The Other Guys
Tue, August 3, 2010 
The Other Guys is about two polar opposite desk cops that get thrown together unwillingly and then get their chance at a career changing case after department all stars Danson and Highsmith (The Rock and Sam Jackson) are suddenly unavailable. Wahlberg is Terry Hoitz the action junkie thrill seeking cop who accidentally shoots Derek Jeter and is assigned a desk alongside Allen Gamble (Ferrell) the pencil pushing never fired his gun forensic accountant desk cop.
The laughs are non-stop right from the opening action sequence to the interactions between Terry and Allen. Terry hates Allen for how much of a pussy he is. According to him even the way he pisses or farts just don’t meet his testosterone filled expectations, “I hate your farts, they’re not masculine enough. They sound like a little baby blowing out birthday candles.” To add insult to injury Allen drives a Prius and listens to nothing but little river band.
The actual plot has to do with corporate fraud, easily the most boring crime to be portrayed on film. Lucky for us though the plot plays second fiddle to the sub plots and jokes throughout, similar to most of Ferrell and director Adam McKay’s other films. Their police Captain played by a comedic genius himself Michael Keaton steals every scene he’s in with little pep talks quoting lines from 90’s pop group TLC, like “don’t go chasing waterfalls” or “I don’t want no scrubs”. There’s also a back story involving Terry learning Ballet for his ex-girlfriend, which was priceless. And then there’s Allen’s wife a super hot doctor played by Eva Mendes, who has Terry in shock and awe from the second she’s introduced. Apparently her and Allen met while she was a medical student treating him for poison ivy of the asshole, how that happens I have no idea, but it sounded hilarious. The running joke throughout that never seems to get old is that Allen may in fact be a ladies-man, and that he was a pimp in college known as “Gator”.
The best part of the film aside from the all star cast, seeing that bastard Derek Jeter get shot and the ridiculous boardroom shoot out scene had to be the return of Allen’s stolen Prius. It was used as a love shack for a group of homeless men to have an orgy in. There was also a thank you note left by “Dirty Mike and The Boys”.
All in all The Other Guys is a comedy that anyone who loves Will Ferrell will be sure to enjoy, those of you not as fond of him should be just as entertained as well. Mark Wahlberg really showed up with his comedic A-game much to my surprise, as I seriously doubted he had a funny bone in his body. Eva Mendes is great as the stereo typical love interest and hot chick from most action movies, but with comedic spin. The cameos are great from everyone involved, and the action worked a lot better than most other comedies, let alone actual action films.
I’m giving The Other Guys an overall 7.5/10
Reader Comments (4)
I hate Will Ferrell! This looks a lot like everything else he does only its Marky Mark instead of reily
I don't love farell but he;s got some funny movies. this looks awesome. Thanks for the review mItch
hell yes!!! I've heard almost all good things about this. As long as its not cop out then I think it will be hilarious
Only Marky Mark could get away with lines like that farst sound like baby blowing out candles LMAO thats great!