{"id":1134271,"date":"2026-02-04T02:41:52","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T02:41:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/?p=529511"},"modified":"2026-02-04T02:41:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T02:41:52","slug":"the-rocks-career-still-hasnt-lived-up-to-the-magic-of-the-other-guys-first-15-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-rocks-career-still-hasnt-lived-up-to-the-magic-of-the-other-guys-first-15-minutes\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rock\u2019s career still hasn\u2019t lived up to the magic of The Other Guys\u2019 first 15 minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dwayne \u201cThe Rock\u201d Johnson<\/a> is the biggest movie star in the world. And even on the off chance that\u2019s not true anymore<\/a>, he\u2019s still pretty insistent that it is<\/a>. But for all the ways that Johnson has turned himself into a Hollywood megastar, the truth is that none of the action blockbusters he\u2019s made in the last 15 years have come close to the highs he hit in the first 15 minutes of the 2010 action comedy The Other Guys<\/em>, which leaves Netflix this Friday. <\/p>\n

The Other Guys<\/em> is an action comedy mostly starring Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg as two hapless cops thrown into the deep end of a dangerous case. But the best part of the movie \u2014 no matter how much you like the rest \u2014 is the first 15 minutes, which are more like a straightforward action movie featuring the badass cops who were supposed to take the case, played by Johnson and Samuel L. Jackson. It effectively communicates the reason our two heroes are the \u201cother guys\u201d \u2014 Jackson and Johnson play the platonic ideal of action heroes, superheroes without capes who can catch any bad guy and defy death seven days a week\u2026 until the moment they don\u2019t. Then, the whole world is suddenly stuck with their bumbling idiot replacements. It\u2019s a great setup for comedy.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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