Review of Let's Be Cops (2014) by Rhynal R — 15 Nov 2014

Let's be cops is a generic comedy that is saved by the chemistry of its two main actors; Damon Wayans Jr. and Jake Johnson. They've had chemistry as friends since they're already on the New Girl, which is a show I enjoy and it was nice to see their chemistry come out on the big screen. Interestingly enough, they played almost the exact same characters; this could be construed to some as playing it safe but it can also be viewed as playing to their strengths. They type of comedy is immature combined with talking really fast coupled with wit. It's not for everyone but for people who are accustomed to their type of humour, will enjoy this movie.

It tells the tale of two guys who are at points in their life where they don't know where they are going; so to spice things up, they decide to become cops for halloween which goes awry when they end up getting involved in a drug bust. It's not the most riveting or sensible of plots but its just barely enough to push the movie forward. I saw this because you wouldn't watch this type of movie for plot but for the comedy, and on that, it delivers, a good amount of times.

Sometimes the jokes really hit home and its backed up and made so much better by their chemistry but there are other times they fall flat. It'll bring out the kid in you though, especially if you ever wondered what being a cop is like as the movie covers all the parts of being one. Characters were not very interesting and they randomly manage to have andy garcia make a cameo. He was too serious for the film and to be honest, his parts weren't very good. Nina Dobrev, I'm convinced, can never not look hot; Christ.

The thing about it is that you'll either like it a lot or you won't be interested. It's generic in the sense that all the types of jokes have been done before and that the plot is terrible and predictable and in movies like this, sometimes they confuse themes of comedy and darkness which tends to dampen the humour; this unfortunately happened. Still, worth a rental. I had a good few laughs, but that's because maybe i'm slightly biased to Damon and Jake's type of humour. 6/10.