This caper film opens with thief Miles Logan leading a raid to steal a massive diamond; it goes wrong when gang member Deacon gets greedy and shots another of the gang leaving his body to fall from the building onto a police car parked below. Logan manages to get out and stashes the diamond in a ventilation duct of a building under construction before being arrested. Two years later he is released from jail and returns to the building and is horrified to learn that it is now a police station! In order to get into the building he steals a pass then gets a friend to change the picture. His friend also provides paperwork suggesting that Logan is a cop being transferred to the station. Unfortunately his friend is a bit too complimentary
the paperwork suggests that he is some sort of super-cop! His plan to be in and out quickly go wrong and he finds himself doing actual police work and even getting promoted
during this time his sole priority is getting his hands on the diamond.
When I sat down to watch this I wasn't expecting too much; it was just the 'third film' in a triple pack where I wanted to watch the other two as it turned out I enjoyed it the most of the three. The story is fairly basic but it is a lot of fun. Martin Lawrence does a fine job as Logan; sometimes he crosses into silliness but he also delivers some genuine laugh out loud moments. He also manages to do the action and straighter moments in a solid manner. The rest of the cast are solid as well; most notably Luke Wilson as the rookie detective Logan is partnered with and Peter Greene who is suitably unpleasant as Deacon. As well as the comedy there are some impressive action sequences including the opening heist and the shootout followed by a race to the Mexican border in the final scene. Overall I wouldn't call this a must see film but if you are looking for ninety minutes of comedy action with little in the way of offensive material you could do a lot worse than this.
When I sat down to watch this I wasn't expecting too much; it was just the 'third film' in a triple pack where I wanted to watch the other two as it turned out I enjoyed it the most of the three. The story is fairly basic but it is a lot of fun. Martin Lawrence does a fine job as Logan; sometimes he crosses into silliness but he also delivers some genuine laugh out loud moments. He also manages to do the action and straighter moments in a solid manner. The rest of the cast are solid as well; most notably Luke Wilson as the rookie detective Logan is partnered with and Peter Greene who is suitably unpleasant as Deacon. As well as the comedy there are some impressive action sequences including the opening heist and the shootout followed by a race to the Mexican border in the final scene. Overall I wouldn't call this a must see film but if you are looking for ninety minutes of comedy action with little in the way of offensive material you could do a lot worse than this.