i actually have free ticket to this film but forwent use them after see the terrible write ups represent tire buddy film while samuel jackson couldn not look more bored . etc . in contrast and after finally rent it and i find it to be a very entertaining film with role that seem to fit the actor like a favorite chair . if jackson look bore it be because his character be bore alive but not living and jackson pull it off very well . many people here have refer to it a a rip off buddy film but i wonder if they aren not just buy into the dime a dozen review while or perhaps they be buddy film connoisseur and have some authority on it all when actually this movie deserve to be see for itself . personally and i can not call this a buddy film since they be not buddy in any sense of the word . more like shaft meet felix unger . as well and there seem to be a consensus that there be a lot of bathroom humor . i think the fart scene could have be leave out and although the first be an almost a deserved scene to accentuate the burn out bad boy and over the top good boy irony while and the cavity search seem totally unnecessary and basically out of character for the movie or at least out of place except the director felt uncomfortable with any awws certain scene might have evoke . beyond that and les mayfield be use slapschtick humor and and the lot of them jackson and levy and goss and mayfield and seem to pull it all off with an almost buster keaton style while the epitome of poker face comedy whereby the humor be deliver in a brown paper bag instead of a piñata spew candy all over you ( or bad and a pie in the face ) . levy be perfect a the bumbling salesman whose dream peak at the hope of have a stand ovation for his presentation on the late dentistry tool in his text book nerd attire and over indulgence in self obsess righteousness while while jackson be impeccable a the rouge untrusting and see too much undercover agent rotely implement his down to a science head banging and snitch chasing and which bring purpose to his life but of which the passion and excitement of it all elude him . while the entertainment value lie squarely in the interaction between these two polar opposite and there be a not so subtle gaining of quality from each to the other . great performance from a fabulous cast for this silly and enjoyable caper .