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And if all that’s not enough, The Other Guys synthesizes the stupidity of high-octane cop flicks in about two minutes, thanks to Samuel L.
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Plus it gave Wahlberg the opportunity to play an ignorant hothead who feels like a before-the-fact parody of the strutting, square heroes he’d go on to portray in earnest Peter Berg action-dramas like Patriots Day and Mile 22.
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The Other Guys has never been embraced by the culture as much as previous McKay-Ferrell pairings, but with all due respect to Anchorman and Talladega Nights, this movie might be just as funny and quotable.
But that’s not why people remember The Other Guys - they’re more likely to laugh at the memory of Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg playing mismatched cops whose routine investigation leads them down the path of a dark conspiracy.
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(The two actors appear to be in two different movies, in a way that’s oddly not all that unpleasant.) Fittingly, this was the very last studio movie released in the ‘80s.Ī few years before director Adam McKay won an Oscar for The Big Short, he took his first crack at condemning Wall Street corruption and the inequality in our financial system. It wasn’t the only way to differentiate him from the mullet-sporting Kurt Russell, but it was the quickest one. The Über-buddy-cop movie, the platonic ideal of a mediocre buddy-cop flick that really isn’t anything but a buddy-cop movie, a movie so short on imagination that they just went ahead and made the names of two cops you’d never heard of before the name of the movie … yep, Tango & Cash! The movie had a famously chaotic set - several directors and producers were fired during filming, and one crew member said, “From the first day we started, no one knew what the hell anyone was doing” - and while it shows from the very first frame, we are not immune to the charms of an extremely dumb movie whose primary innovation is putting Sylvester Stallone in glasses. Oh, come on, like we weren’t going to start the list with this. (These touchy subjects are so much easier to bring up when there are guns around, apparently.) And, every once in a while, these guys even find time to solve the occasional case or save the day. Also what becomes readily apparent is that, by and large, the buddy-cop film has been a way for characters - mostly men - to discuss their issues, whether it be masculinity or race or class. Looking over this list, you’ll see a healthy dose of Shane Black, Jackie Chan, and Michael Bay - as well as several comedies that lovingly spoof the very tenets of the genre. Hey, they never really do end up buddies in that movie.) Last, dogs totally count as cops. (It was a controversial decision, but we ultimately chose not to consider Training Day, which is like the dark underside of the buddy-cop film. But only Robert De Niro’s character is a cop, so we’re not including it.) Also, we elected to focus only on films in which the cops eventually do bond. ( Midnight Run sometimes shows up on lists like this. For one thing, in order to qualify, the movie’s two main characters have to be involved in law enforcement - or, as in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, at least pretending to be. First, though, we had to establish some ground rules. Will they eventually come to admire one another? Sure seems likely.Īs that Fast and Furious spinoff hits theaters this weekend, we decided to go back and rank the 25 best buddy-cop films. Will they start out hating each other’s guts? Certainly.
The latest addition to this most macho of subgenres is Hobbs & Shaw, in which two rivals - Dwayne Johnson’s federal agent and Jason Statham’s assassin - are forced to team up. Buddy cops don’t kiss, but maybe they’ll high-five. Okay, sure, maybe that last line isn’t actually spoken in many buddy-cop movies, but it’s implied - these films’ mismatched partners traditionally forge a platonic bond, putting aside their grievances to develop a begrudging mutual respect. Much like the romantic comedy, the buddy-cop film follows a familiar emotional trajectory: I can’t stand you … I hate that I have to be around you … Well, maybe you’re not so bad … Hey, we actually have a lot in common … You know what, deep down, maybe we’re not so different … Wow, I think I love you. Photo-Illustration: Maya Robinson/Vulture and Photo by New Line Cinema Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker in Rush Hour.
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