The Other Guys is an action comedy, buddy movie starring Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg. Ferrell plays a police force accountant, while Wahlberg plays the role of a troubled detective. Both officers have been shunned by the rest of the department and each other (although, Ferrell's character is definitely feeling the cold shoulder more).
While the movie starts off as some sort crazy buddy movie starring Dwayne Johnson and Samuel L Jackson, their roles in the movie take an absolutely hilarious turn in the movie, at which point our two headliners take centre stage.
The film also stars Eva Mendez as Ferrell's inexplicably hot wife, Steve Coogan as a sort helpless villain and the simply fantastic Michael Keaton as 'Captain Gene'.
As you would expect from the consistently funny Will Ferrell, a lot of the scenes are improvised and generally hilarious as a result. The pairing would normally generate red flags to a regular movie-goer, actually works really well- Wahlberg also comes across as having a fantastic sense of humour and the chemistry between the two stars is truly entertaining to watch.
The film plays out as you would expect, but some truly funny scenes, great casting and even better chemistry, make this a really funny and enjoyable flick.
If you don't like Will Ferrell, you definitely won't like this and while it doesn't do anything particularly new, there is something truly unique in it and as such, I have to recommend it to anyone with a sense of humour.
4/5
You hit the nail on the head with this review. Great characters, fantastic one liners, and a storyline that would make some 'serious' action buddy movies, jealous.
ReplyDeleteJust a word of warning, when you go see this, try not to choke on your popcorn!!!!