Shawn Watson I feel the need to watch a lot of comedies these days as my mood is often grumpier and more irritable than Ice Cube (in general, not just every character he plays). Don't get me wrong, I can enjoy stupid humor and low-brow comedy just as much as any genuinely moronic and slovenly mouth-breathing member of Joe Public, but Ride Along is bottom-of-the-barrel stuff.The "buddy cop" sub-genre is apparently alive and well, despite the 1980s being a distant memory. Kevin Hart is a feckless school security guard who dreams of being a real cop. In order to impress his girlfriend's overprotective big brother (the Cube) he agrees to a ride-along for a day, unaware that he's being set up for humiliation. But his convenient geekiness just so happens to help solve an important case involving a local crime boss. Honestly, the plot is so thin it could be written on the back of a postage stamp and Tim Story (an ironic surname, for sure) seems to have learned nothing since his days directing Taxi, allowing his stars to improvise to save the weak scripted material. It doesn't work.Set in the cheap, tax-break city of Atlanta, the movie looks ugly, not just because of the non-cinematic locations but because Tim Story has no idea how to use a 2.35:1 frame and photographer Larry Blanford uses the unfortunate modern aesthetic of hard contrast with oversaturated colors instead of creating an atmosphere in-camera. It's shot in amamorphic Panavision, but you'll never notice as it is so flat and nasty looking.Kevin Hart is funny but this is not a good vehicle for him. It made a lot of money, hence the sequel, but I honestly thought that this sub-genre died with the painfully unfunny Showtime back in 2002 (Remember that? No?). If you've seen one, you've seen the other, you've seen them all.Always, always, always be ex-treme-ly weary and cynical of movies that have outtakes over the end credits.I should have just watched Dragnet.

Dominic LeRose A strong and skilled cop is forced to work with an unskilled misfit who causes everything to go wrong. This has been done by mainstream Hollywood hundreds of times, this time passing on the torch to Kevin Hart. This is yet another laugh-less comedy with garbage writing from two unfunny actors. This is just a flat-out bad movie.

pepe4u22 went to this movie and it advertised itself as an action comedy and it hits the mark. this movie is filled with many laughs some terrific actions scenes and I was entertained which I feel is the most important part of any movie. the chemistry between the leads is what makes this movie rise above the standard movie in this genre and I laughed at so many scenes like the kevin hart dealing with the various 126 calls along with the hospital scenes and him using his blackhammer schtick. ice cube plays a great straight man to kevin hart's character but I will point out one truly funny scene and that is the scene with kevin hart dealing the young man thinking of skipping school it was a riot. so if you want to just laugh and eat some popcorn this movie is for you.

phoenix 2 Ben wants to marry James' sister, but the later simply doesn't like him. So James gives Ben an opportunity to impress him. He takes him to ride along with him for a day at his police patrol. You would think that a movie with Ice Cube and Kevin Hart would have been simply hilarious. But its not. Its a good movie, don't get me wrong, its just that you get the feeling while watching it, that, even though Hart is giving his one hundred percent to his character, Ice Cube is just way off. He seems rather bored. So, thanks to Hart the movie is partly funny, but mostly action, police style. The two of them are riding around the city trying to solve a mystery and catch the bad guy. There are some twists and some good and clever lines, but in the end, it's lucking of something, maybe good chemistry between the two main characters. So 4 out of 10.