HIGH school security guard Ben Barber (Kevin Hart) is a videogame junkie, who has been romancing his girlfriend Angela (Tika Sumpter) for two years.

Her brother James (Ice Cube) is a highly decorated detective in the Atlanta Police Department, who thinks Ben is unworthy of Angela’s affections. In order to prove himself, Ben applies to join the police academy and against the odds, he is accepted. With the help of detective buddies Santiago (John Leguizamo) and Miggs (Bryan Callen), James concocts a cunning plan to jettison Ben from his life forever: he invites the unsuspecting rookie on a 24-hour patrol of the city with the intention of throwing his inexperienced partner into explosive situations that will end in humiliation. The plan works a treat, until Ben’s nerdy videogame knowledge uncovers a clue that could lead to the most notorious criminal in the city.

Neither as hilarious as it should be, nor as thrilling as it could be, Ride Along is a buddy comedy that shifts lazily through the gears as its protagonists clash during a hare-brained patrol of Atlanta. The 100-minute running time drags and the resolution to the animosity strains credibility and our patience.

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