Sometimes, I have tolerance for
bad comedies. That’s what happened when I
watched CHiPs.
CHiPs is a buddy cop action
comedy directed, written, and starring Dax Shepard, whom I only know for being
the husband of Kristen Bell (who also plays his wife in the movie), an actress
I’ve adored because of playing the
character Veronica Mars. Shepard
co-stars with Michael Peña (who has proven to be a talented, likable actor in
films like End of Watch, Fury, and Ant-Man) as they respectively play Jon Baker, a former motocross
daredevil who decides to join the California Highway Patrol (CHP) to impress
his wife and fix their marriage, and Frank "Ponch" Poncherello, an
FBI agent working undercover as a CHP officer.
The two become partners and have to set aside their differences and
tolerate each other’s foibles in order to catch a crew of corrupt CHP cops
working as armed robbers.
Being an adaptation of an old cop
TV series of the same name, CHiPs is
obviously trying to replicate the success of 21 Jump Street. However,
though there’s some chemistry between its leads – just like between Channing
Tatum and Jonah Hill in 21 Jump Street
– it doesn’t have the same surprisingly clever, hilarious quality of comedy. It’s simply one of those trashy, middling comedy
films released in every year.
That said, I’m not gonna say that
I wasn’t entertained when I watched it.
I actually was, to a certain degree.
It was because I was in one of those “relaxed and apathetic” moods perfect
for enjoying bad movies. So I had more fun
with it than I should.
CHiPs has some chuckles. But
it only offers the bare minimum of a serviceable comedy film.
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