Review of Let's Be Cops (2014) by Thefilmfanatic — 08 Dec 2014

Let's Be Cops is a slow, unimaginative cop comedy that falls in line closer to Police Academy than the desired Beverly Hills Cop. What looked like a promising premise turned into a lengthy satire lacking in jokes or a decent story. The dialogue is repetitive, the cliches are repetitive and even the characters are reincarnations of both leads most famous roles. Everything is repetition and it gets boring quick.

The film attempts to survive on the chemistry of Damon Wayans Jr. and Jake Johnson despite doing nothing with it. A more action-oriented duo could have made this film a lot less reliant on unfunny vulgarity. In the end this film is predictable, repetitive and thin in narrative. The film is predictable, repetitive and thin in narrative. 22 Jump Street says 'Say Something Cool,' yet all Let's Be Cops can say is anything but something cool.