Starsky & Hutch (2004)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 2004
	Director: Todd Phillips (The Hangover 1-3)
	Actors: Ben Stiller (Mystery Men), Owen Wilson (Zoolander), Snoop Dogg, Fred Wiliamson (The Inglorious Bastards, From Dusk till Dawn), Vince Vaughn (Dodgeball), Juliette Lewis (From Dusk till Dawn), Jason Bateman (Horrible Bosses 1-2)
	Country: USA
	Genre: Action, Comedy
	Conditions of visioning: 27.05.2015, HD VOD, Home cinema
Synopsis: David Starsky (Stiller) and Ken Hutchinson (Wilson) are two cops with opposite characters who will become partner and investigate a drug deal.
Review: Adapted from the TV-series that became famous for showing for the first time "buddy cops" and that remained known thanks to its inimitable 70's style, including of course the red Ford Grand Torino with the white stripe. I had seen the movie when it went out and I remembered it to be closer to the series, while it is in fact a "Ben Stiller parody" in the line of Zoolander or Dodgeball. The investigation is not really the heart of the story, more of an excuse to place our duo in different situations that will turn funny. Anyway who could take seriously a bad guy played by Vince Vaughn with moustache, a snitch played by Snoop Dogg or a police commissioner played by the exploitation icon Fred Williamson? Without forgetting Will Ferrell (Elf) as dragon-fetishist inmate. And when you put in the middle of that the extreme characters of the two partners (one strictly applying the law to the letter, the other going around it to make profit), you get a slightly stupid comedy that will get a few laughs out of you if it is your kind of movie, like it did for me.
Rating: 6 /10