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The line between parody and tribute can be hard to draw, but
any marginally hip baby boomer who ever watched Jack Webb's
straight-laced Detective Joe Friday caught a glimmer of the
comedic vein waiting to be mined beneath Dragnet's
gritty Los Angeles streets. In 1987 moviegoers had yet to be
crushed under the weight of the 1990s TV remake mania, and
Dragnet comes off as fresh and funny. Dan Aykroyd
plays Joe Friday, the straight-arrow nephew of Webb's iconic
cop. This part was made for him (in fact, he's given top
writing credit), and under his steely exterior you can tell
he's having a ball delivering those rapid-fire recitations
of regulations and deadpan expressions of moral outrage. Tom
Hanks plays Pep Streebek, the laissez-faire narco agent who
is Friday's new partner. Their assignment: bust the Pagans,
a wild-and-woolly gang of dope fiends, deadbeats, and
beatniks behind a bewildering array of bizarre robberies.
Hilarity ensues. Friday and Streebek outfox a corrupt
televangelist (Christopher Plummer), bicker over chili dogs
and cigarettes, alternately revile and fawn over a porn
millionaire (Dabney Coleman), wrestle a 30-foot-long
anaconda, and rescue the virgin Connie Swail--the only girl
capable of stealing Friday's heart. --Grant Balfour
Product Description
This comedy send up of the classic crime series delivers
more than just the facts. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca)
Release Date: 05/22/2007 Starring: Dan Aykroyd Tom Hanks Run
time: 106 minutes Rating: Pg13
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