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There's no poison here. Despite a premise rife with potential dark humor, there’s too little edge in “Let’s Be Cops.”. Director/co-writer Luke Greenfield chose wacky over witty and the result is a film with no sense of danger, no reason to care and not enough laughs to make the sitcomish handling of a strong premise forgivable.
Aug 13, 2014 · Trevor B Let's Be Cops was pretty good, but very dragged out!!! Rated 3/5 Stars • Rated 3 out of 5 stars 04/06/24 Full Review Test T I watched this on DVD. I didn't think it was as bad as the ...
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- Jake Johnson
Aug 13, 2014 · Let's Be Cops: Directed by Luke Greenfield. With Jake Johnson, Damon Wayans Jr., Rob Riggle, Nina Dobrev. Two struggling pals dress as police officers for a costume party and become neighborhood sensations.
- Luke Greenfield
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By Chris Carle
Posted: Aug 13, 2014 7:00 am
With the critical and commercial success of the recent Jump Street movies, it's a wonder that there haven't been even more R-rated cop-themed comedies. But Fox is getting in on the action with Let's Be Cops, a movie with a fun premise that doesn't quite deliver on its promise. Sometimes hilarious but mostly only mildly funny, Let's Be Cops will leave you wishing it had gone a little further.
The conceit of the film is simple but fun: Longtime friends Ryan (Jake Johnson) and Justin (Damon Wayons Jr.) don a pair of cop uniforms to attend a masquerade party. The party doesn't go well but upon leaving, they discover that folks look at them differently when they're in uniform.
After basking in the glow of positive attention, the pair eventually finds themselves in a situation where they can use their (fake) badges for actual good, breaking up a shady shakedown of local business owners by henchmen of a bad guy named Mossi (James D'Arcy). After successfully busting the thugs, Ryan gets a surge of confidence and wants to continue the charade, while play-by-the-book Justin wants to end it before anyone gets hurt. But where's the fun in that?
The guys get increasingly bold, led by Ryan. He gets a cop car on eBay, sews insignia on his uniform to make him a sergeant, and begins to go on actual police calls, dragging Justin along against his wishes. While Ryan loves the danger and the status of being a cop, Justin just wants a normal life.
While I spent a good portion of the movie with a smile on my face, and some of it laughing out loud, I wanted a little bit more on all fronts. The leads had great chemistry; they were likeable and believable. But I wanted more wackiness like the Pupa sequence, and even more exploration of what folks could and would do when impersonating cops. Let's...
- Chris Carle
Positive Messages. Amid the over-the-top action/humor is the idea tha. Positive Role Models. Ryan and Justin start the film as meek and somewha. Violence & Scariness. Several scenes show policemen and criminals engage. Sex, Romance & Nudity. A man and woman flirt with each other and later ki. Language.
- Twentieth Century Fox
- Luke Greenfield
Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 21, 2014. At this point Let's Be Cops loses much of its humour and starts looking like a film Liam Neeson will turn up in any time soon. That's a pity ...
Aug 13, 2014 · It's the ultimate buddy cop movie except for one thing: they're not cops. When two struggling pals (Jake Johnson and Damon Wayans Jr.) dress as police officers for a costume party, they become neighborhood sensations. But 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. [20th Century Fox]
