David is investigating. However, the sequel downplays the cultural clash between English Canada and Quebec, and instead addresses themes around Canada's relationship with the United States.

A sequel has been released in 2017, taking place ten years after the first one. David is now an undercover cop investigating a ring of stolen car traffickers, and Martin is part of RCMP. David has barely changed, though his personal situation has gotten better (well, aside from the "living as a punk" part of his undercover operation). Martin, meanwhile, has gotten harsher and more determined to be the "bad cop" of the two. And yet, they have to team up again to stop the greater scheme lying beneath the operation David is investigating. However, the theme of the new movie downplays the cultural clash between English Canada and Quebec, and instead addresses themes around Canada's relationship with the United States.

A sequel has been released in 2017, taking place ten years after the first one. David is now an undercover cop investigating a ring of stolen car traffickers, and Martin is part of RCMP. David has barely changed, though his personal situation has gotten better (well, aside from the "living as a punk" part of his undercover operation). Martin, meanwhile, has gotten harsher and more determined to be the "bad cop" of the two. And yet, they have to team up again to stop the greater scheme lying beneath the operation David is investigating.

* CoolBigSis: Cool Little Sis, in fact. Martin's little sister is much cooler then he is.

* DeahtSeeker: Martin in the sequel, his son cutting ties with him and [[spoiler: his illness]] makes him really uncaring for his own safety and those of others, shown as he walks toward a shooter without cover and guns him down without a care in the world.

* CaptainErsatz: The filmmakers obviously couldn't get the rights to the names of real UsefulNotes/NationalHockeyLeague teams, so equivalents to the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Montreal Canadians, and the Quebec Nordiques/Colorado Avalanche are used. NHL commissioner Gary Bettman appears as [[PunnyName Harry Buttman]].

* TheNapoleon: Buttman.

--> '''Bouchard''': How come you have such a strong accent in English ''and'' French? Who was your teacher? [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAfywdWs5RY Jean Chrétien?]]

** The American cops are afraid of Martin and are very, very careful with him, though from their point of view, the guy they just arrested was running away from a car about to blow up and speaks a language they don't understand.