A good movie

When I was a kid, I used to watch the TV show and since I was just about 13-14 years old, I didn’t mind the cheesiness and how preposterous the whole thing was and I honestly thought it was pretty good. However, I got older and the idea of making a feature film adaptation sounded quite terrible and when I heard they were making a parody, my expectations were even lower. However, it was a surprise success and I mostly heard good things about this flick and since Nick, my step-son, bought me the DVD for my birthday, I was really eager to check this flick. Eventually, I thought it was pretty good. Indeed, like I said before, the original concept (to infiltrate some cops in a high-school) was actually kind of stupid so the makers actually decided to focus on all those stereotypes and make fun of them and it worked. I have seen other flicks going the same road like ‘The Green Hornet’ which was not bad but still pretty disappointing and ‘Starsky and Hutch’ which was downright awful. Here, they managed to have the right tone and the whole thing was really funny. A couple of neat examples : the cops take some drugs at school with some hilarious effects, the cops throw a house party with drugs, alcohol, again with some hilarious effects and, of course, the awesome cameo by Johnny Depp which was just the cherry on top of the cake. For Channing Tatum, I finally got the feeling that this guy could be the real thing instead of just another dumb pretty face. Of course, some of the jokes didn’t work really well and the whole thing remains pretty dumb but it was supposed to be that way so it is far from being a masterpiece but for a TV show adaptation, it was still pretty damned entertaining. To conclude, if you want to see a buddy cop flick which doesn’t take itself too seriously, you will definitely enjoy this one and I think it is definitely worth a look.

7/10