Twelve-year-old Kareem Manning hires a criminal to scare his mom's new boyfriend -police officer James Coffee - but it backfires, forcing Coffee and Kareem to team up in order to save themselves from Detroit's most ruthless drug kingpin.
It's almost astonishing how unfunny this movie is, given the talents of stars Ed Helms, playing a bumbling cop, and Taraji P. Henson, as the single mom he's dating. Her 12-year-old son and the adult characters hurl insults and comebacks that grow more explicit and ever more off-putting. - One and a half stars