The Other Guys

I was really looking forward to seeing The Other Guys based on what looked a promising trailer.

While I'm not a fan of Will Ferrell, aside from his awesome turn in Stranger Than Fiction, I am partial to what Mark Wahlberg does and I was anticipating a witty action-comedy.

I didn't get one.

Sure there was action, especially brilliant early on with the ridiculous antics of hero cops Highsmith (Samdel L. Jackson) and Danson (Dwayne Johnson). But once the two police idols met an untimely, and pretty ridiculous, demise the comedy didn't really continue.
Ferrell plays forensic accountant and reluctant cop Allen Gamble while Wahlberg is his desperate-to-be-a-real-cop partner Terry Hoitz. Despite having all the skills of a competent cop, Hoitz's career stalled when he shot a pro baseballer, leaving him frustrated and eager to get his chance.

When Gamble stumbles upon a 'real case' involving a conman billionaire (Steve Coogan) and a plot to embezzle a fortune he brings Hoitz along for the ride.
The closer they get to some hard evidence the more reluctant their Captain (Michael Keaton) is to help them out as all sorts of heavyweights put pressure on him. The Captain also has an inexplicable habit of quoting TLC lyrics.

Anyway, it's all pretty much a shemozzle from there. You meet Gamble's wife (Eva Mendes), whom Hoitz slobbers all over and pretty much hits on in front of him, and find out that Gamble was once a pimp at college and that's why he such a straight lace these days.

There are some laughs, but it all seems disjointed and someone, I'm not sure which one, is miscast. It looks good on the trailer but I can't go higher than 5.5 out of 10.