Ride Along

Propose to this cop's sister? Rookie mistake.

After two years of dating, a young man wants to marry his girlfriend, but he needs to get her brother's permission first. The brother, who is a cop, does not think much of him, as he is a video-game-playing underachiever, and so specifies a condition. The two of them will spend 24 hours on patrol in the city, which the cop hopes will expose the suitor's weak spots and chase him off. However, when they find themselves entangled with a notorious drug lord, all skills present are needed to save the day. The film has failed to impress the critics but has been a surprising crowd-pleaser at the US box office.

100 minutes.
No persons under 13 (Language, Violence).
Action, Comedy.

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

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Credits

Cast	Ice Cube, Kevin Hart, John Leguizamo, Bruce McGill, Tika Sumpter, Bryan Callen, Laurence Fishburne
Director	Tim Story
Screenplay	Greg Coolidge, Jason Mantzoukas, Phil Hay, Matt Manfredi
Music	Christopher Lennertz
Cinematography	Larry Blanford
Editing	Craig Alpert
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, Datasat
Made in	2014
Produced by	Cube Vision, LBI Entertainment, Rainforest Films, Universal Pictures

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Action
Language	Frequent but with moderate impact.
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	Frequent, sometimes comical and with a moderate impact
Prejudice	Infrequent, comical and with low impact
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments
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ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross
Guns / Weapons	Profanity	Alcohol / Drugs
Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour
Frightening / Tense Scenes	Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes
Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit 15 +	Positive messages	Positive role models
Violence	Sex	Language
Consumerism	Drinking, drugs, smoking

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus / The Star Theresa Smith Comic twist saves stale cop movie.	5
Die Burger Paul Boekkooi Nes jy verwag: pret met tweemanskap.	10
Metacritic.com 33 critics	8
Rottentomatoes critics 93 critics	8
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Kevin Hart's livewire presence gives Ride Along a shot of necessary energy, but it isn't enough to rescue this would-be comedy from the buddy-cop doldrums.	3
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics	9
CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation	5
What the People say
Internet 7727 Netizens A Not Great, but Enjoyable Ride	13
Average .. 38%	8