Movie Information
Overall Rank: 33680
Average Rating: 1.7/4
# of Ratings: 26
Theatrical Release Date: 09/09/2005
Language: English
Genre: Comedy, Action
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Les Mayfield
Actors: Samuel L. Jackson, Eugene Levy, Luke Goss, Miguel Ferrer, Susie Essman, Anthony Mackie
Plot: The unlikely pair of an undercover ATF agent with a bad attitude, who is only liked by his daughter, and a dental equipment salesman join forces to take down an illegal arms dealer.
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1.5/4
Chris Kavan - wrote on 12/02/2007
Generic comedy in almost every way. Even master of cool Samuel L. Jackson looks like he's embarrassed to be in the film. There are so many other good choices out there - skip this for your health.
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Rating of
2.5/4
Good, but not enough laughs for a comedy
The M.O.W. - wrote on 08/01/2008
"Agent Derrick Vann" (Samuel L. Jackson) is a street-wise federal agent with a bad attitude and is not well liked by anybody except his daughter. He is on the hunt of weapons dealer responsible for the murder of his partner, who was on the take.
"Andy Fiddler" (Eugene Levy) is a dental equipment salesman who is in town for a convention, and inadvertently gets directly involved with "Agent Vann's" case when the arms dealer's apparent liaison mistakes him for the undercover ATF agent.
This movie was marketed as a comedy, but the laughs are few and far between. In my opinion, if it were marketed as something other than a comedy it probably would have made more than the $8-million-plus in the US box office.
Also, with Jackson's character being an ATF agent, you would think there …
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