2017 · action · comedy · crime
CHiPs
Directed by Dax Shepard1h 41m2017
The adventures of two California Highway Patrol motorcycle officers as they make their rounds on the freeways of Los Angeles.
Our read: CHiPs (2017) reads as a neutral, breathless, grounded action · comedy · crime entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, breathless, measured action / comedy, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- kinetic
- intense
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How CHiPs feels to watch.
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What watching it is actually like.
“You want R-rated buddy-cop parody with motorcycle stunts and zero gravitas.”
Skip it tonight — Crass humor and weak action cannot save a nostalgia cash-in.
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