It's the ultimate buddy cop movie except for one thing: they're not cops. When two struggling pals dress as police officers for a costume party, they become neighborhood sensations. Another montage of Ryan and Justin posing as cops is shown during the end credits.
Parents need to know that Let's Be Cops is an over-the-top comedy about two average guys who decide to impersonate Los Angeles police officers and end up becoming embroiled in a real mob scheme. To say that "Let's Be Cops" spins its wheels tonally would be kind. "Paul Blart: Mall Cop" had more edge. Like so many sitcoms or Adam Sandler movies, "Let's Be Cops" doesn't take place in the real world.
It's a comedy universe without danger or repercussions. At this point Let's Be Cops loses much of its humour and starts looking like a film Liam Neeson will turn up in any time soon. That's a pity because the first half, about two doofuses playing police, is funny and occasionally sharp. At one point during Let's Be Cops, actor Damon Wayans Jr. has a scene in which a huge naked When the pair don police uniforms, borrowed from Justin's failed attempt at pitching a cop-themed As if realizing that the humor wasn't going anywhere, the film suddenly lurches into action movie territory. Review for the film " Let's Be Cops". Director Luke Greenfield has tried to give this movie a comic edge; however the comic timing and the weak script does not let this dream of the director come true.
Trailer Let's Be Cops
Let's Be Cops follows Ryan (Jake Johnson) and Justin (Damon Wayans Jr.), two thirty-something men-children living out the fading embers of their respective dreams. It's impossible to watch "Let's Be Cops" and its jokes about abuse of police power while the nation is dealing with recent events in Staten Island and Ferguson That's not the movie "Cops" director Luke Greenfield wanted to make, however, so these serious themes just lurk behind the attempted laughs. The film stars Jake Johnson and Damon Wayans Jr. as two friends who pretend to be. "Let's Be Cops" is the kind of movie that depends for laughs on tired bits involving kids swearing, and sustains the audience's interest with frequent excuses to ogle shapely women dancing provocatively in bars, at parties or, in one unsavory instance, on her own skankily disheveled couch.
The mix of funny business and rough stuff isn't always smooth, but the target "Let's Be Cops" features scads of supporting players overplaying in broadly comic roles Be forewarned: After this movie and "This Is the End," it appears possible the Backstreet Boys are. To give you an example, this is a movie that places its character's lives in danger. This buddy cop comedy is rated R and directed and written by Luke Greenfield. Jake Johnson and Damon Wayans Jr. play.