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Saturday, Dec. 27
The Indiana Daily Student

Reno 911:Miami Grade: B Extras:C

For the easily entertained

You don't have to be a fan of the TV show to enjoy this movie.\nIn Reno 911: Miami, the gang of idiotic Nevada cops travel to Florida for a police convention. But when a terrorist attack threatens all the officers there except for the Reno gang, they're called upon to fight Miami crime and save the convention.\nYou can only describe this movie one way: ridiculous. Whether it's when the force tries to pistol whip a rooster and then handcuff that same rooster, when Deputy Travis Junior (Ben Garant) takes a whisky bomb in Pepto Bismol, when the entire gang gets caught fornicating themselves through their hotel windows or when they engage in a high-speed golf-cart chase, it all screams ridiculous. But it's ridiculously funny. \nThis is a very efficient movie that has plenty of adult jokes directed toward a college crowd. It also only runs 86 minutes, making it one of the shortest movies you will ever see. But its length is just right. Any more and it would have been overdrawn. Any less and it would just have been a glorified, extended TV episode. \nAlso, the way the movie is pieced together really fits the overall theme of the movie: ridiculous. It looks like it was put together by shuffling the scenes like playing cards intertwined with just enough basic plot ideas to tie it all together at the end. However, it's that type of randomness that keeps the movie unpredictable.\nThe extras, on the other hand, are hit and miss. The directors cut didn't really provide any insightful information about the movie, and the extended scenes were overkill on already perfectly timed jokes. A series of Public Service Announcements for moviegoers from the Reno gang were the highlight, but a gag reel would have really saved this potpourri of random extras. \nAll in all, this movie is definitely worth the short time it takes to watch, and I recommend it to anyone who has an hour and a half to kill.

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