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Ed Lover, Dr. Dre, Badja Djola, Richard Bright, Ice-T ... see more see more... , Cheryl James , Jim Moody , Rozwill Young , Colin Quinn , Denis Leary , Andre B. Blake , Bill Bellamy , Kim Chan , Karen Duffy , Flavor Flav , Randy Frazier , Garfield , Heavy D , Terrence Howard , Hugh Hurd , Kid Capri , Kris Kross , Glenn Kubota , Queen Latifah , Leaders of the New School , Tony Lip , Joe Lisi , Kurt Loder , Bowlegged Lou , Bernie Mac , John A. MacKay , Vincent Pastore , Roger Robinson , Run DMC , Dennis Vestunis , Yolanda Whittaker , Fab Five Freddy , Maggie Rush , George T. Odom , B-Fine , Gavin J. O'Conner , Jaki Brown-Karman , Ken Ober , Kristen Wilson , Apache , Ashanti

In this comedy, bumbling Harlem barbers Dr. Dre and Ed Lover are shipped off to the police academy by their frustrated boss, Nick (Jim Moody). However, when a crooked land developer threatens to forci... read more read more...bly take over their ex-boss' land, it is up to Dr. Dre and Ed to use their new-found police powers to stop him. A number of well-known rap artists make appearances in this film, including Queen Latifah, Humpty Hump, Kriss Kross, B-Real, and Ice-T. ~ Iotis Erlewine, Rovi

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43% liked it

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R, 2 hr. 4 min.

Directed by: Ted Demme

Release Date: April 23, 1993

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DVD Release Date: January 13, 2004

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  • January 26, 2007
    pretty funny
  • August 27, 2011
    Dennis Leary steals the show.
  • December 15, 2007
    Funny!

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Clint Morris
September 17, 2002
Clint Morris, Moviehole

I don't want to give this film a bad 'rap'...but it really does suck

Leonard Klady
March 26, 2009
Leonard Klady, Variety

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Janet Maslin
May 20, 2003
Janet Maslin, New York Times

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Hal Hinson
January 1, 2000
Hal Hinson, Washington Post

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Roger Ebert
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

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James Berardinelli
January 1, 2000
James Berardinelli, ReelViews

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Brian Tallerico
March 24, 2007
Brian Tallerico, UGO

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Emanuel Levy
August 8, 2005
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

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Leo Goldsmith
June 22, 2004
Leo Goldsmith, Not Coming to a Theater Near You

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Louis Black
January 1, 2000
Louis Black, Austin Chronicle

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