Movie Summary of the other guys by Michael The Moviegoer.
THE OTHER GUYS = ***
“L. O. L.”
“The Other Guys” is laugh-out-loud funny. A firey send-up of the buddy-cop action genre. After a string of disappointments, Will Ferrell returns to his A-game. This is the kind of movie that made Ferrell a comedy star in the first place.
Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg are New York City cops assigned to nothing more dangerous than paperwork. But they desperately want to be hero cops like their own idols, a pair of overly-caffeinated arrogant cops played by Samuel L. Jackson and Dwayne Johnson. Once Jackson and Johnson are removed from the picture, the competition to fill their shoes begins.
The movie opens by going from zero to sixty in a single frame. The first scene is an outrageously over-the-top action sequence involving Jackson and Johnson. It’s so ludicrous, in fact, that I thought the scene might end by revealing Ferrell and Wahlberg sitting in a cinema watching a movie. But that over-the-topness is the world “The Other Guys” lives in. It takes a little while to get used to it, but once it gets rolling, we find ourselves thoroughly enjoying the ride.
Michael Keaton is quite funny as the police captain who moonlights as a manager for a Bed, Bath & Beyond. Steve Coogan is fun as a Wall Street villain who bribes cops with Broadway show tickets. But it’s so good to have Mr. Ferrell back in a comedy that really works. “The Other Guys” is non-stop fun!
After the fun, however, is a rather sobering list of information and statistics about our economy and its relation to some real-world Wall Street corporations. It’s like something out of a Michael Moore documentary! Those oddly out-of-place statistics are a real downer after such an enjoyable piece of fluff. But stick around for a silly stinger after the end credits.
DVD Double Feature:
The last time I remember laughing so much at the buddy-cop action genre was 1991’s brilliant “The Hard Way” starring the unlikely pairing of Michael J. Fox and James Woods. Fox is a Hollywood action movie star who is doing research for an upcoming role by partnering with tough New York detective Woods. The steady stream of classic one-liners keep coming like gunfire. Dead on target and hilarious!
Michael The Moviegoer
| The Other Guys (The Unrated Other Edition) |
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| Retail Price: $19.99 |
| Amazon Price: $9.49 |
