San Diego Police detective Michael Dooley (Jim Belushi) is sure that he's getting close when a helicopter gunman blows up his car. His girlfriend Tracy has had enough. He is told that it's drug lord Ken Lyman (Kevin Tighe). He gets a police dog as his partner. Sgt. Brannigan (Ed O'Neill) gives him Jerry Lee, a smart independent dog.
There isn't much to this buddy cop movie. Belushi plays the traditional wild and irreverent cop. Jerry Lee is his smarter, doggier partner. It's not quite as stupid and jokey as expected but it does lean on the broad cop movie tropes. It's too simple to make fun of Belushi. He develops a nice love-hate relationship with the dog. There simply aren't any great laughs. It's tough when jokes fall flat.
There isn't much to this buddy cop movie. Belushi plays the traditional wild and irreverent cop. Jerry Lee is his smarter, doggier partner. It's not quite as stupid and jokey as expected but it does lean on the broad cop movie tropes. It's too simple to make fun of Belushi. He develops a nice love-hate relationship with the dog. There simply aren't any great laughs. It's tough when jokes fall flat.