Two Cops

{{for|the similarly titled television series|Two Cops (TV series)}}

{{Infobox film

|name = Two Cops

|image = Two Cops.jpg

|caption = Two Cops poster

|director = Kang Woo-suk

|producer = Kang Woo-suk
Kwon Yeong-rak
Jeon Yang-jun

|writer = Kim Sung-hong

|starring = Ahn Sung-ki
Park Joong-hoon
Ji Soo-won

|music = Choi Kyung-sik

|cinematography = Jeong Kwang-seok

|editing = Kim Hyeon

|distributor = Kang Woo-suk Production (now Cinema Service)

|released = {{film date|1993|12|18}}

|runtime = 110 minutes

|country = South Korea

|language = Korean

|budget =

|gross =

|native_name = {{Infobox Korean|child=yes

|hangul = 투캅스

|hanja =

|rr = Tu Kapseu

|mr = T'u K'apsŭ}}

}}

Two Cops ({{ko-hhrm|투캅스||Tu Kapseu}}) is a 1993 South Korean action comedy film directed by Kang Woo-suk. It stars Ahn Sung-ki and Park Joong-hoon as a pair of police detectives with different outlooks who end up working on a case together.

Plot

The experienced detective Jo has a new partner, Kang who recently graduated from the Police Academy at the top of the class. The idealistic Kang always sticks to his principles and often conflicts with Jo, an amoral cop who always tries to take advantage of his position. Kang tries to win Jo over to his side, but fails. One day, a beautiful woman who works in a bar comes to the police station for help, and Kang falls in love with her. He starts going to the bar often to see her, and begins to become more like Jo. Jo is initially pleased at this, but later begins to experience a dilemma with Kang's change in attitude.

Cast

Ahn Sung-ki as Jo, senior detective
Park Joong-hoon as Kang, new recruit
Ji Soo-won as Soo-won
Kim Bo-sung as Lee, detective
Kim Hye-ok as detective Jo's wife
Shim Yang-hong as police chief
Yang Taek-jo as unit head

Reception

Despite criticism that its plot was copied from the 1984 French film My New Partner, Two Cops became a box office hit upon its release on December 18, 1993. A highly commercial crowd pleaser that also dealt with the serious theme of police corruption, it was the second most-watched Korean film of 1993, after Sopyonje.{{cite web|title=The Best Selling Films From 1990-1995|url=http://koreanfilm.org/kfilm90-95.html|work=Koreanfilm.org|accessdate=2013-08-10}}

The financial success of Two Cops enabled Kang Woo-suk to set up his own film production and distribution company, Cinema Service.{{cite web|last=Mudge|first=James|title=Kang Woo Suk, Master of Modern Korean Cinema|url=http://www.yesasia.com/global/yumcha/kang-woo-suk-master-of-modern-korean-cinema/0-0-0-arid.360-en/featured-article.html|work=YesAsia|accessdate=2013-08-10|date=29 August 2011}}

The film spawned two sequels came : Two Cops 2 (1996), and Two Cops 3 (1998).