Stand by · pulling the latest frames
Stand by · pulling the latest frames


When a pint-sized 8-year-old kid witnesses a murder he offers to help the police, if they make him a cop, too. Saddled with this streetwise sidekick, a hardboiled cop is forced to take his new partner seriously as they race the clock to bring the bad guys to justice.
4.6
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166 votes
“One kid's fantasy. One cop's nightmare.”
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