Nunez, Jr.), dim bulb baseball prodigy Can't Get Right (Bokeem Woodbine), etc. The supporting cast of inmates with silly nicknames - prison couple Jangle Leg and Biscuit (Bernie Mac, Miguel A. Written by Robert Ramsey and Matthew Stone ("Destiny Turns On the Radio") with a eye for avoiding too many cliches, "Life" contains no characters from central casting. Murphy plays a con man and Lawrence a bank clerk rube who are framed for murder by white cops while on a moonshine run in Mississippi, trying to save their skins from a gangster (funk star Rick James) they had both run afoul of at home in New York.Ī great augmentative screen pair from their first scene together, their love-hate friendship ping-pongs throughout the story, which spans patches of their prison stay from a quickie, Depression Era conviction through to their infirmary years as old men. But for the first time in either of their careers, they're both called on to truly submerge themselves in real characters, and these two comedians with trademark personalities come through remarkably. I'm not saying Murphy and Lawrence aren't damn funny. It's actually layered with substance and is even affecting in its portrayal of the bitterness, depression and fleeting moments of happiness experienced by two falsely imprisoned bootleggers, doing life for a murder they didn't commit. Murphy, Lawrence tap deep into talent for bittersweet "Life"Ī surprisingly bittersweet, comedic "Cool Hand Luke," "Life" is more than just an Eddie Murphy comedy or a Martin Lawrence comedy. Can't match the best prison movies like "Cool Hand Luke" or "The Shawshank Redeption" but has element of both. So much more character an story than just about anything else Murphy or Martin have done.
Starring Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence, Obba Babatunde, Ned Beatty, Bernie Mac, Clarence Williams III, Bokeem Woodbine, Nick Cassavetes & Rick JamesĬan't go wrong rental.
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