Cop Secret (or Leynilögga) is the Icelandic gay cop spoof movie you didn’t know you needed
“What’s up Bussi boy?”
What does the former goalkeeper for Iceland’s men’s football team do in his spare time? Why, make films of course, including the video for Iceland’s 2012 Eurovision, and has now released his feature debut which is a buddy cop movie with a queer bent. Hannes Þór Halldórsson is naturally my new hero and Cop Secret ain’t half bad as an occasionally wryly amusing comedy.
Bússi and HörÄ‘ur are rival hotshot detectives from neighbouring city districts in ReykjavÃk who, in time-honoured fashion, can’t stand each other and yet are forced to work together when a series of bank robberies in which nothing seems to be stolen perplexes everyone. But as HörÄ‘ur is a pan-sexual muscle Mary and Bússi is a closet case, their animosity can’t disguise their attraction. Continue reading “Film Review: Cop Secret (2021)”