Starring: Philip Akin, Carrie Cain-Sparks, Matt Cooke, Rachael Crawford, Neville Edwards Average Rating: Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: DVD Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Label: New Line Home Video Number of Items: 1 Region Code: 1 Release Date: January 17, 2006 Running Time: 83 minutes Theatrical Release Date: September 09, 2005
Description: A case of mistaken identity forces a Federal agent (Jackson) and a dental supply salesman (Levy) to team up as they speed through the streets of Detroit to pull off a sting operation and solve the murder of the agent's former partner.
DVD Features: Deleted Scenes Gag Reel Theatrical Trailer
Amazon.com: Eugene Levy is the quintessential milquetoast white guy and Samuel L. Jackson is the definitive badass black dude. The producers of The Man calculated that the collision of their innate racial qualities would produce the kind of comic sparks that Levy and Queen Latifah set off in Bringing Down the House. When ATF agent Derrick Vann (Jackson, Pulp Fiction) learns that his partner is dead and a cache of guns has been stolen, he sets up a sting to get the weapons back. But into the middle of his scheme stumbles Andy Fiddler (Levy, A Mighty Wind, American Pie), a dental supplies salesman from Wisconsin. From there unspools some formulaic buddy-movie pap: Vann gives Fiddler a dose of excitement and Fiddler teaches Vann a little compassion and trust as they improbably track down the bad guys. To a degree, the producers were right--the interplay between Levy's Groucho eyebrows and Jackson's burning scowl provides the only juice this movie has. The Man doesn't deserve actors as talented as Levy and Jackson, but there's no denying they apply themselves diligently and squeeze out a few laughs. --Bret Fetzer
Perfect Comedy!!! This movie is extremely hilarious! Eugene Levy and Samuel L. Jackson were awesome together! A dentist named Andy Fiddler is getting ready to go to Detroit to give a speech about dental tools. While in Detroit, he happens to be at the wrong place at the wrong time, and some gun-dealers think he is a buyer. Agent Vann thinks Andy is robbing the store, because one of the bad guys gives Andy a gun. Throughout the film, Andy is annoying to Vann, who has no time for nonsense. Vann needs Andy to pretend he's wants to buy stolen guns in order to bring the bad guys down. If you love comedy, you'll love THE MAN!!!
Hilarious! This is a hilarious movie! Eugene Levy and Samuel Jackson are great together! Their public images couldn't be any different, and that is what adds to the hilariousness of the movie!
Funny movie This movie is a great pairing of Eugene Levy and Samuel L. Jackson. They make a great partnership and the acting is very well done. I especially like the banter and the way they try to get back at each other for previous things in the movie, great fun. The only reason it didn't receive 5 stars is because the plot is nearly paper thin, but if you look past that the movie will make you laugh.
"Detroit ain't Wyoming" The Man was a bit of a disappointment, considering the makeup of the cast: Samuel Jackson and Eugene Levy among others, though by no means is it a bad movie. A small-town dental equipment salesman from Wyoming arrives in Detroit for a convention only to get dragged into a police operation aimed at catching arms dealers and solving murder mysteries... In short, the acting is generally pretty good (though nothing great), while the setting, the dialogues, the humor and the plot are about average. Though the potential for a good movie was definitely there it somehow fails to take off. In a nutshell, it's an ok movie and that's about it; no masterpiece here... Wait till they show it on TV.
Not That Bad...... I fould it to be very funny I mean sure that is no story but who cares it's fun to Jackson doing a comdey for once I mean okay the other actors suck but it does not stop this movie from being funny.I know that the movie has alot of crude hummor in it and I like that kind of stuff but for those of you who want a funny and clever movie then go look somewhere else but for those of you who want to have a good time then go out and buy The Man.
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