Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Ed Lover | ... | Ed Lover | |
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Doctor Dré | ... | Doctor Dré |
Badja Djola | ... | Lionel Douglas | |
Cheryl 'Salt' James | ... | Teesha Braxton | |
Jim Moody | ... | Nick Crawford | |
Ice-T | ... | Nighttrain / Chauncey | |
Andre B. Blake | ... | Lamar | |
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Rozwill Young | ... | Sgt. Bo Griles |
Colin Quinn | ... | Frankie Flynn | |
Todd 1 | ... | Shorty (as Todd-1) | |
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Bowlegged Lou | ... | Forty |
Bernie Mac | ... | G-George | |
Bill Bellamy | ... | K.K. | |
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T-Money | ... | Bubba |
Denis Leary | ... | Sgt. Cooper |
Ed Lover and Doctor Dre are two inept barbers. Deciding that maybe they ought to find another line of work, they join the police. A big mistake, as far as their duty sergeant, Sgt Cooper is concerned, who proceeds to harass them at every turn. Despite this, they discover a major crime, and proceed to solve them in their own unusual fashion. Written by Brian W Martz <B.Martz@Genie.com>
Cards on the table: I'm an old white guy. I don't know Dre or Lover.
I like some slapstick, and some I don't. For your reference, I never much cared for Abbott & Costello or the 3 Stooges, but I love Laurel & Hardy and the Marx Brothers. Dre & Lover got lots of personality and good humor. Love watching their comedy routine -- the best part of the movie.
Ice-T has a small part, must be one of his first on the screen. Would like to see him in bigger parts; he's on TV a lot lately and he's an interesting actor.
The closing credits are playing to some hip-hop. The lyrics use the "N" word, but it occurs to me that I don't remember hearing it in the movie's dialog. It's the end of 2006 and it's finally going out of style, but avoiding it 13 years ago was a touch of class.
I've got Cinemax playing on the TV. The next movie is coming on, which they rate "MV" for Mild Violence. If I were to rate "Who's the Man," I wouldn't give it any violence rating. A gun was waived around menacingly, once. Otherwise, they're too busy having fun. Bring the kids. (Apparently, the professional movie-raters disagree. Maybe society has changed a lot in 13 years. Either that, or professional movie-raters are fuddy duddies.)