The Man

2005 Action/Adventure

Les Mayfield directs Samuel L. Jackson and Eugene Levy in the buddy action comedy The Man. Jackson plays ATF agent Derrick Vann. His partner, who it turns out was corrupt, has been killed after a cache of guns were stolen from the ATF office in Detroit. Internal affairs believe Derrick was in on the gun theft, forcing him to go off on his own to bring the bad guys to justice. Dental supply salesman Andy Fiddler (Levy) happens to be in Detroit for a business convention. During the course of figuring out who is responsible for his partner's death, Derrick arrests Andy because of a miscommunication. Soon the hard-edged law enforcer and the meek businessman team up to extricate themselves from their life-threatening predicament.

Director: Les Mayfield

Starring: Samuel L. Jackson,Eugene Levy, Luke Goss, Miguel Ferrer, Susie Essman

Reviews

  • Who knew Samuel L. Jackson and Eugene Levy would make such a dynamic comic duo?

    Kirk Honeycutt - The Hollywood Reporter

    27 April 2013

  • Both Jackson and Levy are better than director Les Mayfield's ("Blue Streak") meandering comedy.

    Robert K. Elder - The Chicago Tribune

    27 April 2013

  • In Roy Orbison terms, enduring this movie is like working for The Man.

    Mike Clark - USA Today

    27 April 2013

  • Dreadful.

    Ty Burr - The Boston Globe

    27 April 2013

  • Most of The Man is as awful as last year's debacle, "Taxi," yet Levy, stuck in a no-brainer variation on Billy Crystal's predicament in "Analyze This," shows just enough noodgy passive-aggression to suggest what the movie might have been were it not shackled to buddy-action clichés.

    Owen Gleiberman - Entertainment Weekly

    27 April 2013

Awards

  • Worst Supporting Actor

    Razzie Awards (2006)