Ryan (Jake Johnson) and Justin (Damon Wayans Jr.) are two 30-year-old guys, best friends and roommates, trying to figure out their lives and how to be successful in the big city of L.A. Things dramatically change for the struggling roomies when they attend a costume party dressed as police officers. On their way home from the party they get a lot of attention from women, and finally feel a sense of confidence and control as they strut around in their uniforms. This gradually becomes an everyday event, however things get complicated when they get involved with a gang of Russian drug lords and their fake lives as police officers becomes a reality.

Rating: 2  out of 5 buckets
Release Date: November 11, 2014
MPAA Rating: R
Best Age Group: 17+
Sexual Content: Moderate
Violent Content: Excessive
Crude or Profane Language: Excessive
Drugs and Alcohol: Moderate
Will it Appeal to kids/ teens? Yes

Talking Points:

Besides all the crude humor in the film, there is a nice message about friendship. Justin and Ryan look out for each other, they discover it’s friendships that help people become who they want to be.

This is an R-rated  film, one that a lot pre-teens want to see. Parents need to be aware of the excessive violence, crude language and sexual references throughout the film. See details below.

Sexual Content: Moderate

• We see a naked obese man, front side and back.
• A woman takes off her top, we see her bare back.
• A woman, showing a lot of cleavage, tries to entice Ryan to have a sexual encounter.
• At a bar a group of woman think that Ryan and Justin are strippers. Ryan begins to dance and remove his clothes, then some women tell him they want to have sex.

Violent Content:  Moderate

• There are a lot of gun shots and intense fights. Characters are punched in the face, shot at and some beaten to death.
• Ryan is tied down to a table and tortured by villains.
• Justin and Ryan wrap plastic wrap around a man, then proceed to put his head under the kitchen sink.

Crude or Profane Language: Excessive

• The f-word was said continuously throughout the film, along with “d–n,” “b–ch,”  “h–,” “a–,” and “a-hole.”  Also, sexual words referring to male and female body parts such as, “d–k,” “p—y,” and “balls.”

Drugs and Alcohol: Moderate

• Characters are shown smoking marijuana and crystal meth. We also see characters drinking beer and wine at bars and parties.

Will it Appeal to kids/ teens? Yes

Overall “Let’s Be Cops” is an action packed film with some sexual references woven throughout.  As I previously mentioned, parents need to be aware of the excessive violence and profane language.