Space Cop

Space Cop
Space Cop
	Promotional release poster
Directed by	Jay Bauman; Mike Stoklasa;
Screenplay by	Mike Stoklasa
Story by	Mike Stoklasa; Rich Evans; Jay Bauman;
Produced by	Jay Bauman; Mike Stoklasa;
Starring	Rich Evans; Mike Stoklasa; Jocelyn Ridgely; Jay Bauman;
Cinematography	Jay Bauman
Edited by	Jay Bauman
Music by	Marty Meinerz
Distributed by	Red Letter Media
Release date	January 12, 2016;
Running time	102 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Space Cop is a 2016 American science fiction action comedy film directed and produced by Jay Bauman and Mike Stoklasa, written by Stoklasa, Bauman, and Rich Evans, photographed and edited by Bauman, and starring Evans, Stoklasa, Bauman, Jocelyn Ridgely, Chike Johnson, Steve Piper, and Zach McLain. Produced and distributed by Red Letter Media, the film had been in production for at least seven years dating back to 2008.^[1]

Space Cop was released on Blu-ray on January 12, 2016, and on digital download on January 30, 2016.

Premise

Space Cop, a highly disgruntled, impulsive, and destructive police officer from the future of 2058 (the future of space), accidentally travels back in time to 2007 after a pursuit through space causes him to travel through a time rift. He then spends eight years as a member of the Milwaukee Police Department.

After encountering two alien criminals he comes across during a heist at a cryonic storage facility, he is teamed up with a comparatively more methodical and by-the-book police officer from the past who is accidentally unfrozen in the present. They are tasked with apprehending a criminal known as the Gold Digger known for stealing exclusively gold-based items.

However, when they discover that the Gold Digger is in fact a part of a much bigger plan affected by alien lifeforms, they must defeat the evil aliens who threaten the present and the future.

Cast

Rich Evans as Space Cop (born Holden Madickey)
Mike Stoklasa as Detective Ted Cooper
Jocelyn Ridgely as Zorba
Chike Johnson as Agnon
Jay Bauman as Grigg
Zack McLain as Charlie
Alison Mary Forbes as Charlie's wife
Dale R. Jackson as Chief Washington
Clarence Aumend as Officer Partner
Rick Pendzich as Officer Cunningham and hostage taker
Patton Oswalt as Space Police Chief (uncredited)
Freddie E. Williams II as Solitaire Man
Len Kabasinski as Space Cop (Stunt Double)
Steve Piper as Timmy’s dad

Production

A documentary-style video released on the Red Letter Media channel on YouTube in 2020 features extensive behind-the-scenes material and details on the building and execution of various sets and scenes. As a general rule, only one larger set could be built at any time due to the physical restrictions of the facilities available to production. Additionally, while some digital effects usually related to simple green screens were used, decidedly practical movie tricks also came into play on several occasions. For example, in one scene featuring a pot of boiling water on a stove, the boiling effect had in fact been generated by Rich Evans blowing air through tubes attached to the pot's bottom (to avoid using actual boiling water, for safety).^[2]

Release and reception

Space Cop was released straight to Blu-ray on January 12, 2016,^[3] and on digital download on January 30, 2016.^[4]

Mark Varley of Moviepilot wrote that, despite the filmmakers wanting "to make a film that was tongue in cheek...Space Cop was boring and unfunny".^[5] Felix Vasquez Jr. of Cinema Crazed wrote that the film is "a neat, if flawed, mash up of genres reserved for select movie fans that appreciate this kind of comedy, or have been loyal followers of the Red Letter Media team for years".^[6]

References

^ Space Cop Trailer (Trailer). Red Letter Media.
^ Red Letter Media Behind the Scenes: Space Cop (video). May 5, 2020. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
^ "Red Letter Media Space Cop now available on Blu-ray!". redlettermedia.com. Retrieved January 31, 2016.
^ "Space Cop digital HD now available". Red Letter Media on Twitter. January 30, 2016. Retrieved February 23, 2018.
^ Mark Varley (February 3, 2016). "Space Cop Review - Worst of the Worst". Moviepilot. Archived from the original on January 23, 2018. Retrieved June 21, 2017.
^ Felix Vasquez (April 1, 2016). "Space Cop (2016)". Cinema Crazed. Retrieved June 21, 2017.

External links

[1] Space Cop Trailer (Trailer). Red Letter Media.

[2] Red Letter Media Behind the Scenes: Space Cop (video). May 5, 2020. Retrieved May 7, 2020.

[3] "Red Letter Media Space Cop now available on Blu-ray!". redlettermedia.com. Retrieved January 31, 2016.

[4] "Space Cop digital HD now available". Red Letter Media on Twitter. January 30, 2016. Retrieved February 23, 2018.

[5] Mark Varley (February 3, 2016). "Space Cop Review - Worst of the Worst". Moviepilot. Archived from the original on January 23, 2018. Retrieved June 21, 2017.

[6] Felix Vasquez (April 1, 2016). "Space Cop (2016)". Cinema Crazed. Retrieved June 21, 2017.

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