When L.A.P.D. Lieutenant Rick Callahan is chosen to star in the reality show "Cops on the Beat" producers are disappointed by the routine life in the patrol car. Desperate to make an impression, Callahan pressures his partner to release two small time delinquents, Max and Bush, so that he can single-handedly re-capture them. But things get out of control when Callahan loses his grip on reality and will do anything to give the viewers what they want...
Acting
Wade Hunt Williams commits to full unhinged narcissism
Direction
Marc Rylewski's mock-doc style predates modern true crime saturation
Writing
Reality show premise that predicted 2020s police content
Director
Marc Rylewski
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released two years before COPS was briefly cancelled in 2004, this direct-to-video satire accidentally predicted the 2020 police abolition discourse around copaganda entertainment.
Director Marc Rylewski never made another feature; lead Wade Hunt Williams became a prolific voice actor for military video games including Call of Duty, ironically continuing the performance of heroic violence.
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