Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Orlando Jones | ... | Daryl Chase | |
Eddie Griffin | ... | Freddy Tiffany | |
Gary Grubbs | ... | Timothy Jarret McReady | |
Daniel Roebuck | ... | Agent Norville | |
Sterling Macer Jr. | ... | Agent Gradney | |
Benny Nieves | ... | Agent Martinez | |
Garcelle Beauvais | ... | Chloe | |
Andrea Navedo | ... | Maque Sanchez | |
Edward Herrmann | ... | Charles Allsworth | |
Shawn Elliott | ... | Thomas Chela / Minty Gutierrez | |
Brent Briscoe | ... | Junior Barnes | |
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Donna Eskra | ... | Kiki Barnes |
Carlos Carrasco | ... | Capt. Garcia | |
Frank Pesce | ... | Vito | |
Julie Lott | ... | Julie |
The governor of a Mexican state is assassinated. Soon after, junior executive Daryl Chase's life turns upside down: after he flags a huge transfer of funds from a Mexican account as probably illegal, he's attacked in his apartment, rescued by a CIA agent, finds his secretary shot dead, and witnesses two cops get killed. He calls the CIA guy who tells him to grab the next train to Mexico. Leaving Manhattan, Daryl can't shake a jive-talking street punk named Freddy, and soon he's traded clothes with Freddy to escape the police. Within days, his girlfriend, his boss, his client, Freddy, the FBI, and the dead governor's dog are tangled in a web of deceit and danger. Who's who? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
I watch virtually every movie released to video and I love it when I dont expect a movie to be as good as this one was. If you like the humor of the classic 1987 movie "Real Men" movie with Ritter and Belushi and if you liked the comic attitude found in "Blue Streak" then this is definitely a movie you will like. With the two actors Orlando and Eddie not being known as an infamous comic duo I certainly would have thought after seeing this movie that they have done this together before. I found many possibly subtle parodic similarities to movies like The Silver Streak and Stir Crazy which although you might think im out of the ballpark on this one, I couldnt help but to laugh my butt off! The directing was professionally witty and the writing was smarter than most any movie that is currently available for rent. I can only say that there is a bright future not only for these actors in comedy roles and that I am astonished that this movie has been created out of a 1957 screenplay. It definitely has been perfectly formulated to work in the current setting in which it was portrayed. Bottom line is that I highly recommend this movie to anyone who loves a sleeper comedy mixed with some well thought up schemes. Maybe those of you who are fans of violent humor in the the british-heist movies such as Snatch and Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrels will relate to the mixture of violence and comedy as well here. And I want to know if anyone else caught the clear irony between the pen scene in this movie and the pen scene in the movie Real Men. Tell me that wasnt inspired by a great movie! Watch this movie! If you pay attention.. you will laugh!