Let's Be Cops

Starring;
Jake Johnson
Damon Wayans Jr
Rob Riggle


Director;
Luke Greenfield

In three words; Fun - Cheeky - Slow

Review;
Long term friends Ryan (Johnson) and Justin (Wayans Jr) have reached their thirties yet they haven't accomplished anything so far. Ryan is a wannabe football player but has never been able to hit the highs he had in college. Justin is a computer game designer but he can't seem to command the respect from his work colleagues who ignore his ideas about a new game based on Police Officers. Part of his presentation he had realistic uniforms which Ryan and Justin decide to wear to their college reunion party. Its here that people start to give them extra attention as they believe that they are real cops.

They both start to enjoy the attention they get from girls but Ryan takes the next step when he buys an old Police car on ebay. Where else would you buy one! They end up learning Police jargon and start, almost accidently, protecting their neighbourhood from Albanian mobsters.

The set up of the story ridiculous yet simple and it is clear that Johnson and Wayans Jr have excellent comedic chemistry yet they are let down by a jumbled and disjointed script. There is a lot of fun to be had with the situation the characters are presented with and there is a welcome addition for Rob Riggle who plays a real cop. I feel that the script has been over thought with the addition of the mobsters who present a very real danger yet their plans are being scuppered by fake cops!

There are plenty of laughs but they are more skits rather than well planned our scenes. A stronger script and a stronger director could have done much better with this idea. In fact the main man responsible for both is writer/director Luke Greenfield. He is a little out of his depth here and is rather lazy with is two lead actors who are the only reason to watch the film. All in all if you want to forget about reality for 90 minutes you could do a lot worse.

Verdict;
2 out of 5.