watch showtime i get the impression that the producer get the idea to put robert deniro and eddie murphy just for the sake of have a film that co star the two of them . other than that i can not think of a reason to justify the film existence . not that it isn not amuse in spot and it certainly be and but the concept be so completely ludicrous that the laugh be somewhat muted . the thing that really get me be eddie murphy character . i can not seem to wrap my mind around the concept of someone be a police officer a strictly a day job . when i be work person at new york state crime victim board i have to deal with all kind of cop and they run the gamut between the really dedicate and some real slug and but i can not think of one who think that this be just something i do until i get my career go in an area far afield . i mean and can you really see eddie murphy or anyone else go through the rigor of the real police academy and not the screen version and just to get a day job . anyway deniro be your basic hard work detective who on the trail of a major gun dealer . he undercover and murphy be part of his backup . so what do the showboating murphy do and he call a reality base tv series like cop to film the action . so deniro bust get blow sky high and but the producer of the show get some good footage of murphy and deniro and decides on a new reality base television series . so these unwilling partner get join and try to continue work deniro case with all the tv camera around . eddie murphy a funny guy and i love him in beverly hill cop and in the doctor doolittle movie and but he do well thing than showtime and robert deniro certainly have . i guess murphy want a chance to work with deniro and deniro must have get one hefty paycheck to do this film .