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Starsky & Hutch (PG) Opens Apr 15 Cast: Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn That 70's Show By Wong Kee Soon · UrbanWire
But for now the comedic duo portrays the uncommon good-cop-bad-cop pairing of Dave Starsky (Ben Stiller) and Ken 'Hutch' Hutchinson (Owen Wilson). The only difference is that both characters seem equally bad that it makes the story good. Starsky and Hutch was a popular TV cop show in the late 70s that was either seen by many as either a great example of a buddy-show or one with a homosexual undertone, even without the help of the Barry Manilow 'Can't Smile Without You' theme song. Just ask Paul Michael Glaser and David Soul, the original Starsky and Hutch respectively, who have cameos in this TV-to-movie remake. Set in Bay City, California like the TV series, Starsky is an uptight and law-abiding cop who treats his red and white 1976 Ford Torino like his lover. He's anal about keeping it in perfect condition, even to the extent of pleading to a bad guy to aim away from his vehicle even though he's hiding behind it in a shootout. In a complete reversal of character, Hutch is suave and good-looking and he flirts dangerously with the law though he's a cop. A defining scene that summarises their characters is the discovery of a dead body on the beach. Starsky immediately whips out his tape recorder to record evidential information on the corpse whereas Hutch points out that if they pushed the body back into the water another police department might find it instead and ease their investigation duties.
Making a surprising cameo is funnyman Will Ferrell as a hairnet-wearing jailbird with homosexual tendencies. He delivers the laughs when Big Earl makes Starsky and Hutch get into strange and compromising positions for his viewing pleasure in exchange for information they wanted. Director Todd Philips probably has made his casting choices easier when he picked some of the actors he had worked with in his previous movies. Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn and Juliette Lewis were all in Old School and Amy Smart was in Road Trip. In comparison to Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson's earlier works, Starsky & Hutch is probably their most exciting and funny movie since 2002's Oscar-nominated The Royal Tenenbaums. If Will Smith and Martin Lawrence's Bad Boys were set in the 70s and you stripped away explosions and cool gadgetry, Starsky & Hutch is probably what you'll get. Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars The
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