#Life eddie murphy and martin lawrence new full
With a truck, a full tank of gas, and several hundred of dollars in cash, the two unlikely partners in crime head down South to pick up the load of illegal hooch. But because Spanky doesn't take unpaid debts too lightly, he threatens to have both men 'swimming with the fishes' as repayment.įortunately (or unfortunately, depending on how you look at it), the fast-talking Ray manages to convince Spanky that he and Claude can repay their outstanding tabs with a Mississippi bootlegging run. At first, Ray tries to settle his debts with the club's owner Spanky ( Rick James ) by lifting Claude's wallet- however, Claude has some outstanding debts of his own and has just been relieved of his cash by some other loan sharks. The year is 1932, during the height of the Prohibition, with both men find themselves in the swanky Club Spanky's in New York City. Spanning over a time frame of sixty years, " Life " follows the misadventures of small-time hustler Ray Gibson (Murphy) and straight-laced bank teller Claude Banks (Lawrence). Life?! What do you mean 'life'?! I ain't doin' life! Without enough truly 'laugh out loud' scenes to placate the two comedians' fans, or sufficient narrative depth to interest more seriously-minded audiences, this misbegotten comedy winds up being the equivalent of cinematic junk food- it will satisfy the craving for entertainment for awhile, but will have been forgotten after the lights come back up. This latest teaming of comedians Eddie Murphy (" Holy Man ") and Martin Lawrence (" The Thin Line Between Love and Hate ") since 1992's " Boomerang " never really seems to come together into a cohesive whole, unevenly straddling the line between uproarious comedy and provocative pathos.
Welcome to Mississippi State Prison, where you will be provided with plenty of opportunity to repay your debt to society through hard labor.
#Life eddie murphy and martin lawrence new movie
While the edited version delivers the plot well enough, you'll laugh along with the theatrical version much more.Life Movie Review Movie Review by Anthony Leong © Copyright 1999 I was prompted to write this review having just seen it uncut for the first time. Watch this movie please, and if you've seen it watch it again. Lee Ermey as the racist bad guy was genius too. I've been repeating Bernie Mac's lines and the "cornbread" scene for years.
The rest of the cast is as underappreciated as this movie is in general. Their love-hate "old married couple" bickering will leave you in stitches. They don't do that so much here, but these guys age from mid-20s to 90s convincingly. Murphy with the Nutty Professor characters, demonstrates serious acting ability while creating laughs. While on the surface, Claude and Ray are sentenced to life in prison for a crime they didn't commit, the real story here is about life-the ups and downs, the choices you make, and the friends you sometimes can't stand but ultimately depend upon along the way.īoth Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence became known for, along with being very funny, the characters they create. It certainly is no serious take on a subject that would be all-too serious elsewhere, but the double entendre of the title belies the reason, besides all the talent present, why this film works so well. If you go to the movies to be entertained, it doesn't get much better than this.
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