**** - Will Ferrell has had a really bad track record with comedy films. Yeah, he does a pretty funny George Bush impression, and he was occasionally funny in some Saturday Night Live skits when he was on that show, but film-wise he has had a long string of really bad, unfunny crap. The only movie that’s even watchable that stars him is “Anchorman” and luckily for 2010’s “The Other Guys” it involves the same writers and director as the only previous Ferrell-based movie that has been any good. Still, his presence doesn’t necessarily instill one with confidence. Another area of this film that is a little unnerving is that it also stars the highly overrated Marky Mark, who has only ever been good in “Boogie Nights”. Those two facts don’t bode well, but Ferrell is actually very funny in a sort of dry straight man role, and Wahlberg is less annoying than he usually is. It also has a lot of really funny lines spewed by lots of well played peripheral characters. The premise is that someone needs to take over for superstar cops Sam Jackson and The Rock - who cause much more damage than they stop - and a busted down cop who once accidentally shot Derek Jeter (Wahlberg) and a benign and cowardly forensic accountant (Ferrell) attempt to take over the mantle. So, it’s pretty much a buddy cop spoof, and it works surprisingly well with almost non-stop laughs.
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