Rating: PG13
Genre:
Comedy
Theatrical Release: 03/15/2002(USA)
Release Date: 08/13/2002
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 95 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Adult Language, Drug Content
Distributor/Studio: Warner Home Video
Robert DeNiro continues to lampoon his tough-guy persona with this spoof of buddy cop movies that teams him with comic co-star
Eddie Murphy.
DeNiro is L.A.P.D. detective
Mitch Preston, a gruff, no-nonsense 28-year veteran whose bust of a drug gang is botched one night by
Trey Sellars (
Murphy), a bumbling patrolman who's really a frustrated actor at heart. When
Mitch's aggravation is captured by a television news crew, he fires his gun in their direction and becomes an instant media celebrity, while earning himself a temporary suspension at work. After his fame draws the attention of network TV producer
Chase Renzi (
Rene Russo),
Mitch is soon informed that the only way he can get back to work is to allow a production crew to trail him on the job for a new cop reality series called "Showtime". In order to make the taciturn lawman more palatable to the viewing public, he's paired with the camera-friendly, fast-talking
Trey. The new partners drive each other crazy, but their mismatched sensibilities make for great TV, while their newfound fame has its advantages in getting them back on the trail of those escaped drug dealers, who possess a powerful new weapon.
Showtime co-stars
Frankie Faison and
William Shatner, who sends up his own TV cop role in
T.J. Hooker.
~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
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