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(action, comedy)

LAPD Detective Sergeant Mitch Preston cares only about doing his job and nailing crooks. LAPD Patrol Officer Trey Sellars joined the force as a day job until his acting career took off. During an undercover drug buy Mitch was working that Trey botched by calling in for backup and drawing media attention, Mitch's partner is shot with a very exotic 12-gauge automatic weapon; Mitch then shoots the video camera out of the hands of a reporter filming the action when the cameraman refused to shut it down. Faced with a $10 million lawsuit, the department agrees to let producer Chase Renzi film Mitch's investigation for a new reality TV show, and constantly tries to make everything more "viewer friendly" by changing everything about Mitch's life to fit the stereotypical view of police officers—and partners him with Trey..

actors:

Mos Def	as Lazy Boy
Robert De Niro	as Det. Mitch Preston
Rachael Harris	as Teacher
Eddie Murphy	as Officer Trey Sellars
Zaid Farid	as Police Captain Ben
Alex Borstein	as Casting Director
Holly Mandel	as Producer
Marshall Manesh	as Convenience Store Owner
Nestor Serrano	as Ray
T.J. Cross	as ReRun
James Roday	as 'Showtime' Cameraman
Joel Hurt Jones	as Reporter #1
Chris Harrison	as Reporter #2
Perri Peltz	as Reporter #3
Amy Powell	as Reporter #4

directors:
Tom Dey
rating:5.30

See also: Action: Hudson Hawk

See also Action Forbidden Warrior