Showtime (2002)

Name: Showtime
Director: Tom Dey
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Released: 2002-03-15
Duration: 1 h 35 min
Rating: 5.5
Cast: Robert De Niro, Eddie Murphy, Rene Russo, Rachael Harris

PG-13 | 95 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A spoof of buddy cop movies where two very different cops are forced to team up on a new reality based television cop show, while tracking down the manufacturer and distributor of an illegally made semi-automatic firearm.

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Robert De Niro

Det. Mitch Preston
Rachael Harris

Teacher

(as Rachel Harris)
Eddie Murphy

Officer Trey Sellars
Zaid Farid

Police Captain Ben
Alex Borstein

Casting Director
Holly Mandel

Producer
Marshall Manesh

Convenience Store Owner
Nestor Serrano

Ray
T.J. Cross

ReRun

(as TJ Cross)
Yasiin Bey

Lazy Boy

(as Mos Def)
James Roday Rodriguez

'Showtime' Cameraman

(as James Roday)
Joel Hurt Jones

Reporter #1
Chris Harrison

Reporter #2
Perri Peltz

Reporter #3
Amy Powell

Reporter #4

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1 win & 6 nominations.

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2 September 2002 | Lumberjackyl

The best buddy cop movie in years!! Murphy and De Niro are great together!

Absolutely entertaining. That is all I can say about this movie. This is one of the first movies in years that I can say I did not want to shut off halfway through. Murphy is great, it's good to see him in this kind of role again, and De Niro is fantastic as always.

Showtime is about a cop, Mitch Preston (DeNiro), who after a huge screwup, is forced by his department to do a reality cop show. Preston is teamed up with Trey Sellars (Murphy), a cop who wants to be an actor, and the fun begins! Rene Russo is also in this film, and she is beautiful as always.

There are some extremely funny moments, as well as some great stunt scenes. Let's hope that Eddie Murphy keeps this kind of role up, as I miss his Beverly Hills Cop days.

Definately the best cop buddy movie since probably Lethal Weapon. If you are a fan of the Lethal Weapon series, you will definately love this one.