I am an Adam McKay fan. Anchorman, Talladega Nights, Step Brothers? I enjoy all of those. The Other Guys, however; was an utter disappointment.
Detectives Highsmith (Samuel L. Jackson) and Danson (Dwayne Johnson) are your typical action movie cops. Hanging on to the roof of bad guys’ cars as they are being chased by the rest of the police. Jumping from moving vehicles. Gamble (Will Ferrell) and Hoitz (Mark Wahlberg) are desk jockeys, Gamble having been transferred from Forensic Accounting and Hoitz having accidentally shot Derek Jeter. Gamble and Hoitz are desk mates, and thus “partners” and are made fun of quite a bit. Gamble actually enjoys his desk work, while Hoitz is a “peacock that needs to fly.” Hoitz and Gamble (Gamble by force) seize an opportunity to become the kind of detectives that Highsmith and Danson are by trying to take on an exciting case, but largely screw up. However, by slowly focusing on what seems like a routine, boring non-movie case, they keep uncovering suspicious activity until they are involved in a half blown action film.
Quite simply, the reason why this movie sucks, is because the comedy isn’t funny, and the cop story is uninteresting. McKay films are typically full of humor, starting right away, and then consistent throughout. This was not only unfunny, but completely boring. It’s actually quite weird. It is not funny for one second. I would never had known it was a McKay film, had I not known that prior to viewing.
Everyone is fine in this film. Ferrell and Wahlberg (the actor, not the alter ego, Puck!) do their best given the material they have to work with, but even they cannot save it. It is just uninteresting and unfunny.
I do not recommend this. Waste of time.
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