COP OUT: YUP, IT WAS

Paul Hodges: [screaming random movie lines to get a suspect to talk] Yippie-ki-yay, motherfucker!
Jimmy Monroe: I've never seen that movie before.

If I really have to spell it out to you, Jimmy Monroe is played by Bruce Willis and that's just one of the many fine zingers there are throughout this very odd script. This movie comes to us around Kevin Smith best known for Clerks is a bit of a homage to the buddy cop film. Tracy Morgan is of course Paul Hodges who is swept up by emotion and the excitement that real life might reflect one of the many films he has seen and can quote verbatim. Let's just say this is not the best buddy cop movie out there, but with two fine actors, there are certainly parts here and there that make it worth watching. The dialogue is quite clever in parts but the plot is a bit convoluted and certainly ends way too neatly with the big red bow. It was an entertaining film, just not the best film.