Nice, guys

Rating: 7/10 (8 July 2017)

The Nice Guys is a pilot episode to a good 90's TV show that never happened. It's also the Thursday evening 90's action movie, which you watch in parts as you flip between the channels on your TV because you can't decide if you want to watch this movie, the show on National Geographic or The Peacekeeper that's just starting.
It is a polished buddy cop action movie with excellent performances from most actors. The little girl who plays the daughter of one of the detectives is adorable. The costumes look good. The camera work is clean, without shaky cam, and the action is appropriately dumb, as it tries to imitate the bad action movies of the 80s and 90s.
However, beyond the basic quality, there is not much to this movie. There is no major depth to any of the characters; there is no central respectable bad guy; the script is not that smart (appropriately of course, as far as 90's action movies go); and there is no big twist. The story is a murder investigation.
I liked the film and I want to see more of these guys. It's time for a good buddy-cop show. But as a one-off, this is somewhat unremarkable.