Solid Buddy action/comedy

Rating: 7/10 (19 May 2016)

Shane Black, the father of Buddy cop movies, returns to write and direct this 1970's action/comedy about private eyes investigating a missing girl who is a person of interest connected to an apparent suicide of a female porn star.
It has everything you would come to expect from the writer of Lethal Weapon, The last boy scout and kiss kiss bang bang: Chemistry between the two leads, dialogue of them bickering, a small case that leads to something much bigger and a insane amount of action make our heroes seem invincible (a trope that is actually acknowledged by one of the leads.)
Ryan Gosling, playing against his usual suave bad-ass type, is hilarious as a bumbling, drunk goofball and Russell Crowe does what he does best, punch the crap out of bad guys.
I recommend not watching the trailer as it gives away some of the film's biggest laughs.