The 10 best buddy cop moments in histroy

It’s no great secret that the buddy cop movie is the best genre of all time, and those wacky yet dynamic duo movies have produced some of the most memorable moments in movie history. There’s nothing like two cops with decidedly different styles, and ethnicities coming together for a common goal. Before I jump right into the list, I think I should explain the rules first. What qualifies as a ‘buddy cop’ movie? I have given this a lot of thought, and really the characters don’t even have to be cops, as long as one of them has some loose affiliation with law enforcement. The characters must be complete opposites of echo her in terms of personality, yet find a way to bond with each other and crack the case. There doesn’t have to be an ethnicity barrier, but it seems to help.

10) I-SPY: Owen Wilson is breaking into Arnold gundars office to prove that he is in possession of, and selling a top-secret spy plane. Wilson is getting the job done when K.O Kelly Robinson (Edie Murphy) enter the office and sets off the laser security system. Special agent Alex Scott (Wilson) tries to get Robinson to put on a burglar mask:

Robinson: “Hey what’s this? It looks like a sock.”
Alexander Scott: “It’s a secret spy mask.”
Robinson: “Hey man, this is a sock!”

The hilarity continues on a long and very, very humorous chase scene. Another scene worth mention is when Kelly Robinson is being tested and captured by Special Agent Rachael Wright. Wright has Robinson tied to chair when she orders one of her henchmen to cut off Robinson’s penis, to which he responds: “Cut his penis off, how do you open up with that, whatever happened to ruff a guy up a little?”

9) Lethal Weapon 3: Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson) gets ready to pull Roger Murtah (Danny Glover) off of a bobby trapped toilet. The two have a very amusing conversation about whether they will go on3, or 1,2,3 then go.

8)Showtime: Officer Terry Sellers (Eddie Murphy) mimics the stiff monotone Det. Mitch Peterson (Robert Deniro) as they film a commercial for their reality cop show. Sellers says what Mitch is trying to spit out; “coming to you Friday nights at eight,” in a funny retarded voice.

This is a very funny movie that never got the respect it deserved as a comedy; Eddie Murphy never fails to make you laugh.

7) Midnight Run: Jack Walsh (Robert Deniro) is trying to get Johnathan Mardukas (Charles Grodan) to board an airplane.

Jonathan Mardukas: “It means I can’t fly. I also suffer from acrophobia, and claustrophobia.”
Jack Walsh: “I’ll tell you what, if you don’t cooperate, you’re gonna suffer from fistophobia.”

This is another hilarious film that not enough people remember. Another noteable scene occurs much later in the film, while rideing in the box car of a train. Deniro’s character is mad at Mardukas and will not speak to him, so Mardukas (Charles Grodan) has a conversation by himself, playing both him and Jack Walsh in the same rude sarcastic manner Walsh usually speaks to him.

6) The Last Boy scout: Joe Hallenbeck (Bruce Willis) and Jimmy Dix (Damon Wayans) are in a car chase, trying to catch a vehicle they believe has a case with a bomb in it on board. Dix makes a crude drawing of a bomb, and holds it up to the window at the other car:

Joe Hallenbeck: “Now what are you doing?”
Jimmy Dix: “I’m drawing them a picture.”
Joe Hallenbeck: “What is it?”
Jimmy Dix: “It’s a bomb.”
Joe Hallenbeck: “It doesn’t look like a bomb, it looks like an apple with lines coming out of it. What are they gonna say, “don’t open the briefcase its full of fresh fruit?”

Another underrated movie, that is absolutely chock full of funny snappy one liners, and great action.

5) Die hard 3: John McClain (Bruce Willis) has to stand in harlem wearing a sign that says ‘I hate Ni@$%rs ‘ this is where he meets Zeus (Samuel L. Jackson) for the very first time, as he helps keeps McClain from getting killed by some street kids. Zeus talks John into pretending like he just escaped form a mental hospital, which he isn’t to keen on, until one of the kids throws a switchblade at him, then McClain gets very much into the crazy role.

4) Beverly Hills Cop 2: Arguably one of the best sequels of all time, Beverly Hills cop had been among the first films to take a stab at being really funny, while their action very serious. In this favorite scene Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy), Det. William ‘Billy’ Rosewood’ (Judge Reinhold), and Sergeant Taggart (John Ashton) have cracked the code for the alphabet crime and are racing to the scene of the robbery. The scene is tense, and among the most well made scenes in the history of action films, but never too tense for some funny banter between Foley and his Beverly Hills counterparts.


Rosewood runs a red light] Sergeant Taggart: It's red! It's red! Billy Rosewood: It's green! [He hits another car] Billy Rosewood: All right, it was red. Axel Foley: It was yellow! (Screaming from the backseat)

3) Lethal Weapon: One of the original buddy cop pictures, in this unforgettable scene Roger Murtah (Danny Glover) and Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson) have both been captured by the bad guys. Murtah is being beaten in a chair, as the bad guys think he has information they want, in the mean time Riggs (in a different room) has escaped. McAllister (main bad guy) is beating Murtah and says; “come on’ threes no hero’s left in the world son,” when Riggs busts in shooting McAllister’s henchmen. Riggs: “who’s next? McAllister? Who’s Fu^$@g next!”

This original Weapon film was chock full of great moments, and it’s funny to watch it again now because you forget what a serious film the original was. All of the series were semi-serious, but the original was really quite edgy with Riggs being potentially suicidal. There is one very, good scene where Murtah challenges Riggs to blow his own brains out, and he almost does it, its very dramatic, and an awesome acting job by Mel Gibson.
2) 48 Hours: Eddie Murphy rousts a red neck bar. Reggie Hammond (Eddie Murphy) takes Jack Cates badge and gun to roust a bar full of hillbillies; Cates (Nick Nolte) is in the background but doesn’t participate.

Reggie Hammond: You start running a respectful business and I won't have to come in here and hassle you every night. You know what I mean? [to the bar patrons]
Reggie Hammond: And I want the rest of you cowboys to know something, there's a new sheriff in town. And his name is Reggie Hammond. So Y'all be cool. Right on.

Not only does this funny scene showcase the comedic talents of Eddie Murphy, but it is also one of the most memorable scenes in movie history. Also funny is moments before this scene Hammond tried to order a drink at the bar, to which the redneck barkeep suggests he has a black Russian.

Reggie Hammond: “Ha, ha. I get it, I’m black.”

1) Rush Hour: Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker sign war. When Chief Inspector Lee (Jackie Chan) and Detective James Carter (Chris Tucker) are on a stakeout they get very bored, and Lee starts trying to sign the song ‘war.’ James Carter can’t stand to listen to Lee’s version of the song, and begins tutoring him on finer points of signing with soul, and dancing. Soon enough Lee is teaching Carter how to take a gun from a suspect, and the bonding begins.

Maybe I have never been so pleasantly surprised in my life at a film, as when I saw Rush hour in the theatre. The ‘war’-bonding bonding scene is truly the best moment in buddy cop history.

COMING SOON: A great undertaking in the works, boys and girls. I will attempt to list the twenty greatest 'scenes' in movie history! I kow, it is a big project and very advantageous of me, but I promise you it will not affect my normal array of witty jokes, and irreverant humor.