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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A true modern classic..., August 12, 2007
I always reccomend this movie to people looking for offbeat entertainment. Edwards and Whitaker play 2 cops thrust together in a tough precinct located 'Downtown', hence the name. Lots of comedic situations, but real violence-not for the squeamish.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
This is NOT a great film, but a good one, June 1, 2007
Anthony Edwards is banished to downtown Philly from the wealthyburbs on the word of a disgruntled wealthyburbite. He's as white as they come; the denizens of downtown are, uh, not.
Forest Whitaker is his unwilling/unwitting partner with passion but no tolerance. Beach Boys? NO!
It's a predictable but enjoyable romp, and Art Evans plays a streetwise police Lt with a penchant for using a 4-letter copulatory verb. Yeah, that's the one.
It's not vaguely believeable, but Edwards is so fresh and pre-ER-ish, it's a lot of fun. Plus, Whitaker brings a level of intensity not really suited to the movie, but characteristic of all his roles. Doesn't hurt he went on to anchor an ER story arc.
For the price, you can't beat it. Pop some corn and curl up for a while.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
LAUGHS, ACTION, and BEACH BOYS MUSIC, it's all here!!!, February 7, 2005
This is a fish out of water story (a reversed, Beverly Hills Cop, if you would) where a white cop from a shiny, modernized, police station, is transferred to a gritty, dilapidated, and crime ridded, gettoeque, police station, in one of the best 80's styled buddy films ever made.
There's plenty of laughs, action, and Beach Boys music, for everyone to enjoy.
Anthony Edwards (when he had hair) as the shiny new, eager to right the worlds wrongs cop, from the right side of the tracks, who plays, ever so gratingly, against Forest Whitaker, as the put upon, chip on his shoulder cop, from the wrong side of the tracks.
The fun in the movie is watching the bond between the two cops, grow, as each learns to appreciate the other, and become friends.
This movie is a classic, and WELL worth the price of admission.
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