Fake Cops. Real Trouble.|Aug. 13, 2014|USA|104 Min.|R
Genre: Comedy
Description: In Los Angeles, Justin Miller, a struggling video game designer, and Ryan O’Malley, an unemployed former college quarterback, are longtime friends who recall a pact they made: if they hadn’t achieved success by age thirty, they would return to Columbus, Ohio. After leaving a bar, Ryan’s car is hit by an intimidating Albanian gang. Following Justin’s failed pitch for a police-themed video game, Ryan convinces him to wear the police uniforms from his presentation as costumes at their college reunion. Faced with their classmates’ success and their own feelings of failure, they decide to honor their pact. However, they are mistaken for real cops on the street and enjoy the charade, even evicting the Albanian gang from a restaurant where Justin finally catches the attention of Josie, a waitress he likes.
Ryan takes the hoax further by learning official police procedures from YouTube and modifying a used police cruiser to resemble a real LAPD vehicle. Justin reluctantly joins in and begins a relationship with Josie. During their antics, they respond to a real distress call with Patrol Officer Segars. Justin realizes they could face serious jail time if exposed, but Josie calls about a man harassing her at the restaurant. The harasser turns out to be Mossi Kasic, the Albanian gang’s leader, who intimidates the “officers” into inaction.
The friends obtain surveillance equipment from Segars to stake out Mossi, observing him with an unidentified partner who has been investigating Ryan and Justin, believing them to be federal agents. Mossi receives a shipment of crates, and the friends interrogate the delivery driver, Pupa. Josie, an aspiring makeup artist, helps disguise Justin as Pupa to infiltrate Mossi’s club, where Justin is forced to smoke crystal meth and participate in a bare-knuckle boxing match.
Cast director: Nicholas Mastandrea
Cast actor: Jake Johnson, Damon Wayans Jr., Nina Dobrev, Rob Riggle, James D’Arcy, Keegan-Michael Key, Andy García, Natasha Leggero, Jon Lajoie, Tom Mardirosian
Original name: Let’s Be Cops