What might have been a mildly amusing buddy comedy about mismatched partners — Martin Lawrence and Steve Zahn — is destroyed by increasingly awkward and unconvincing attempts to turn it into an action picture. The film completely fails to achieve the finely tuned balance between humor and action that distinguishes films like BEVERLY HILLS COP (1984), LETHAL WEAPON (1987) and even Lawrence's own BAD BOYS (1995). By-the-book cop Hank Rafferty (Zahn) is devastated when he fails to save long-time partner Charlie (Timothy Busfield) during a warehouse shooting. With only a distinctive tattoo to go on, he resolves to find the mysterious man (a bleached-blond Eric ...
Released:
2003
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
91 mins