The Other Guys is a 2010 action-comedy crime film directed and co-written by Adam McKay. The film stars Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg, and co-stars Dwayne Johnson, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Keaton, Eva Mendes, Steve Coogan, and Ray Stevenson. The plot is about 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.
Detective Allen Gamble is a forensic accountant who's more interested in paperwork than hitting the streets. Detective Terry Hoitz is a tough guy who has been stuck with Allen as his partner ever since an unfortunate run-in with Derek Jeter. Detectives Danson (Dwayne Johnson) and Highsmith (Samuel L. Jackson) are pursuing a group of drug dealers in a Cadillac Escalade. After a brief firefight that results in the hood of Highsmith's Chevy Chevelle getting blown into the windshield, the two inadvertently crash into the side of a double decker bus. Danson drives it after the robbers and meticulously slingshots the trapped car out the other side of the bus (with Highsmith firing the whole time) and crashing into the Trump Tower, inexplicably surviving. The robbers manage to get away, until police backup quickly arrives and arrests them.
Detective Allen Gamble (Will Ferrell), is a forensic accountant who's more interested in paperwork than hitting the streets. Detective Terry Hoitz (Mark Wahlberg) has been stuck with Allen as his partner ever since shooting Derek Jeter during the 2003 World Series. Allen idolizes Danson and Highsmith, and both of them receive absolutely no respect from the other officers (especially Allen, who is tricked into firing his gun in the office and gets it confiscated, leaving him with a wooden practice gun). During a pursuit of a group of professional bank robbers, Danson and Highsmith die when they jump off a 20-story building into the sidewalk, inexplicably agreeing to aim for bushes that aren't there. Ferrell’s Allen Gamble likes his desk job. The pushing of paper and picking of nits satisfies his nerdy nature. Street crime doesn’t interest him. That’s precisely where his partner, Terry Hoitz (Wahlberg), wants to be. Hoitz is a blunt hothead with an itchy trigger finger. He screams at Gamble for depriving him of the action he so desperately wants. But once they do hit the streets and start cracking the case, they’re a disastrous misalliance. Expensive for New York, but easy summer entertainment for us.
When an opportunity arises for Terry and Allen (the "other guys") to step up, things don't quite go as planned. As things get worse, Allen and Terry are forced to split up. However, Allen still tries to solve the crime on his own even though Terry thinks it is a dead end. He finally gets credible evidence and earns his gun back. Allen finally convinces Terry to rejoin him and as things begin to go well, they both get shot (Terry taking one in the knee and Allen taking one in the shoulder.) However, the police finally come and rescue the two. They believe that the true heroes are the ones who make the world a better place, not the ones who appear in the newspaper or on TV.
The Other Guys is not only an odd-couple movie, but a wicked parody of badass-cop dramas, with all the shattered-glass, car-chase, bomb-exploding pomp glorified by all action pictures since Die Hard.It's the jokes that work best. And there are a ton of them. Most are chuckles, but there are enough gut-busters to make this one of the best comedies since The Hangover. It has the sweet, silly, and somewhat vulgar stamp of Team Ferrell, for sure—writer/director Adam McKay and co-writer Chris Henchy have worked with the SNL alum on various hits like Anchorman, and together launched FunnyorDie.com.“The Other Guys’’ is, at its core, a perceptive satire of the interpersonal boiling points in buddy-cop pictures. The movie works because it feels like its two stars have something they need to get off their chests. Ferrell is experimenting with restraint. His partner clowns around with rage.
Detective Allen Gamble is a forensic accountant who's more interested in paperwork than hitting the streets. Detective Terry Hoitz is a tough guy who has been stuck with Allen as his partner ever since an unfortunate run-in with Derek Jeter. Detectives Danson (Dwayne Johnson) and Highsmith (Samuel L. Jackson) are pursuing a group of drug dealers in a Cadillac Escalade. After a brief firefight that results in the hood of Highsmith's Chevy Chevelle getting blown into the windshield, the two inadvertently crash into the side of a double decker bus. Danson drives it after the robbers and meticulously slingshots the trapped car out the other side of the bus (with Highsmith firing the whole time) and crashing into the Trump Tower, inexplicably surviving. The robbers manage to get away, until police backup quickly arrives and arrests them.
Detective Allen Gamble (Will Ferrell), is a forensic accountant who's more interested in paperwork than hitting the streets. Detective Terry Hoitz (Mark Wahlberg) has been stuck with Allen as his partner ever since shooting Derek Jeter during the 2003 World Series. Allen idolizes Danson and Highsmith, and both of them receive absolutely no respect from the other officers (especially Allen, who is tricked into firing his gun in the office and gets it confiscated, leaving him with a wooden practice gun). During a pursuit of a group of professional bank robbers, Danson and Highsmith die when they jump off a 20-story building into the sidewalk, inexplicably agreeing to aim for bushes that aren't there. Ferrell’s Allen Gamble likes his desk job. The pushing of paper and picking of nits satisfies his nerdy nature. Street crime doesn’t interest him. That’s precisely where his partner, Terry Hoitz (Wahlberg), wants to be. Hoitz is a blunt hothead with an itchy trigger finger. He screams at Gamble for depriving him of the action he so desperately wants. But once they do hit the streets and start cracking the case, they’re a disastrous misalliance. Expensive for New York, but easy summer entertainment for us.
When an opportunity arises for Terry and Allen (the "other guys") to step up, things don't quite go as planned. As things get worse, Allen and Terry are forced to split up. However, Allen still tries to solve the crime on his own even though Terry thinks it is a dead end. He finally gets credible evidence and earns his gun back. Allen finally convinces Terry to rejoin him and as things begin to go well, they both get shot (Terry taking one in the knee and Allen taking one in the shoulder.) However, the police finally come and rescue the two. They believe that the true heroes are the ones who make the world a better place, not the ones who appear in the newspaper or on TV.
The Other Guys is not only an odd-couple movie, but a wicked parody of badass-cop dramas, with all the shattered-glass, car-chase, bomb-exploding pomp glorified by all action pictures since Die Hard.It's the jokes that work best. And there are a ton of them. Most are chuckles, but there are enough gut-busters to make this one of the best comedies since The Hangover. It has the sweet, silly, and somewhat vulgar stamp of Team Ferrell, for sure—writer/director Adam McKay and co-writer Chris Henchy have worked with the SNL alum on various hits like Anchorman, and together launched FunnyorDie.com.“The Other Guys’’ is, at its core, a perceptive satire of the interpersonal boiling points in buddy-cop pictures. The movie works because it feels like its two stars have something they need to get off their chests. Ferrell is experimenting with restraint. His partner clowns around with rage.
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