Ride Along (2014) is a movie that I recently watched for the first time in a long time on HBOMAX. The storyline follows a young man who wants to take his education, Call of Duty experience and will and apply it to becoming a police officer. Fortunate for him his brother in-law is a police officer...who can't stand him. The two brothers in-laws decide to do a ride along to see if becoming a police officer is in the cards for the Call of Duty expert.
This movie is directed by Tim Story (Barber Shop) and stars Ice Cube (Friday), Kevin Hart (Central Intelligence), John Leguizamo (Spawn), Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix), Gary Owen (Meet the Blacks), Bruce McGill (Animal House) and Tika Sumpter (Sonic the Hedgehog).
This movie did have a fairly original storyline and well put together plots and sub plots. The writing is actually pretty good and how they worked video games into the storyline consistently made me smile. The comedic content is hit or miss, but it's funnier than it gets credit for. Hart was actually pretty good and the chemistry between him and Ice Cube was perfect. The opening video game scene with Hart and Shumpter was hilarious. The action scenes were pretty funny and the soundtrack was excellent.
Overall, this was an above average addition to the comedy genre that's definitely worth a watch. I would score this a 6.5-7/10 and recommend seeing it once.
