Cops IV

Cops IV is a 2012 Lovian action film made by Lovilago Film, as Transbaum resigned from production in October 2011. This is the final film in the Cops series. It is the fourth sequel to the 1998 smash hit Cops. Compared to the other two films, this film is darker and more intense, but is an ordinary black comedy.

The film is set in February 2012 (the year the film was released to cinemas) John Reeves (William Harris) is working o a case involving the mysterious dissapearance of John Portland (Carl Daniels), his arch-nemesis, after a CCTV camera malfunctions in his cell, allowing him to escape from the prison and go back into Noble City as his alter-ego James Hermann. Meanwhile, Will Portland decides to asassinate John Reeves for never letting him blow up Noble City and arresting his brother. Reeves must also team up with an old buddy who he hasn't seen since 1985. Phil Kingsley who's just returned from a mission in Senan to find out about a mystery surrounding John Portland's past, which leads to something even darker; John Portland's great-grandfather tried to murder the Prince of Lovia in 1904. This leads to him crossing paths with John Portland himself, who is revealed to be good after all and forced into being a criminal by his brother Will. Reeves also finds out that he has a connection to the attempted murder.

The film was released on July 8, 2012. A 3D version was released shortly after. This is the only Cops film to actually have a positive rating from critics, having a 77% rating. Critics praised the action and the tone of the film, saying that "Cops IV is a very, very black comedy, with more action and tension than laughs, something totally different from the two predecessing movies, but still Cops IV is not about Bomb Diffusers, but about Cops."

Plot
In February 2012, John Reeves, now two years older than he was in Cops III, drives his daughter Charlie to her high school and drives off to work. Connor Alexander (Matt Richards) tells him that one of the cameras has malfunctioned in cell 15 (John Portland's cell). Shortly after, Connor realizes that John is not in his cell. Reeves then becomes curious and checks the camera in the cell, which was smashed by a rock. Connor looks around and finds a slab of thick stone covering an opening in one of the walls.