the man ( 2005 ) samuel l. jackson and eugene levy and luke goss and miguel ferrer and susie essman and anthony mackie and horatio sanz . ( dir represent le mayfield ) tire retread of the buddy flick why be the buddy film such a tired vehicle . you would think mix a comic actor with a dramatic one would be a proved formula since it work for eddie murphy and nick nolte in 48 hr which pretty much launch the subgenre of cop and comedy 20 odd year ago . well it certainly hasn not age well and the late venture of comic and dramatic actor join at the hip with bullet fly may well signal the death knell for it . the plot have hapless nice guy schmuck dental equipment salesman andy fidler ( levy in his trademark character form ) be in detroit for a convention but wind up gum up the work inadvertently for a sting operation by undercover atf special agent derrick vann ( perpetually glower jackson ) when fidler unwittingly walk into a diner and sits where vann be suppose to be for a very important meet with an arm dealer who assume fidler be the man . when vann abduct the shocked fidler and ingratiate him into the operation at hand well insert the laughter here folks because this be when and why it be suppose to be funny represent a fish out of water white tight as with an angry black street smart cop team up to get the bad guy . be you laugh yet . the plotting be so tedious and by the number you beg for the hilarity to ensue already . the script by jim piddock ( levy co star in several of the christopher guest mockumentaries of late ) and margaret oberman and stephen carpenter feel like it be a textbook playbook and mayfield debut a a director be skeptical at best . the chemistry between the two seem natural yet in reality very forced . fart humor and call each other a bitch be the high point in this low concept comedy of error . make a citizen arrest and do not bother see this film anytime soon .