LET’S BE COPS (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Jake Johnson (21 Jump Street), Damon Wayans, Jr. (The Other Guys), Andy Garcia (Ocean’s Eleven), Nina Dobrev (The Perks of Being a Wallflower), Rob Riggle (The Hangover), Keegan-Michael Key (The LEGO Movie), James D’Arcy (Hitchcock), Tom Mardirosian (The Wire), Jon Lajoie (The League), Jwaundace Candece (Scary Movie 5)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Luke Greenfield (The Girl Next Door), director, writer, producer; Nicholas Thomas (Canoga Park), writer; Simon Kinberg (X-Men: Days of Future Past) and Aditya Sood (Oye Hoye Pyar Ho Gaya), producers; Christophe Beck (Frozen) and Jake Monaco (Struck By Lightning), composers; Daryn Okada (Mean Girks), cinematographer; Bill Pankow (The Untouchables) and Jonathan Schwartz (Modern Family), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Ryan (Johnson) and Justin (Wayans, Jr.) are two struggling friends who decide to go to a fancy dress party as cops, and soon become neighbourhood sensations when people mistake them for the real thing. But when they soon find themselves caught up in the world of the mob as well as with corrupt detectives, the two friends must put their fake badges on the line…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Despite the fact that Let’s Be Cops seems to be promoting a major criminal offense – impersonating a policeman – there is promise that hopefully the sheer stupidity of the situation makes for some heavy laughs along the way.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

WEDNESDAY 27TH AUGUST 2014

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