Buddy comedies have been around since the idea of ‘comedy’
was given a name and a tangible concept. Hell, buddy cop movies have probably
been around for longer than actual police enforcement, the idea is that old:
Write two characters that are diametric opposites of each other, put them in a
situation that forces them to work together to reach point B; instant comedy…
supposedly. The fact that Danny Glover’s immortal line "I’m getting too old for
this shit" has since gotten more screen time than Glover in his entire
filmography should be a good indicator that, if you’re going to attempt this
kind of story nowadays, you absolutely have to bring something new to the
table. The last buddy film I watched was last year’s Let’s Be Cops, and the
less said about that bit of unfortunate release timing, the better. The last good buddy film I remember watching was
Hot Fuzz, which pretty much skewered every action film trope it could find and
managed to outperform a large number of them at the same time. Based on the trailer
and premise of today’s film, something tells me that we won’t be so lucky this
time around.
