Thanks for the memories!

Such a frustrating disappointment

To all those who have watched it: I hope you enjoyed it as much as I do.

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

After witnessing his partner being shot and killed, a police officer named "Hank Rafferty" (Steve Zahn) is then wrongfully accused of being too rough on a black citizen by the name of "Earl Montgomery" (Martin Lawrence). Because of this he is terminated and has to accept employment as a security guard. Then, as luck would have it, he finds himself teamed up with another security guard who just happens to be—Earl Montgomery. Needless to say he is not happy with this at all. Even so he is determined to apprehend those responsible for the murder of his partner and as a result he has no other choice other than to allow Earl to tag along. Now rather than reveal any more of this movie and risk spoiling it for those who haven't seen it I will just say that while this clearly wasn't the funniest movie ever made I thought it was enjoyable enough for the most part. That said, however, I should probably mention that some of the scenes had a certain racial component that some people might find offensive. Quite frankly, I believe that these off-color scenes were never intended to be taken seriously and it is what gives this comedy its flavor. In any case, I found this movie to be worth the time spent watching it and rate it as slightly above average.

Hank Rafferty (Steve Zahn) and Charlie Reed (Timothy Busfield) are LAPD officers who responded to an alarm. Charlie is killed right in front of helpless Hank. He is forbidden to investigate the robbery. Earl Montgomery (Martin Lawrence) is a smart-mouthed recruit who gets kicked out. He locked himself out of his car and Hank confronts him. A bumble bee cause a media sensation of another police beating. Hank is fired and prosecuted. After time in the state pen, all Hank could get is lowly security guard job. When a similar break-in happens, Hank investigates and finds the same bad guys led by Nash (Eric Roberts). Earl works as the security guard in the building and the unlikely duo goes after the bad guys.This is not a particularly good way to build a good buddy cop duo. Basically everybody is an idiot. The only hope is that everybody is a corrupt villain. Martin Lawrence is horribly horrendously unlikeable racist. None of his antics are funny. It's the same old character that he does except more annoying. This is just bad.

Having seen the black star in films like Blue Streak and Big Momma's House I was definitely up for seeing him in another law and crime based and easy to digest comedy, so I watched this one, from director Dennis Dugan (Happy Gilmore, Big Daddy, Grown Ups). Basically Earl Montgomery (Martin Lawrence) is a brash loud-mouthed police academy cadet who gets into trouble, and Hank Rafferty (Steve Zahn) is a typical LAPD patrol police officer who has recently suffered the death of his partner Charlie (Timothy Busfield). These two character cross paths when Earl has been kicked out of the academy and is caught by Hank trying to steal a car, and a bee comes along, Earl is allergic, and Hank trying to swat it is filmed by someone on a camcorder, and the incident is mistaken for a racist beating. Six months go by, Hank served this time in prison, and the only job he can find after is becoming a security guard, much lower on the police enforcement ladder, and he comes across Earl again, who is also a security guard now, when the warehouse he guards is broken into. They may not like each other very much because of the incident and their bad luck since, but they join forces because they are both looking for the same man, Nash (Eric Roberts), Hank recognises his tattoo as he shot his partner, and Earl owes Hank for saving his life. After a cellphone is left behind by one of the criminals the two security guards have a lead to help them catch the villain, and they follow all the clues to trace and capture Nash and his gang. Earl and Hank often come into contact with Lieutenant Washington (Predator's Bill Duke) and some other higher authority figures who tell them that they are not the right rank to be carrying out the investigation they are, but they carry on despite the ranking issues and the danger. Slowly as they search for the guilty party and try to bring them to justice, the two originally hateful men become unlikely friends, there is however the obvious part when there is tension between them and an argument. In the end Earl and Hank come together, defeat Nash and his gang, and they are happy to get their rightful jobs, Hank having got his revenge is a cop again, and Earl convincing the authorities he has good tactics and can become an official cop. Also starring Colm Feore as Detective Frank McDuff, Timothy Busfield as Charlie Reed, Robinne Lee as Denise, Matt McCoy as Robert Barton, Brett Cullen as Heston and Stephen Tobolowsky as Billy Narthax. Lawrence does his usual talking himself in and trying to talk himself out of trouble character, Zahn is likable as his easily angered unlikely friend, together they make a fun opposites duo, I personally thought it wasn't too bad, it has some amusing moments, not hilarious admittedly, and there was plenty of explosions and gun play, an easy buddy movie and action comedy. Okay!

English is not my main language therefore I lack the vocabulary to 100% accurately describe my feelings about this film... but I will gladly give it a try... because I feel that people need to be warned! I started watching this movie not really knowing what to expect. First time I watched this some years ago, I wasn't that familiar with Martin Lawrence having seen him only in "blue streak" which was moderately funny, so I was pretty open minded towards the whole thing. I watched it again the other day when it aired on cable because I was sure the movie couldn't be as bad as I remembered from the first viewing. Well was I wrong...The movie started out hilariously and had me laughing out loud at the bee attack and the wrong interpretation of the whole thing. Expecting a creative and funny storyline following out of this... but no.The rest of the movie was purely offensive. I am not the hating kind of guy. But throughout the movie I passionately hoped for the 100% unlikable Lawrence character to get his ass kicked by the Zahn character, or any other character, to get shot and killed, run over by a truck, thrown out of an airplane, anything to severely punishing him for being 100% mean racist bastard, anything to make the pain stop... that is the pain watching this guy blaming every single thing on race, being mean to the Zahn character for no reason whatsoever, putting him down every chance he gets... Add to that the Zahn character being a totally nice and likable guy having done absolutely nothing wrong and getting no chance for redemption... why!! How this is considered a comedy movie I do not understand. How anyone can rate this movie at anything more than 2/10 I cannot understand. Highly not recommended!!