Showtime
Lights. Camera. Aggravation.
Showtime is fun time, an action/comedy tale of mismatched LAPD partners (Robert De Niro and Eddie Murphy) directed by Tom Dey (Shanghai Noon). De Niro, wearing a slow-burn scowl like a badge, plays Mitch, a cop's cop forced by his superiors to be the focus of a reality TV series. Murphy plays Trey, a camera-ready officer more eager to hit his mark than hit the streets. Backed by a ratings-obsessed producer (Rene Russo) and coached in the finer points of copdom by a veteran star (William Shatner, spoofing his T.J. Hooker), Mitch and Trey become America's favorite buddy cops. But reel life soon gives way to the real. A brutal crimelord must be stopped - and that's where the shrapnel hits the fan.
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Far from the best... - imagination201
While the investigation is okay, the rest of the movie is boring. E. Murphy is just one too many times over the top, and De Niro doesn`t push his talent very much playing the unsympathetic cop of a new TV show. The rest of the TV story is also hard to believe, and there is just nothing much new or even truly entertaining in this movie.
don`t waste your time.Entertaining - Poet
I had never seen this one all the way through. Over the years, I had caught pieces of it, and I'm glad I sat through it.
Sure, it was not the best offering we have ever had from these two actors. But, heck, who could have expected that.
De Niro and Murphy have an excellent chemistry in this typical "people who don't get along forced to work together" formula. It is nothing new, but it is well done and quite entertaining.Perfect comedy - Revolutionary_Bum
I can't beleive it took me this long to see this movie! Where have I been. Again (if you've read my other Murphy reviews) I am such a fan of Eddie Murphy that I needed not to be forced down to watch this film. Hilarious, well written and such great acting, if you wanna laugh, or just have a msile on for a few hours, add this to your list!
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Far from the best... - imagination201
While the investigation is okay, the rest of the movie is boring. E. Murphy is just one too many times over the top, and De Niro doesn`t push his talent very much playing the unsympathetic cop of a new TV show. The rest of the TV story is also hard to believe, ...Entertaining - Poet
I had never seen this one all the way through. Over the years, I had caught pieces of it, and I'm glad I sat through it.
Sure, it was not the best offering we have ever had from these two actors. But, heck, who could have expected that.
De Niro ...Perfect comedy - Revolutionary_Bum
I can't beleive it took me this long to see this movie! Where have I been. Again (if you've read my other Murphy reviews) I am such a fan of Eddie Murphy that I needed not to be forced down to watch this film. Hilarious, well written and such great acting, ...