If you have seen movies, I mean the many films in the "WORLD," meaning all the films mentioned in the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die" book and the many other "Honorably Mentioned" films throughout the past century, then you would see why critics and real moviegoers alike, think that this movie is a steaming pile. That's why it's one of the 100 worst in IMDb.
I can easily break it down why this movie is pure trash:
WRITING-THE PITS! On the nose dialog, no character arc (no characters), a bunch of caricatures and stereotypical jokes. Not funny but intended on being a comedy. Nothing but toilet humor. What's with the going in the bushes to take a sh*t joke? If they gave me this film to direct, I would have to pass after a glimpse at the script. It's also cliché ridden. The same ole'cop being suspended or fired after ruining the integrity of the investigation at the end of ACT II. Pa-lease.
ACTING--Even worse. Rosalyn Sanchez looks bored. Nick Cannon sucks. Too many hand gestures when he speaks his lines, the first thing they teach you NOT TO DO in that thing that most great actors (Pacino, Streep, Hoffman, Washington, DeNiro, Duvall, etc.) took advantage of when they were young in the sixties and seventies: (drumroll, then--) ACTING SCHOOL. Cannon is also a painful to watch, wannabe version of Eddie Murphy from "Beverly Hills Cop" (a vastly superior film I might add). And... am I the only one that didn't believe that Cannon was a cop? A cop? From where? Ethiopia? With his skinny, puny, "no arresting anyone above the age of seven" behind. I also didn't believe that the beautiful Sanchez would fall for him in any way. He looks like her little adopted brother. I could see him replacing the faulty leg of her kitchen table but that's about it.
DIRECTING-INEPT HACK WORK. He should of canned Nick Cannon or tone him damn, starting with the whirlwind of hand gestures during his line reads. I wouldn't have cast so many beautiful women. Keep it real. They're cops damn it. The action scenes were done a billion and one times (after this film, a billion and two). If I were the director, I would be saving my money and lay off the trip to Dubai.
And I agree. The film is stereotypically biased against white people, and worst of all it is done with no taste, no wit, no insight. Just the same ole--"white people can't dance" jokes.
Nick Cannon is tired.
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