Review of Let's Be Cops (2014) by Eric B — 13 Jan 2015

Let's not be cops.

I was hesitant about watching this one after watching 21 and 22 Jump street recently as it is kind of a similar two cop-buddies catch big criminals story. Only difference here is that Jake Johnson and Damon Wayans Jr. play fake cops. Still it is not even half as funny as those two films. Regretted wasting my time. The chemistry between the two leads is good but nothing special like Jonah Hill and Tatum.

So we have Justin (Damon Wayans Jr.) who is a video game designer but he hasn't been getting much of recognition. His roommate Ryan (Jake Johnson) is in more miserable position with no job and pretends to be a football coach playing with kids in neighborhood. Once at a college reunion party they dress up in police costume. Later after party on their way home people on street assume them to be real cops and these two guys seem to be enjoying the experience taking advantage of their cop uniforms. But not until long they get dragged into real mess when they cross roads with some mobsters and their leader named Mossi. Well seems like a simple not great plot which can be enjoyed as simple don't- take-it-too-seriously-type comedy. But the laughs are so few that you need to be patient with its sucky script.The characters are very dull and uninteresting. Nina Dobrev was a pretty presence but again romance is forced in just for sake of it. Also nothing surprising happens until the third act, where there is small twist. I think that was the only entertaining part of the film before again finishing off with a cliché ending.

Even if many kind of liked the lead pair chemistry between Ryan and Justin, but I felt their characters were quite shallow. Its neither witty nor has some indulging screenplay with at least some but of sense. I hardly laughed once or twice during the whole film. Even the guns and action part of the film was better than its comedy. Even with low expectations it was disappointing. Just hope they don't make a sequel.

RATING: [1/5].