Adam McKay: The Other Guys

Director – Adam McKay
Writers – Adam McKay, Chris Henchy

Plot – Two mismatched New York City detectives seize an opportunity to
step up like the city’s top cops, whom they idolize, only things don’t
quite go as planned.

Cast                                             Characters
Will Ferrell              …              Allen Gamble
Derek Jeter               …             Himself
Mark Wahlberg       …             Terry Hoitz
Eva Mendes             …              Dr. Sheila Gamble
Michael Keaton        …            Captain Gene Mauch
Larnell Stovall           …           Rasta
Jailil Jay Lynch          …             Rasta
Roy T. Anderson        …            Rasta
Ray Stevenson            …           Roger Wesley
Samual L. Jackson      …           P.K. Highsmith
Andrew Secunda       …            Press Conference Reporter
Sara Chase                    …            Press Conference Reporter
Dwayne Johnson         …            Christopher Danson
David Gideon                 …           Mayor

Thoughts –  There is a shot early in this movie which is the only one
I disagree with and shake my head at. It is when P.K. Highsmith
crashes his car into our great leader’s Trump Tower. Now I voted for
Trump and I still support him so maybe they didn’t know what a great
leader he’d become. Onward.  Allen and Terry are introduced as the
other guys and in a funny shot Allen takes a picture of his heroes
P.K. Highsmith and Christopher Danson which Terry tries to stop. Terry
is clearly jealous of the rockstar cops.


Terry (Mark Wahlberg) yells at Allen (Will Ferrell) for humming and
smiling at his desk doing the rockstar’s paperwork for them.  David
Ershon, an investment banker, is introduced and he is the antagonist
in the film.

Some of the other detectives come over and ask Allen how come he’s
never fire his gun in the office before. They tell it’s called a desk
pop. He does it and Captain Gene Mauch takes away his gun. They treat
the desk pop like it’s an investigation.

Dansen and Highsmith try to stop three thieves who robbed jewelry
store. They jump off a building hoping to aim for the bushes and of
course die. Terry and another guy get in a fight at a funeral. Trashy,
yet funny.  Terry wants to get pumped up so he puts on some Heavy
Metal but Allen switches to Easy Listening. Terry doesn’t like Allen
cause he doesn’t think he’s a real cop. He also thinks he’s feminine.
Women respond very well to Allen in this movie as every one flirts
with him.

At Allen’s house he and Terry discuss David Ershon.  Terry is stunned
that Allen’s wife, Sheila, is so beautiful. Allen treats his wife like
garbage. It is hinted that Allen used to be a pimp later.  The cops
find Allen’s Prius and say a bunch of homeless dudes had sex in the
car called a soup kitchen. Classic.

David Ershon is doing some sort of investment fraud. Thirty two
billion dollars are being invested by the Lottery fund. Allen says he
got in a fight with his wife because he doesn’t have the money to pay
for his wife to take a class called “The Art of Oral Sex.” The luck
this guy has. Even Terry looks at him in disbelief. He reveals to
Terry in college he would schedule dates, provide transportation and
get a percentage. He was a pimp.

David Ershon gets two Russian waters for Terry and Allen. Allen goes
on and on about how good the water is and how the cucumber accents the
water. I think only Will Ferrell could make this funny. They both get
stupidly bribed by accepting court side tickets to a Knicks game. They
get bribed again by going to a Jersey Boys play. Later Allen thinks
Ershon is targeting the lottery to cover his losses.
At dinner Allen tells Sheila about his dark days in college pimping.
She talks about how pimps don’t cry when Allen was crying because of a
poison ivy infection in his asshole.

When Allen is invited by Terry to do some drinking to ease their lady
trouble. There is a really cool slow motion shot going around the bar
where everyone is frozen in time. I don’t know how they did it but it
looks good.  Allen and Terry are forced to hand over evidence of
Ershon to the SEC. It turns out the only connection Ershon had with
the lottery was that he was hooking up with the Powerball girl.
Allen and Terry are demoed to traffic and walking the beat downtown.
Allen tries drinking hard liquor but then steps down to Mike’s Hard
Lemonade. Classic stuff.

During a shootout in the building where they are talking about
investing a deal, a White Stripes song comes on called “Icky Thump.”
It’s a good song and I suggest you check them out.  Later to avoid
their pensions being screwed they go to the bank to stop the transfer.
Francine and Terry makeup and get married and Terry and Allen get a
new assignment from Derek Jeter.
The whole movie is great and Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg make a
great comedy team.