i put down this vehicle from robert de niro and eddie murphy and and murphy in particular the first time but have see it again and recently and i can see that it do have some very funny bit . this be by no mean to say that this be the great buddy comedy of all time and but really what can you do to the already exhaust subgenre . what director and tom dey and have try to do be make it a satire of the clichés of buddy comedy and the medium . early in the movie the executive of a cable network asks represent how be this different from cop . and when chase renzi be pitch the idea of a reality show deal with de niro character and mitch preston ( hilariously bore name by the way ) . that when i saw it in a new light that i hadn not previously notice . the idea be to show all the element of the buddy comedy and put a twist on them . de niro reluctance to star in the show and to partner up with murphy be right out of every cop film you can think of . you can say that de niro be actually play himself ask represent why would i do another movie play a cop . chase renzi be portray to be a hollywood phony but if you look at her open scene again and she be merely do it to save her job . she somehow see the ridiculousness of what she be do but she want to succeed despite that . one line say it all represent who doesn not want to be on tv . maybe this be read too much into what be essentially a lightweight film and merely set to entertain and but it do give it a little spin that i hadn not notice before . a for murphy . you get to applaud him for look this ridiculous . trey want to be a star so bad that he be willing to sell out everything he come in contact with . murphy be a big star and maybe it strike a nerve that it be all so fleeting . the plot with the gun be of course pretty boring . the action sequence be nothing special and except the end which require a lot of effort both from cast and crew . one thing that i notice about the villain be that he be dress like an 80 pop star . george michael come to mind and that add to the whole medium spin . so and i trash it the first time around but what the heck while if you be gon na do this and why not point out how ridiculous it really be and de niro and murphy take a big chance do this .