Let's Be Cops
Best pals Ryan and Justin are stalled in their respective careers -- a fact that is painfully driven home when they go to a college reunion. Dressed as police in the mistaken belief that they were to attend a costume party, Ryan and Justin find that the uniforms earn them much respect and attention. Although Justin is uncomfortable with the idea, Ryan decides to continue with the charade, putting them both in increasingly dangerous situations. When these newly-minted “heroes” get tangled in a real life web of mobsters and dirty detectives, they must put their fake badges on the line.
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- Cast：
- Jake Johnson , Damon Wayans Jr. , Rob Riggle , Nina Dobrev , James D'Arcy , Keegan-Michael Key , Andy García
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Too much of everything
Absolutely Fantastic
Absolutely brilliant
Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable
Watched this last night on a lark on FXM. To say I'm pretty ignorant of most movies in the last 30 years or so would be an understatement, and I certainly never heard of this one, which was great, because I hate the dreaded PRE-CONCEIVED NOTIONS. Thus, when we figured out quickly that the two stars were actually gonna try to be cops, we knew we were in for a fun ride, and we were also 99% positive that the heroes would come out (somewhat) unscathed at the end. Main reason this got a "10" imho, is because it was a knee-slapping, laugh -out --loud comedy, and mainly, because it was unexpected. A final note - Nina Dobrev - wow, what a hottie! With my wife at my side, I had to keep the drooling to a minimum....
Well, come think of it, it'd be a real challenge to get something big out of this concept of 'Lets be cops', but this worked very well. I laughed when I was supposed to love, I focused when things got serious, and voilà, the movie just delivered. Good acting, good directing, good script, and good movie-environment with likable actors.What a nice movie to watch with the mates ! 7/10
Absolutely hilarious. The movie is about two friends dressing up as cops for what they think is a costume party and just go around the city pretending to be cops and goofing off. The movie is more funny than you'd except coming from a couple of no-named actors. But the last third of the film does go off the rails a little when it suddenly turns from a light hearted comedy into a serious red blooded police movie. But it doesn't hurt the film bad enough for me to not recommend it to anyone looking for a funny movie to laugh at for an hour and a half. It is well directed and well written. Both lead actors seem very talented and I think we will be seeing a lot more from them thanks to this film.
"Let's Be Cops" isn't the first comedy to have the premise of someone impersonating a police officer - the comedy "Off Beat" did it way back in 1986. But this idea hasn't been done to death, so this movie definitely had some potential. While there are some funny moments here and there, the movie as a whole doesn't work. It gets off to a good start - it sets up the characters and their idea of impersonating cops in less than fifteen minutes. But then the movie slows down considerably and the thin story moves at a crawl - there was no need to have this movie run 104 or so minutes. Also, the tone seems kind of schizophrenic. On one hand it wants to be a goofy and outrageous comedy, but there are some dead serious (and violent) plot elements that don't mix with the side of the movie that's lighthearted. The two leads show some charm (especially Damon Wayans Jr.), but they are made to do a bunch of unlikable things that makes it hard to be sympathetic to their characters. The movie ends up being a real disappointment, especially since you can see the potential that was not realized.
