Review of CHiPs (2017) by Lee B — 17 Jan 2018

Comedy-wise, this film is a dud. They just do not seem to have an idea how far to take the joke or even how to tell one. Is the idea of Michael Pena accidentally calling Malcolm in the Middle's mom for sex funny? Is that a joke? Are there actually jokes in this comedy because I'm not finding any and I looked, even a joke that isn't funny would be something I'd accept but I just can't find an actual joke?

In the future, when someone decides to remake a classic series as a movie they need to learn that you can't take the original too seriously. 21 Jump Street worked because the people involved took the basic concept and had fun with it, mocking it the entire way. CHiPS failed because no one was willing to laugh at the original or even understood what made it a classic. It's a bargain basement movie with a bargain basement script that deserves to be thrown in a basement.