Double negative doesn't always make a positive. Like in the case of Martin Lawrence and Steve Zahn.
Typical silly buddy comedy.
Some funny low-brow slapstick comedy throughout the movie. I'm not a big Martin Lawrence fan but I do remember laughing quite a bit, probably more due to Steve Zahn. Just as a note I enjoy "low-comedy" so this movie was decent for me. If you don't like slap-stick and the like, then stay away from this one.
Lawrence and Zahn each get off a funny line or two, but for the most part this is packed with skits and bits that seem half-thought out ("Now can I have a chip?"). And the story takes itself too seriously, which becomes problematic in the "action-packed" climax; the direction given to Zahn seems to have been "I want you really excited about killing the crap out of the bad guy, Steve. I want you creaming your pants."
Nothing works in this one. I've never been a fan of Martin Lawrence but he's even more un-funny here than usual. Zahn seems like a nice guy and it's a pity that he's getting this kind of roles. The film tries to shake racial stereotypes but ends up enforcing them.
yeah yeah 2 cops...personal issues...world's in danger formulaic as hell
I actually saw this shit in theaters. Why? Maybe I was trying to make a friend or something. Anyway, I don't deserve to have friends for contributing to this movie's box office.
Was someone even surprised that this was terrible?
Unfunny tripe. Doesn't everyone know that Steve Zahn is funny only as a stoner-type who knows less than everyone else? Doesn't everyone know that Martin Lawrence has never been funny? And doesn't everyone know that if they want to watch an interracial buddy cop movie, they should rent 48 Hrs.?
This movie is a good amusement, but it is not must being taken seriously.
Fairly lightweight mix of a good-cop bad-cop, goofy cop flick. Harmless enough and has some funny moments and a few good stunts, but stake out it isn't.
Sometimes Criticker's Probable Score is way off, and sometimes it's right on. This one was right on. Just awful. I wanted to slap Martin Lawrence's face during the entire movie. There's a not-bad plot idea in there somewhere, but this ain't how you do it.
I needed National Security after watching this. Cancer it be. I was traumatized after seeing the first 5 seconds of it.
Generic cop comedy #12,745 starring white guy having to work with black guy who is his polar opposite. Hooray for originality!
Dumb funny. Kind of entertaining, in a 'Saving Silverman' kind of way.
It's pretty funny. Martin Lawrence is a bit too over-the-top and they don't give Zahn enough to do. It will adequately waste some time in the day.
Some few funny moments, but ultimately just a straight up bad film.
Couple of laughs, but I don't like Zahn or Lawrence all that much.
Disappointing for starring two great talents.
