Let's Be Cops2014
Let's Be Cops (2014)
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Critic Consensus: Damon Wayans, Jr. and Jake Johnson have comedic chemistry; unfortunately, Let's Be Cops fails to do anything with it.
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Cast
as Justin
as Ryan
as Segars
as Josie
as Mossi
as Brolin
as Pupa
as Todd Cutter
as Georgie
as Annie

as Lydia
as Little Joey
as Jackson

as Pasha
as Goran
as Leka

as Misha

as Dave

as Creative Executive #1
as Creative Executive #2

as Creative Executive #3

as Female Kiss-Ass Executive

as Gorgeous Woman
as Precious

as JaQuandae

as Tough Guy
as Samoan Guy

as Mississippi Kid

as Upset Kid

as 8th Grader

as Ron
as Father

as Wife #1

as Wife #2

as Husband #1
as Husband #2

as Old Teammate #1

as Old Teammate #2

as Mike
as Paul

as Hot Bachelorette

as Frozen Wife

as Frozen Husband

as Frozen Guy #1

as Frozen Guy #2

as Punk Skateboarder

as Dude #1

as Dude #2

as Bachelorette #1

as Bachelorette #2

as Receptionist

as Random Neighbor

as Random Neighbor's Wife
as Police Clerk

as Pupa's Rival

as Insanely Handsome Police Tech

as Basement Sergeant

as Clipboard Girl

as Officer Thomas
as Officer Kaplan

as Police Captain

as Tattooed Gangster

as Commercial Actor #1

as Commercial Actor #2
as Old Lady

as Pizza Guy
as Expensive Car Guy

as The Real Chang
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Critic Reviews for Let's Be Cops
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The chillingly gung-ho darkness that Johnson lends his comic riffs would be the story, if only the director, Luke Greenfield, didn't play the movie solely for laughs, which are few and far between.

This notion might have worked perfectly well in sketch form, but stretched out to feature length - in a film that's overlong at nearly two hours - it grows thin, repetitive and wearying.
Let's be clear: No one should choose this movie. It's a title in search of a plot. It could also have been called Let's Be Funnier, Let's Be Directed, Let's Be 15 to 30 Minutes Shorter, Let's Be 22 Jump Street.
"You've been watching too many movies," says a detective (Andy Garcia) during an interrogation in "Let's Be Cops." The same could be said for the filmmakers, who hit predictable beats in this disposable comedy.

None of this is as riotously zany as it wants to be.

Let's earnestly hope there is no sequel.
Audience Reviews for Let's Be Cops
An amusing tripe of a movie.

Super Reviewer
I think the start of this movie really sums up the present day extremely well. Wayans is pitching his new videogame idea to the company he works for in a board meeting, its an idea he feels is ripe fresh original and he's put a lot of effort into it. Straight off the bat his superiors immediately start to question his creation and asking what superpowers his main character has, is he a vampire and are there any zombies in it. I detect the mocking going on here and its very very accurate of the current times, everything is all about fecking superheroes and zombies. The idea here is actually really good and I'm amazed it hasn't been tapped before. I literately only recently heard of a case (in the UK I think it was) where a man was caught pretending to be a police officer in an unmarked car with a fake police ID card or something. He actually pulled over a real unmarked police car for speeding! he got carried away with his power trip...laugh out loud! This movie takes on that premise but naturally piles on the complications and consequences. Its very simple, the two main leads pretend to be police officers after dressing up for a party. They quickly realise being a cop has perks and benefits which leads them deeper and deeper into a world they don't belong. Now right away I think everyone knows what's gonna happen here, its bloody obvious and the movie doesn't really try to cover this fact. After all this is a silly frat house/frat pack type flick which you could easily see Kevin James, Adam Sandler, Will Ferrell or Ben Stiller starring in as either the straight guy or the crazy guy. So I think its pretty easy to predict what happens here, the pair abuse their fake powers with booze drugs girls, getting into clubs, driving like maniacs etc...etc...like I said its all very predictable. Right at the start the duo have a run in with some shady blokes which is blatantly the plot setup for the movie, you know they will run into these guys again as cops, get their own back, the shady blokes will turn out to be real criminals and in turn the duo will be drawn into a real cops n criminals situation. The main reason this movie does kinda work is purely down to the surprisingly good chemistry between the two leads. I've never heard of Jake Johnson but straight away he does what Kevin James is great at doing and that's playing the average Joe really well, he's a likable funny guy. Wayans isn't as funny as Johnson and unfortunately for him he looks way too much like his dad so you keep thinking it is his dad, and lets be honest...Damon Wayans Sr. is no top twenty movie star in any genre. But together these guys do click really well, they are both likable as they play off each other and its amusing to watch them bicker and fight. In the end I gotta give full points to Johnson, watching this guy get high on cop law enforcement thinking he's the real deal, actually buying a cop car, using the jargon etc...its priceless. Seriously though this role was made for Kevin James but I guess his track record is a tad tarnished at the mo from hangin out with Sandler too much. Heck they even pinched a small sketch from 'The King of Queens' where Johnson is playing football with some little kids and gets carried away taking things too seriously (good laugh though). I think this movie has similarities to James vehicle 'Mall Cop' in the sense that both films start off really well with a nice chuckle level but end up going too far. In this film the bad guy played by Brit actor D'Arcy is really quite nasty and would fit an actual adult action flick much better, he really is that intimidating. As the silly duo probe further into this criminal gang things get a bit darker as the bad guys get a bit meaner. There isn't any nasty violence or blood but the laughs tend to fall away as some scenarios get a little tense which felt a bit out of place. Again as with 'Mall Cop' the best bits are watching these guys trying to be real cops, using cop jargon they've seen from movies and TV, acting the fool, getting away with all kinds of shit and of course the obligatory scene where they eventually come face to face with some real cops. The thing is we all know if we could, we'd all probably do the same thing...if you could get away with it. Its that tense anarchic ride you know is wrong but it feels so good and its damn hilarious at the same time. I think both leads capture this simple thrill brilliantly as they do things we'd all wanna do ourselves. Yeah its completely stupid and childish most of the time but I think most people will come to expect that. Thing is the idea behind the movie isn't nonsense, it could happen quite easily which adds to the fun. Definitely a naughty fun time for grown ups which was quite unexpected truth be told, a nice surprise.
Super Reviewer
I think you need to be in the right mood for this movie in general, but it is funny enough and the stupid humor balances out with surprisingly intelligent nuances. I went in thinking I was going to watch a really awful movie, but it exceeded my expectations easily and is one of my favorite comedies of the summer.

Super Reviewer
Let's Be Cops Quotes
Mississippi Kid: | What do you do all day, anyway? |
Ryan: | What do you do all day, hang out with Ron? |
Ron: | Shut up! |
Ryan: | Why don't you shut up, Ron? |
Ryan: | (Later, when Ryan is pretending to be a cop, he drives police car on field where kids are playing football) What one of you little pricks ask me what I do all day? I'm a cop. Joey, hop in. |
Ryan: | What one of you little pricks ask me what I do all day? I'm a cop. Joey, hop in. |