Starsky & Hutch, by William Blinn and five other contributors - 7 out of 10

Starsky & Hutch, by William Blinn and five other contributors 
7 out of 10



It is impossible to dismiss this comedy, even if it is not an unforgettable experience.

In its favor, we have a collection of stars:

Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn, Juliette Lewis, Jason Bateman, Snoop Dog and the hilarious Will Ferrell.

Some of the performances have been les than spectacular, the film being nominated for two Razzie awards, although it is not clear about Ben Stiller and I did not see why Carmen Electra was considered so bad in her role.
Owen Wilson plays Ken Hutchinson and Ben Stiller is David Starsky.

When they are first assigned to work together, their relationship is not started under the best auspices.
Indeed, Starsky seems to be thorough, while Hutch is too relaxed and lazy, to say the least.
They find a corpse in the river and the latter talks about this particular death as the most difficult to investigate, for there are no fingerprints, most of the clues have been washed away.

So he starts poking the dead body, saying that it is better for the river to take it away, so that it would wash up in a different jurisdiction, to let others bother with it.
The villain of the feature is Reese Feldman aka Vince Vaughn, a drug dealer that the couple of detectives wants to jail.

The first attempt is ridiculous and tragic, for they have a tip saying there are drugs in the garage of the seemingly honest man.
Starsky and Hutch come at the bar mitzvah of the daughter of the drug lord, disguised as mimics.

In fact, the talented actors put on a very good show without words, albeit not appreciated by the audience.
They confront after their show the man that is supposed to posses drugs, taking him to the garage which he should open.

Seeing there is no cooperation from the suspect- who points out with reason that he is handcuffed- Starsky starts shooting at the door and opens it.
Alas, a pony is falling down dead inside, killed by the reckless officer.

In order to get information that would lead to the arrest of Reese Feldman, the team of disgraced investigators travels to the prison where Big Earl aka Will Ferrell is serving a sentence.
This scene is one of the most amusing in the whole film.

For Big Earl is asking all sorts of outre favors in exchange for evidence.
He first wants to see Hutch's belly button.

Then, the blonde detective has to turn his back and then look in anger, like a...dragon!
Finally, the two investigators are asked to perform some more weird sexual games.

Furthermore, their superior officer and presumably all the precinct is able to see the games as they have been recorded by surveillance cameras...
Starsky was asked to ride Hutch in front of the mischievous Big Earl...

Starsky and Hutch is not overwhelming, but fun...
Well, at least at some moments.