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Jake Johnson, Damon Wayans Jr., Rob Riggle, Nina Dobrev, James D'Arcy, Keegan-Michael Key, Andy Garcia, Jonathan Lajoie, Tom Mardirosian, Joshua Ormond (mehr)Streaming (6)
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Ryan O'Malley (Jake Johnson) und Justin Miller (Damon Wayans Jr.) sind schon seit der Schule beste Buddys. Beruflich kriegen beide nichts so richtig auf die Reihe: Justin hat ein Computerspiel entwickelt, das keiner haben will und Ryan hängt noch immer seiner strahlenden Zeit als Quarterback am College nach. Doch das ändert sich in nur einer Nacht, als die Jungs auf einer vermeintlichen Kostümparty, die gar keine ist, als Polizisten verkleidet auftauchen und plötzlich von allen für eben solche gehalten werden. Die neu erlangte Aufmerksamkeit genießend, legen Ryan und Justin als „Fake-Cops" so richtig los und haben mächtig Spaß auf ihrer Patrouille, bei der das Chaos nicht lange auf sich warten lässt. Doch plötzlich werden sie von gefährlichen Gangsterbossen gejagt und die Jungs müssen beweisen, wie viel Cop wirklich in ihnen steckt... (Fox Deutschland)
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I’m glad that good American comedies can be made by people that I personally have no clue about. Like Jake Johnson and Damon Wayans Jr., who aren’t exactly familiar faces I’d see on TV a lot. Just like I don’t really know the director Luke Greenfield. The result was unparalleled. Two idiots have nothing to do and so they start to pretend they’re cops. It’s just as stupid as it sounds, but on the other hand, it’s a whole lot of fun.
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Great! The humour is more situational, but maybe that suits me better. Great choice of actors, Damon Wayans is a similar fool as his brothers. Even though it's clichéd and only the idea is original, it's an incredibly funny movie and I rolled on the carpet laughing at least three times and played the scenes at least ten times to recover, that rarely happens to me!! I also enjoyed the great choice of music during the action or every funny scene and the excellent comedian Keegan-Michael Key, whom I only know from his five-minute short videos and that alone won me over to director Luke Greenfield for casting him in the film and giving him the opportunity to further his career. Anyone who hasn't laughed at this film is not human. Perfect stuff.
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So this was a very fresh and funny comedy full of great humour, top lines and most importantly with a great leading duo. It's clear the actors are having fun and enjoying their roles as much as possible, the chemistry between them is great and when you add in original gags and wisecracks, plenty of fun action and the fast pace, I come out with an enjoyable four-star film that will entertain perhaps all sections of the audience. Pure joy.
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In the end, the comedy actually made quite an impression on me, despite my initial expectations that it would be very bad, with a lot of overacting and not much sense to it. It makes sense, even if the story isn't particularly compelling. It's well executed and comfortably reaches an above-average level. I quite enjoy the members of the Wayans family, when they're not overacting.
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