Detectives Jimmy and Paul, despite nine years as partners, can still sometimes seem like polar opposites—especially when Paul's unpredictable antics get them suspended without pay. Already strapped for cash and trying to pay for his daughter's wedding, Jimmy decides to sell a rare baseball card that's worth tens of thousands. Unfortunately, when the collector's shop is robbed and the card vanishes with the crook, Paul and Jimmy end up going rogue, tracking down the card and the drug ring behind its theft, all on their own time and without any backup—except for each other.
Acting
Tracy Morgan's unhinged improv saves every scene he's in.
Direction
Kevin Smith's first non-Smith script — awkward but fascinating.
Director
Kevin Smith
Bruce Willis
Jimmy Monroe
Tracy Morgan
Paul Hodges
Adam Brody
Barry Mangold
Kevin Pollak
Hunsaker
Ana de la Reguera
Gabriela
Guillermo Díaz
Poh Boy
Seann William Scott
Dave
Rashida Jones
Debbie
Jason Lee
Roy
Susie Essman
Laura
Michelle Trachtenberg
Ava
Francie Swift
Pam
Sean Cullen
Captain Romans
Fred Armisen
Russian Lawyer
Cory Fernandez
Juan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bruce Willis allegedly refused to take direction from Smith, creating legendary on-set tension that somehow never made the film interesting.
This was Kevin Smith's failed bid for mainstream legitimacy — he immediately retreated to horror and Jay & Silent Bob afterwards. The baseball card MacGuffin now feels impossibly quaint in the NFT era.
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