Titreenp SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?

Lumsdal Good , But It Is Overrated By Some

Motompa Go in cold, and you're likely to emerge with your blood boiling. This has to be seen to be believed.

Kayden This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

elshikh4 (George Gallo) loves the buddy movie's formula, so am I. Whatever the genre of the movie he writes, crime, action, comedy, in most cases he masters making it through 2 guys, who their differences annoy each other, producing a running irony that proves nothing but the fact of the opposite attracts, or – most importantly – that 2 incomplete people separately may mean complete one together. (Wise Guys – 1986), (Midnight Run – 1988), (Trapped in Paradise – 1994) with a buddy divided into 2, (Bad Boys – 1995) which he wrote only its story, and (Double Take – 2001) are examples from (Gallo)'s career. According to that list it's clear that he loves the formula and he's good at it too.Although this round it sounds like a mix of (Midnight Run), with the insane talkative cop of (Bad Boys), let alone that there are many known-by-heart tricks (framing the good guy, chasing him, kidnapping the girl, dirty cops and the happy end), but eventually it managed to score high as original action comedy.The ironic differences between the 2 leads enjoyed me very, as one urbane sophisticated rich, and one vulgar wild street-hustler. The character of (Eddie Griffin) was fresh; it remained unpredictable in a lovely way. Switching characters was creative. And the dog touch was cute. The events were unpredictable too, especially the whole second act in the desert, and the couple of twists near the end. I liked moments like the dancing match between the 2 leads, and the last scene with the Bond's devise used wrongly. The action scenes have been done perfectly. The image was hot exactly like the pace. And it's wonderful to know that it's directed by the scriptwriter (Gallo) himself. It seems that he can be notable action director.I'm not fond of (Griffin), he's always loud with heavy profanity, and hence he made the matter of being "undercover brother" totally unconvincing (So how about turning into James Bond at the end as well ?!). Yet, I must admit, he – despite all of that – was relatively funny, and with vague, always surprising, character there was even more fun. I have always believed that (Orlando Jones) is whether underrated actor or the unluckiest of them all. He can play comedy, stealing the lights from everybody; as he did in (Evolution - 2001). And he can play the serious part, with mimicking its opposite finely, as in here. So why he isn't a star yet, cashing millions as Tom Cruse for low instance ?! It's your typical delicious sandwich, however from another restaurant. And the result is nearly the same ingredients, a bit different taste, with the same treat. Here's the professor of the course teaches us how to remake the same with new plot and different characters, and be fresh and entertaining; well, that's the craft's creativity. It just kills me that his next script, for the same formula, would be (The Whole Ten Yards – 2004), where he lost being entertaining rather bearable !

MovieAddict2016 I caught this during a weekend afternoon on Comedy Central and was pleasantly surprised. I expected an insulting and stupid buddy movie, but found myself somewhat entertained. I guess that's the point, anyway - it's not high art; just an amusing, OK film that has a few good jokes and amiable enough performances.Orlando Jones plays a Harvard-educated lawyer who becomes involved in a murder conspiracy. He decides to make a run for Mexico to meet the only person who believes him at a rendezvous point - but along the way runs into authorities and, in an effort to ditch them, switches identities with an apparently homeless druggie (played by Eddie Griffin).The two men essentially play each other for the duration of the film - Griffin pretending to be a high-class black man and the educated black male stereotype pretending to be a loud-mouth black stereotype.Is this movie racist? I wouldn't say that. But it does rely on many stereotypes. Nevertheless, it comes across as passable due to the amusing performances and pace of the movie.It's nothing great, but it helped me pass the time on a dreary afternoon.

daboy An all around great movie. It was clever in the way Orlando Jones and Eddie Griffith switched characters and the jokes were all solid. There was a lot of depth to the characters that you usually don't get from comedies. A must see. Avoid Undercover Brother! See this instead.

Threeman Director George Gallo penned MIDNIGHT RUN, one of the very best action / buddy-buddy pictures ever to have graced our screens. More than ten years on, and this feels like an ill-advised and incredibly anaemic imitation. The lead characters here are marginally appealing, but as the script races on at breakneck speed and virtually collapses under the number of twists, they are given precious room to develop and engage our sympathies. It all feels so very daft and inconsequential in the final analysis. A time-filler at best, but in the context of MIDNIGHT RUN, also a considerable letdown.