War on Everyone (John Michael McDonagh, 2016)

Roughly Starsky & Hutch put through a Bad Lieutenant filter, what we have here is two wise-cracking corrupt cops who, in between cracking skulls and getting drunk, philosophise on random topics in the manner of men learning a page of an encyclopedia every day. It's quite convinced that its irreverence is a colossal virtue and, granted, that does keep you watching, but the duo are nowhere near as charming as they should be to justify rooting for them. It's to The Nice Guys what Family Guy is to The Simpsons, a grossed-out derivative with added pop culture references, though the comparison falls down in that Family Guy frequently hits the comic sweet spot too in a way that its predecessor couldn't. War on Everyone makes do with just offending more minorities and sensibilities instead.

4/10