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Showtime [VHS]

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2 star:		(8)
1 star:		(6)

 

 

Showtime is you normal average buddy cop movie about two complete opposite cop's being parterned with each other againest there will.You've seen that already.Except this time it has two very funny actors(Eddie Murphey,and Robert De Niro)to double the fun.

The Plot:Mitch Preston is a police officer who is very serious about his work and doesn't mess around much.Trey Sellars is a cop who doesn't take his work that serious but he is a entertaining actor.When Mitch shoots a video news camera that is filming a wounded officer the Maxis tv network sues the precient if Mitch doesn't do a relaity tv cop show that Chase Rense a producer came up with.Mitch is stuck and has to do it.

Trey applies for the part as Mitch's partner and gets it.Mitch doesn't like Trey because he treats his job so easily.Mitch and Trey get camera tips from T.J.Hooker(William Shatner playing himself)and Mitch still doesn't take his acting seriouly.On the other hand Trey is doing wonderful and the public love him.

In just about every movie there is a bad guy and in this movie the bad guy has a gun that could do mass detruction.It is a custom made gun that Mitch and Trey have to track down before more people die.

The preveiws made Showtime look like fun movie which it is.Hignlights in the movie include a car chase,the Showtime TV show booth confessionals,and the William Shatner scene.If you think the Showtime commerical's look dumb and your expecting a dumb prediable comendy your wrong.So see Showtime now.

ENJOY!

This movie is funny and entertaining and doesn't take itself too seriously since it makes fun of other old tired cop movies out there, and surely pokes fun at itself. Murphy is a cop who wants to be an actor. Deniro is a detective who punches out a camera man and is forced to become part of a "cops" like TV show. Murphy auditions and gets the part as his partner and the two couldn't be more different. They rub each other the wrong way and while Murphy is trying to look good on the show to land a big acting job, Deniro is trying to be a typical cop. Its humorous to watch the interaction between the overacting murphy, who represents the typical police drama, and the serious Deniro who represents real cops. In one scene shatner is showing deniro and Murphy how to do some "hood jumping", Murphy pulls it off like a pro and deniro remarks that hood jumping never happens in real life, but later on we find him hanging on to the hood of a car in a high speed chase. I really like deniro and murphy together, and though murphy isn't the best actor, it doesn't really come out in the movie, because he's playing the part of a poor actor trying to act like a "TV" cop the whole time. The only problem I have with the movie is the ending with the camera since its not very believable. The acting is ok, the plot is interesting, but the humor and satirical irony are what kept me interested, and even if you don't "get it" and like simple movies, you'll enjoy and laugh at this one.

This was an interesting comedy that looks at how the media can overwhelm fighting crime. Deniro and Murphy are joined together to make a action-packed crime fighting television show that follows the pair on actual crimes and investigations. Eddie Murphy was very entertaining as usual and it was fun to see Robert Deniro take his well known 'serious side' and try to loosen up. Eddie Murphy in this movie tries to play to the camera while Robert Deniro can't stand being filmed or being on television which makes for a conflicting dual which puts the fun into this movie. I was impressed with this movie and liked the appearance from William Shatner which I thought made the movie even more funny! This movie never drags and there are many laughs that await you!

I found this movie to be simply fantastic! Personally I think I am a very very tough critic....Am shocked that so many find the film so-so...... De Niro was his same ole same ole outstanding. Eddie Murphy was sometimes a little wierd, but overall as the sidekick was excellent. Rene Russo had a few zzzzzzzzzoring sceens, but again like all other cast, really made the film enjoyable, START TO FINISH!!!!!!!!!!! I give it a solid 8 outta 10, Heck I even bought the soundtrack I like it so much....Cheers Vintage Man in California

Director Tom Dey evidences with SHOWTIME that he must have passed the Cinematic Academy's Buddy Cop 101, as this movie is a replay of so many movies, they're almost interchangeable. Robert DeNiro, seeming to enjoy doing comedy, stars as a seasoned veteran who after destroying a tv camera, is faced with a 10 million dollar lawsuit OR...agreeing to participate in a reality tv show partnered with somewhat inept patrolman Eddie Murphy. Rene Russo fills in the role of the aggressive producer who helms the series, which becomes a hit, at DeNiro's chagrin. The movie's plot involves a mean and nasty gunrunner and it's up to our heroic pair to get him off the streets.
As a comedy, there have been funnier buddy cop movies; as an action drama, it has its fair share of exciting chases and some explosive action, climaxing in a swimming pool disaster.
It's certainly not a high point in either actor's career, but there's some fun in watching two talented actors try and make a movie better than it really is.

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.

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!

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.

If you are a fan of Eddy Murphy, you will simply love this one too.The story is kind of you have seen it in numerous movies before and Murphy is just too previsible in his jokes.DeNiro is alright as usual but well ! He was funnier in Meet My Parents.
There is not much to say about it. I will just add that the beginning is maybe the funniest part ! and it's a pity that Murphy role become too serious at the end !

Showtime is a parody on one of the more beaten down genres in Movie Land, and Showtime represents ever cliché perfectly. I don't know if it was on purpose or not, but the movie was extremely predictable. But, I was able to look past that because of Murphy and De Niro's performances.

Eddie Murphy is always top notch in any movie he is in and so is De Niro. Both are very funny, but not exactly pee your pants funny. There were some very ingenious scenes, ones that I will remember for a while, especially the Hummer scene. However, the movie seemed that it took 30 minute breaks from comedy. It was funny, and then it got serious, and then it got funny again. That really turned me off because it creates a lack of pace.

Showtime was a good movie, don't get me wrong. It kept me interested through out and the whole big brother is watching scenario was very intriguing. I can definitely see some sort of show like this on television in the near future. I'd watch.

If you're looking for a good movie with some laughs and you're not in the mood to think much, then you got yourself a winner here. 3 Stars