

Burt Reynolds plays a veteran cop who reluctantly takes an eight-year-old child as his partner to solve a murder investigation. A straight-to-DVD sequel, entitled Cop and a Half: New Recruit, was released on August 10, 2017, starring Lou Diamond Phillips and Lulu Wilson.
Watch the Cop and a Half movies in release order, starting with Cop & ½ (1993) and continuing through Cop and a Half: New Recruit (2017). The series spans 2 films, released between 1993 and 2017. Audiences rate the franchise 5.1/10 on average.
For most viewers, release order is the recommended way to watch Cop and a Half. This is how the story was crafted and revealed to audiences — earlier films seed details, callbacks, and twists that pay off in later entries. Watching in release order preserves those reveals and matches the pacing the filmmakers intended.
Cop and a Half largely tracks its own in-universe chronology, so release order and chronological order overlap closely. You can use either without losing much, though release order is still the safest first watch.
Burt Reynolds plays a veteran cop who reluctantly takes an eight-year-old child as his partner to solve a murder investigation. A straight-to-DVD sequel, entitled Cop and a Half: New Recruit, was released on August 10, 2017, starring Lou Diamond Phillips and Lulu Wilson.
Each film builds on the previous one, rewarding viewers who watch in sequence.
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