Entertaining if not over-the-top humor from a solid comic duo provides plenty of laughs. Read critic reviews
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Entertaining if not over-the-top humor from a solid comic duo provides plenty of laughs. Read critic reviews
During Prohibition, loudmouth Harlem grifter Ray (Eddie Murphy) and the no-nonsense Claude (Martin Lawrence) team up on a bootlegging mission to Mississippi that could bring them big bucks. But they run into trouble when a crooked lawman hits them with a phony murder charge. Ray and Claude are given life sentences and shipped off to jail, where they must think of a way to prove their innocence and avoid the brutal guards while battling their biggest enemies -- their opposing personalities.
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Director: Ted Demme
Producer: Brian Grazer, Eddie Murphy
Writer: Robert Ramsey, Matthew Stone
Release Date (Theaters): wide
Release Date (Streaming):
Box Office (Gross USA): $64.0M
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Distributor: MCA/Universal Pictures [us]
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS, Surround
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