John Moss (James Woods) is a New York City detective after a killer named Party Crasher (Stephen Lang), so named because he goes to nightclubs and parties and kills people. It's in the middle of this investigation that Moss is saddled with Nick Lang (Michael J. Fox), actor extraordinaire wanting to land a major cop role so he wants to ride along with Moss.
Moss is a miserable SOB and a walking cliché of a cop. He's divorced, angry, extremely reckless, and never does what he's told. Lang is a walking cliché of an actor: privileged, pampered, and clueless. Their partnership is humorous and delivers a few laughs. Even though the movie was good, if you strip away the element of Lang being an actor, then you have a typical cop movie with yin and yang partners who have to get along.
Moss is a miserable SOB and a walking cliché of a cop. He's divorced, angry, extremely reckless, and never does what he's told. Lang is a walking cliché of an actor: privileged, pampered, and clueless. Their partnership is humorous and delivers a few laughs. Even though the movie was good, if you strip away the element of Lang being an actor, then you have a typical cop movie with yin and yang partners who have to get along.