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Showtime (2002)

March. 14,2002
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5.5
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PG-13
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A spoof of buddy cop movies where two very different cops are forced to team up on a new reality based T.V. cop show.

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Hellen
2002/03/14

I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

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Platicsco
2002/03/15

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

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ShangLuda
2002/03/16

Admirable film.

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Odelecol
2002/03/17

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

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RoboRabbit89
2002/03/18

I'll just get right to it, I really liked this film it was fun. Eddie and Robert have great chemistry and work well together, Rene Russo was fun in this and the action was cool.I own this on VHS but I first seen this as a rental form the library back in 2009.Overall, a good buddy cop film, it's sad that this didn't do very well, I think this is the best Eddie movie before his movie slump.I give it a 5/10. It's fun to watch and if your an Eddie fan I think you'll like it too.

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Python Hyena
2002/03/19

Showtime (2002): Dir: Tom Dey / Cast: Robert De Niro, Eddie Murphy, Rene Russo, William Shatner, Mos Def: Formula comedy that suggests an act of not taking things seriously. So basically it is about ignorance and that is a serious problem for a T.V crew that interferes with an actual crime scene with a show of their own. Robert De Niro plays an undercover cop but everything is foiled when an actor, played by Eddie Murphy shows up with helicopters. Murphy is an actor and a flawed cop. When De Niro smashes one of their cameras he is forced to take part in the program to avoid a lawsuit. He and Murphy try to track down an unusual gun that never factors properly into the story. One-joke premise without a dime of originality. Directed by Tom Dey who had better success with another buddy flick called Shanghai Noon. De Niro and Murphy make a fairly decent comic duo that is above anything else that is presented here. They will eventually patch things up and solve the plot and it doesn't matter. Rene Russo as the program director overacts, and William Shatner isn't much better in his over the top performance. Mos Def appears as a character who goes by the name Lazy Boy, which could be a steal from the screenwriter for all the lack of work in the script. As oppose to being a satire of reality T.V and cop programs in general it settles for formula bore worthy of the "off" button. Score: 4 / 10

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Paul Magne Haakonsen
2002/03/20

"Showtime" is actually an enjoyable action comedy, but take it for what it is, because it is not a stroke of genius masterpiece in cinema history.The story is about two police men (De Niro and Murphy) who are forced together on a reality TV show about policemen in the line of duty, being followed around by a film crew as they solve cases and dish out justice to the criminals.The dialogue is fairly average for an Eddie Murphy movie, so if you enjoy his movies, then you will certainly enjoy "Showtime" as well.What works in the movie is the chemistry between Robert De Niro and Eddie Murphy as the two very different policemen coming from two very different aspects in life."Showtime" is the type of movie that you will watch, then shelf it for a long, long period, and then perhaps do take it out once again a couple of years down the line. It is right up the likes such as "Lethal Weapon".

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bkoganbing
2002/03/21

Watching Showtime I got the impression that the producers got the idea to put Robert DeNiro and Eddie Murphy just for the sake of having a film that co-starred the two of them. Other than that I can't think of a reason to justify the film's existence. Not that it isn't amusing in spots, it certainly is, but the concept is so completely ludicrous that the laughs are somewhat muted.The thing that really got me was Eddie Murphy's character. I can't seem to wrap my mind around the concept of someone being a police officer as strictly a day job. When I was working person at New York State Crime Victims Board I had to deal with all kinds of cops and they ran the gamut between the really dedicated and some real slugs, but I can't think of one who thought that this was just something I do until I get my career going in an area far afield. I mean, can you really see Eddie Murphy or anyone else going through the rigors of the real Police Academy, not the screen version, just to get a day job?Anyway DeNiro is your basic hard working detective who's on the trail of a major gun dealer. He's undercover and Murphy is part of his backup. So what does the showboating Murphy do, he calls a reality based TV series like COPS to film the action. So DeNiro's bust gets blown sky high, but the producer of the show gets some good footage of Murphy and DeNiro and decides on a new reality based television series. So these unwilling partners get joined and try to continue working DeNiro's case with all the TV cameras around.Eddie Murphy's a funny guy, I loved him in Beverly Hills Cop and in the Doctor Doolittle movies, but he's done better things than Showtime and Robert DeNiro certainly has. I guess Murphy wanted a chance to work with DeNiro and DeNiro must have gotten one hefty paycheck to do this film.

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