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, Cris Villanueva, Atoy Co, Amy Perez, Willy Revillame, Panchito and

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. The film's title is in reference to the 1987 American film ''

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''. Produced by Regal Films, ''Bobo Cop'' was released in May 1988. Critic Lav Diaz gave the film a mildly positive review, commending it for being hilarious despite its imitation of numerous screen works such as ''

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'' while criticizing the third act for being boring.

Cast

* Joey Marquez as Renato Dalmacio * Alice Dixson as Louise *

* Cris Villanueva * Atoy Co * Amy Perez * Willy Revillame * Panchito as Renato's godfather *

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* Max Alvarado as the professor * Paquito Diaz * Balot *Jaime Castillo *

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Release

''Bobo Cop'' was released in May 1988.

Critical response

Lav Diaz, writing for the ''

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'', gave ''Bobo Cop'' a mildly positive review. He stated that though the film tried to cram as many imitations as it can into the story, from ''

'' to ''

'' to Jimmy Wang Yu, it was still able to garner effective hilarity. Diaz criticized, however, the film for becoming boring when it became a parody of ''

'' in the third act.

References

External links

* 1988 films 1988 comedy films Filipino-language films Films about police officers Philippine action comedy films Philippine comedy films Philippine science fiction comedy films {{Philippines-film-stub