Plot
Two struggling pals dress as police officers for a costume party and become neighborhood sensations. But when these newly-minted "heroes" get tangled in a real life web of mobsters and dirty detectives, they must put their fake badges on the line.
Release Year: 2014
Rating: 6.8/10 (950 voted)
Critic's Score: 31/100
Director: Luke Greenfield
Stars: Jake Johnson, Damon Wayans Jr., Rob Riggle
Storyline
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. But when these newly-minted "heroes" get tangled in a real life web of mobsters and dirty detectives, they must put their fake badges on the line.
Writers: Luke Greenfield, Nicholas Thomas
Cast: Jake Johnson -
Ryan
Damon Wayans Jr. -
Justin
Rob Riggle -
Segars
Nina Dobrev -
Josie
James D'Arcy -
Mossi
Keegan-Michael Key -
Pupa
Andy Garcia -
Brolin
Jonathan Lajoie -
Todd Cutler
Tom Mardirosian -
Georgie
Natasha Leggero -
Annie
Rebecca Koon -
Lydia
Joshua Ormond -
Little Joey
L. Warren Young -
Jackson
Nelson Bonilla -
Pasha
Brian Oerly -
Goran
I saw "Let's Be Cops", starring Jake Johnson-New Girl_tv, 21 Jump
Street_2012; Damon Wayans Jr-New Girl_tv,; Nina Dobrev-The Vampire
Diaries_tv, The Roommate; Rob Riggle-21 Jump Street_2012 and Andy
Garcia-The Pink Panther 2_2009, Smokin' Aces.
This is like a buddy cop movie, except they are not really cops. Jake
and Damon are thirty something year old guys living together trying to
make it big in Los Angeles. Jake relives old football glories and Damon
works at a video game company, but he hasn't sold one of his ideas,
yet. Nina plays a waitress that Damon likes but he just can not get up
enough nerve to ask her out. Jake and Damon go to a costume party
dressed as cops and are mistaken for real police officers, on their way
home. They get the idea to keep impersonating cops for the fringe
benefits-one of them is that Nina now pays attention to Damon. But,
sooner or later, you know they are going to get into some actual
situations where real police are required. Rob plays a real cop that
has a couple of run-ins with our imposters, and eventually, they all
cross paths with a real bad guy, played by Andy. It reminded me of 21
Jump Street but it wasn't quite as good, more like a 'B' grade version.
It's rated "R" for language, sexual references-including some nudity-
violence and drug use and has a running time of 1 hour & 44 minutes. I
liked it enough that I would probably buy it on DVD.
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