James Payton is a gruff Atlanta cop determined to bring down Omar, a crime boss who is so secretive that many doubt he really exists. Ben Barber is a school security guard who spends his free time playing video games... he is also living with Payton's sister and hopes to marry her. Barber successfully applies to the Police Academy so Payton invites him to spend a day with him learning what it means to be a cop... hoping that it will lead to him changing his mind. He asks the dispatcher to send him to the most annoying calls; asking bikers to move from a handicapped parking zone, dealing with a drunk in a market and asking a child to divulge the whereabouts of his criminal brother. A stop at a shooting range provides an unexpected lead to Omar. Before the day is over things are going to get far more dangerous than either man expected.This isn't the greatest of police comedies but it still provides a decent number of laughs and a solid enough central story. Ice T and Kevin Hart are fun as Payton and Barber; two very contrasting characters. It is very easy to believe that Payton really doesn't like his prospective brother in law... admittedly Barber is one of those characters who are amusing in a film but would be infuriating in real life. It is Hart who brings most of the laughs as Barber gets caught up in events that he doesn't really understand. The action is decent enough with a fun little car chase at the start and a good shootout and explosion at the end. There aren't too many surprises but that isn't really a problem as the hunt for Omar is there so we can see our protagonists in a dangerous situation rather than just the early 'Code 126' annoying callouts. Overall this certainly isn't up there with the likes of 'Beverly Hills Cop' or 'Lethal Weapon' but it is better than some of their sequels... not a must see but fun if you enjoy the genre.

This is a movie that I was not particularly excited to see. I did not hear much about it at all. All I knew about it is that it is a buddy-cop movie, that follows a very generic structure, which turns into a very predictable movie.Kevin Hart plays a rookie police academic who, in order to prove his worthiness to his girlfriends brother, played by Ice Cube, has to go on a ride along. That's the basic plot of the movie, and it is one which is not anything new. That's the thing about this movie, it is something that most of us have seen before, and honestly, it wasn't even very funny. I found it mildly amusing though, mostly due to the chemistry between Hart and Ice Cube, which was good enough to keep me entertained. Laurence Fishburne also plays quite well in this film.The jokes were not terrible, they just weren't very funny, I did laugh at one or two moments, but that was it. Overall it was OK. It wasn't great or terrible, but just OK. If you're ever bored with nothing to do and feel like watching a buddy cop movie, by all means, watch it, but don't expect anything great.

I'm starting to become a real Kevin Hart fan. After watching Get Hard, and now Ride Along, I'm starting to see what the hype is about him. He is just plain hilarious, doesn't take himself too seriously and his range of facial expressions and the energy he brings to the characters he plays is just fantastic. In this movie, he plays Ben, a high school security guard who dreams of one day becoming a cop. He plans to marry his long term girlfriend, Angela, and to do this, he needs a blessing from her brother, James (Ice Cube), who happens to be a detective in the Atlanta PD. The stern James, who is overprotective of his sister (successfully breaking into her house more than once in the movie!), heavily dislikes Ben, who he doesn't take seriously. Wanting to get rid of him, he decides to take him a police ride-along to show him what it's really like to be a cop... hilarity and ridiculous situations ensue.Somewhat original idea for a plot, some half-assed writing with obvious plot holes and ridiculous situations that are hardly believable, but the Kevin Hart steals the show. He is hilarious. Paired with the tough and serious Ice Cube, they make a truly dynamic duo. Ride Along is hilarious. Not the best comedy movie I've ever seen, but still a good laugh nonetheless.

Ben wants to marry James' sister, but the later simply doesn't like him. So James gives Ben an opportunity to impress him. He takes him to ride along with him for a day at his police patrol. You would think that a movie with Ice Cube and Kevin Hart would have been simply hilarious. But its not. Its a good movie, don't get me wrong, its just that you get the feeling while watching it, that, even though Hart is giving his one hundred percent to his character, Ice Cube is just way off. He seems rather bored. So, thanks to Hart the movie is partly funny, but mostly action, police style. The two of them are riding around the city trying to solve a mystery and catch the bad guy. There are some twists and some good and clever lines, but in the end, it's lucking of something, maybe good chemistry between the two main characters. So 4 out of 10.