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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Wendy Ide

Chips review – woefully unfunny TV cop show reboot

Dax Shepard and Michael Pena as officers Baker and Poncherello in Chips.
Dax Shepard and Michael Pena as officers Baker and Poncherello in Chips. Photograph: Alamy

Director and star Dax Shepard clearly did most of his preparation for this movie reboot of the TV series in the gym. As a result, his character, rookie motorcycle cop Jon Baker, spends almost as much time posturing in his pants as his does straddling a Ducati. A staggeringly unfunny comedy, the film mines homophobia, accidental decapitation and the objectification of women for lols.

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