Starring Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Michael Keaton, and Eva Mendes, "The Other Guys" is a comedy about two police officers trying to solve a case to get to the top of the NYPD.
The movie opens up with a scene of two police officers, P.K. Highsmith (Samuel L. Jackson) and Christopher Danson (Dwayne Johnson) involved in a high speed chase. They are the top officers in the department and recognized by everybody. Allen Gamble (Ferrell) and Terry Hoitz (Wahlberg) are just two officers in the background and are disrespected by everybody. So to gain respect they take on a seemingly small case in the first place but ends up being a very high profile case in the end. Can they take on this case without losing respect for each other and the respect from the rest of the department?
I find the acting in this film to be surprisingly good. Will Ferrell is actually trying to be serious for once and he executed his role extremely well. Although it calls for being serious much of the time, this seriousness also includes comedy. He is always funny in all of his roles, but this just seems to be a better one for him than almost all of his other roles. He clearly had a lot of fun with this role. Mark Wahlberg plays an interesting role. I think he is exceptional at it because he has to be even more serious than Ferrell's character. When I first saw the trailer for this film, I wondered how Wahlberg was going to be in a comedy because I don't associate him with these types of movies. One would think that he would have to keep Ferrell's character on task most of the time but actually these roles are reversed. Ferrell's character has to keep Wahlberg on task a lot. He is a very dynamic actor and he shows this quality in this role. It's a different role for Wahlberg and I thought he was excelent at it. Overall, the acting of this film is quite good, much better than I thought.
Of all the cop and crime movies out there, New York City is the site for many of them because it's better than almost any other place to film one of these movies. No exception for "The Other Guys". New York plays an excellent backdrop for this kind of movie. It's also a notorious crime city for many types of crime and police action. It worked very well for this movie.
Overall, this is a pretty good movie. I would recommend it to anyone who is looking for a good laugh and who is a fan of either Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg or both. Only good for seeing once though. Three and a half stars.
The movie opens up with a scene of two police officers, P.K. Highsmith (Samuel L. Jackson) and Christopher Danson (Dwayne Johnson) involved in a high speed chase. They are the top officers in the department and recognized by everybody. Allen Gamble (Ferrell) and Terry Hoitz (Wahlberg) are just two officers in the background and are disrespected by everybody. So to gain respect they take on a seemingly small case in the first place but ends up being a very high profile case in the end. Can they take on this case without losing respect for each other and the respect from the rest of the department?
I find the acting in this film to be surprisingly good. Will Ferrell is actually trying to be serious for once and he executed his role extremely well. Although it calls for being serious much of the time, this seriousness also includes comedy. He is always funny in all of his roles, but this just seems to be a better one for him than almost all of his other roles. He clearly had a lot of fun with this role. Mark Wahlberg plays an interesting role. I think he is exceptional at it because he has to be even more serious than Ferrell's character. When I first saw the trailer for this film, I wondered how Wahlberg was going to be in a comedy because I don't associate him with these types of movies. One would think that he would have to keep Ferrell's character on task most of the time but actually these roles are reversed. Ferrell's character has to keep Wahlberg on task a lot. He is a very dynamic actor and he shows this quality in this role. It's a different role for Wahlberg and I thought he was excelent at it. Overall, the acting of this film is quite good, much better than I thought.
Of all the cop and crime movies out there, New York City is the site for many of them because it's better than almost any other place to film one of these movies. No exception for "The Other Guys". New York plays an excellent backdrop for this kind of movie. It's also a notorious crime city for many types of crime and police action. It worked very well for this movie.
Overall, this is a pretty good movie. I would recommend it to anyone who is looking for a good laugh and who is a fan of either Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg or both. Only good for seeing once though. Three and a half stars.
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