I took my 16 year old nephew along to the preview of this action comedy, figuring it'd be more his kind of movie than mine. As we sat waiting for it to start, this genius said, "let's look up some reviews!" The first one that popped up, from Variety Magazine, read as follows:
"Another tired, witless and potentially lucrative attempt to spin an exhausted buddy-cop template into action-comedy gold."
We laughed in that, 'oh dear, this will be a long two hours' kind of way.
And so it was.
Ice Cube plays a detective and comedian Kevin Hart plays his hopeless offsider/soon-to-be brother-in-law. Crime fighting ensues.
For me, there was an occasional chuckle but nowhere near enough to warrant recommending you go and see this. 16 year old nephew said he enjoyed it a little more than he expected to, courtesy of fast cars and hot babes I presume, but he didn't particularly like it either.
Trailer here. In cinemas Thursday 18 February.