Bon Cop Bad Cop

Bon Cop Bad Cop (2006) is a Canadian action comedy directed by Érik Canuel — watch online on iFILM. A body turns up straddling the provincial border between Quebec and Ontario, which means neither police force has clear jurisdiction and two detectives get stuck sharing the case: francophone David Bouchard from Montreal (Patrick Huard) and anglophone Martin Ward from Toronto (Colm Feore).

The victim is a hockey league executive, and the trail leads into the messy business of professional sport. But the investigation keeps getting complicated by the partners themselves — Bouchard runs on instinct and improvisation, Ward insists on going by the book, and neither speaks the other's language well enough to avoid constant friction. Canuel plays the culture clash straight enough that the comedy lands without undercutting the actual crime plot.

One of the highest-grossing Canadian productions of its era, Bon Cop Bad Cop holds up as a genre film that knows what it is. Stream it online on iFILM.