Showtime (Widescreen Edition)

Rating:
Summary: Showtime
Review: Lights. Camera. Aggrevation.

This movie is awsome. It is one of the best buddy cop comedies I have ever seen. So if you like buddy cop movies I strongly reccomend this movie. The dvd has some cool features. The features on this 1-disc dvd are

1.CAST AND CREW

2.A COMMENTARY

3. ADDITIONAL SCENES

4.THE MAKING OF SHOWTIME

5.THEATRICAL TRAILER

THERE IS OVER 28 MINUTES OF SPECIAL FEATURES ON THIS 1-DISC DVD!


Rating:
Summary: Half Decent Buddy-Cop flick
Review: I know Murphy hasn't done anything good in along time, I figured a guy like De Niro and him doing a cop movie, it had to be good.
Well, it was okay to say the least.
If you guys are die-hard Murphy fans, go ahead and watch but, I too was once a big fan, and I'm not all that impressed at all. The last movie he made I enjoyed was probably 'The Distinguished Gentlemen'. Good movie...

As for De Niro, he has and could do better than this.

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Summary: A BREEZY LITTLE ACTION-COMEDY...
Review: This is a light-hearted buddy movie that is thoroughly enjoyable. Pairing up two greats, Robert De NIro and Eddie Murphy, was pure casting genius, as they generate great chemistry together, making the film an action-comedy worth seeing. Robert De Niro does a great job as straight man for Eddie Murphy.

Robert De Niro plays the role of LAPD Detective Mitch Preston, a hard-boiled, no nonsense flatfoot, who knows the streets and knows how to do his job. Eddie Murphy plays the role of Officer Trey Sellars, a patrolman who also moonlights as a would be actor, talentless though he may be, as he would rather play a cop than be a cop.

Rene Russo, as gorgeous as ever, plays the role of television executive, Chase Renzi, who needs a hit show. She wants to do a cop reality show, and due to circumstances that present themselves, Detective Mitch Preston and Officer Trey Sellars have been tagged to foot that bill. Forced to work together, followed by television camera crews, the two become instant celebrities, much to Detective Preston's chagrin and Officer Sellars' delight.

William Shatner is in the film, playing himself as the actor who played cop T.J. Hooker on a television series of the same name. Shatner is up to snuff and very funny. Look for Alex Borstein of Mad TV fame in the small role of the casting director. Look also for Johnnie Cochran in a cameo role.

Taken at face value, this is an action-comedy, buddy movie that is quite enjoyable.




Rating:
Summary: A Sleeper (literally)
Review: This movie was so bad, I fell asleep watching it in the theatre. I normally like Buddy Films, but this one was just plain bad. The jokes were horrible, the acting was worse. Reality TV fits into this movie seamlessly, which is probably another reason why I didn't enjoy it. I think "Reality" programming is another sign of the steady decline of the entertainment business. To sum it all up, save your money, I'm sure you can find a better way to spend it.

Rating:
Summary: Actually pretty funny
Review: This is a great action/comedy. It's a good rainy day movie. The action is great, ewhat little of it there is. But most of it is comedy. And hilarious comedy at that. Eddi Murphey and Robert Deniro aregreat together. Top notch movie.

Plus a cameo by Mad TV'S Alex Borstein at the very beginning!

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Summary: Best Cop-Comedy Ever
Review: Not only the best cop comedy movie ever, but one of the best comedies out there, the best Eddie Murphy movie ever (at least of the dozen or so I've seen), and I'd even go so far as to say it's one of the best Robert DeNiro movies ever. "Showtime" - the name of the film as well as of the reality tv show within the movie - stars Murphy as an inept, action-movie inspired junior cop who moonlights as an aspiring actor, and DeNiro as a more capable cop who ends up in trouble with his superiors after getting into a scuffle with the media. In order to avoid a lawsuit, the police department have to make DeNiro star in a new reality tv series that'll follow he and brand-new partner Murphy (chosen specifically by the producers because DeNiro doesn't want to work with Murphy, who previously botched a major operation by trying some overly flamboyant heroics he apparantly saw in a movie) on their appointed rounds. Great comedy ensues, with appearances by Rene Russo as the show's producer and William Shatner as himself (brought in to give DeNiro acting lessons!) in a small but brilliant part. One of the very best comedies in years, and a much better action movie than most (but not all) big-budget summer blockbusters. One of the few repeatedly-laugh-out-loud movies in too long.

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Summary: DeNiro's best movie
Review: I tried getting into some of the older DeNiro flicks (The Fan, Meet the Parents, Ronin) and it seemed like he was just phoning it in, doing his usual "angry steel worker" routine. It's odd that a film like this coming so late in his career would seemingly be the first where he could actually open up and deliver some great improvisation. Obviously Eddie Murphy is in a bit of a slump but he does a better than average job in this flick too. If you want to see a great performance by DeNiro and a passable performance by Murphy, I'd pick up a copy of Showtime.

Rating:
Summary: IT'S SHOWTIME!!!..Okay on the action, corny on the comedy
Review: I could not help but rent this. I?m a fan of both Eddie and De Niro, and I was curious to see how their chemistry was in the film. Mitch and Trey are two cops who end up being paired together for a reality show that is called Showtime. Mitch hates the idea and does not want to do it, and Trey find this to be a great opportunity to become a star. Now at the same time he is also planning to take the detectives exam, and would love for Mitch to kind of mentor him being that he failed the exam two times already. Rene Russo is that hungry TV executive that will stop at nothing to get the footage for the show, and to make it a ratings success. Trey wants to bond with Mitch, but Mitch just wants to be a cop. There are some decent action scenes. The problem I had with this movie is the movie seems to weight heaver on the action, and totally loses the comedic aspect. William Shatner totally stole the movie even though his role was a very small one.

Kadeem Hardison had a small role that was totally wasted in this film. This is the kind of movie you watch once, and be done with it.